Actor
Dana Ivey
Biography

Dana Ivey 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 N ...

Known For
Acting
2019 -- Georgica | Dorothy
2018 -- Ocean's Eight | Diana
2018 -- The Leisure Seeker | Lillian
2017 -- Professional Cuddler | Gloria
2017 -- Broadway: The Next Generation | Self
2014 -- We'll Never Have Paris | Francoise
2013 -- Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight | Mrs. Paige
2011 -- The Help | Gracie Higginbotham
2009 -- Did You Hear About the Morgans? | Trish Pinger
2008 -- Ghost Town | Marjorie Pickthall
2007 -- Broken English | Elinor Gregory
2007 -- Rush Hour 3 | Sister Agnes
2006 -- A Very Serious Person | Betty
2003 -- Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde | Congresswoman Libby Hauser
2002 -- Two Weeks Notice | Ruth Kelson
2002 -- Orange County | Vera Gantner
2000 -- The Kid | Dr. Alexander
1999 -- Mumford | Mrs. Crisp
1999 -- A Lesson Before Dying | Edna Guidry
1999 -- Walking Across Egypt | Beatrice Vernon
1998 -- The Impostors | Mrs. Essendine
1998 -- Simon Birch | Grandmother Wenteworth
1995 -- Sabrina | Mack
1995 -- The Scarlet Letter | Meredith Stonehall
1993 -- Addams Family Values | Margaret Addams
1993 -- Sleepless in Seattle | Claire
1993 -- Guilty as Sin | Judge Tompkins
1993 -- Class of '61 | Mrs. Julia Peyton
1993 -- The Adventures of Huck Finn | Widow Douglas
1992 -- A Child Lost Forever: The Jerry Sherwood Story | Lois Jurgens
1992 -- Home Alone 2: Lost in New York | Desk Clerk
1991 -- The Addams Family | Margaret Alford / Margaret Addams
1990 -- William Shakespeare's Hamlet | Gertrude
1990 -- Postcards from the Edge | Wardrobe Mistress
1988 -- Dirty Rotten Scoundrels | Mrs. Reed
1988 -- Another Woman | Engagement Party Guest
1988 -- The Appointments of Dennis Jennings | Newscaster
1986 -- Heartburn | Wedding Speaker
1986 -- Sunday in the Park with George | Yvonne / Naomi
1985 -- The Color Purple | Miss Millie
1985 -- Explorers | Mrs. Müller
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