Dana Ivey

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 (57 Appearances)

Broadway: The Next Generation

Georgica

Ocean's Eight

The Leisure Seeker

Professional Cuddler

We'll Never Have Paris

Madam Secretary

Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight

The Help

The Importance of Being Earnest

Boardwalk Empire

Did You Hear About the Morgans?

Ghost Town

The Return of Jezebel James

Rush Hour 3

Broken English

Ugly Betty

A Very Serious Person

Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde

Two Weeks Notice

Monk

Orange County

The Kid

Mumford

A Lesson Before Dying

Walking Across Egypt

The Impostors

Simon Birch

Sex and the City

Oz

The Practice

Sabrina

The Scarlet Letter

Addams Family Values

Frasier

Sleepless in Seattle

Guilty as Sin

Class of '61

The Adventures of Huck Finn

Homicide: Life on the Street

A Child Lost Forever: The Jerry Sherwood Story

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

The Addams Family

William Shakespeare's Hamlet

Postcards from the Edge

Law & Order

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

Another Woman

The Appointments of Dennis Jennings

Easy Street

Heartburn

Sunday in the Park with George

The Color Purple

Explorers

Little Gloria... Happy at Last

Great Performances

The Beachcomber

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