Dana Ivey

Born: 1941-08-12, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Biography

Dana Ivey (born August 12, 1941) is an American actress. She is a five-time Tony Award nominee for her work on Broadway, and won the 1997 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play for her work in both Sex and Longing and The Last Night of Ballyhoo. She originated the title role in Driving Miss Daisy and was nominated for a Drama Desk award for Best Actress in a Play. Her film appearances include The Color Purple (1985), Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988), The Addams Family (1991), Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992), Sleepless in Seattle (1993), Addams Family Values (1993), Two Weeks Notice (2002), Rush Hour 3 (2007), and The Help (2011).

Filmography

• Law & Order (1990)
• Frasier (1993)
• Monk (2002)
• Great Performances (1971)
• Homicide: Life on the Street (1993)
• Sex and the City (1998)
• Madam Secretary (2014)
• Oz (1997)
• Ugly Betty (2006)
• Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)
• The Help (2011)
• Ocean's Eight (2018)
• The Addams Family (1991)
• Rush Hour 3 (2007)
• Sleepless in Seattle (1993)
• Addams Family Values (1993)
• Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde (2003)
• Two Weeks Notice (2002)
• The Color Purple (1985)
• Did You Hear About the Morgans? (2009)
• Ghost Town (2008)
• Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988)
• Orange County (2002)
• The Scarlet Letter (1995)
• Explorers (1985)
• The Return of Jezebel James (2008)
• The Leisure Seeker (2018)
• Simon Birch (1998)
• Another Woman (1988)
• Postcards from the Edge (1990)