Dana Ivey

Acting · Born 1941-08-12 in 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

• The Color Purple as Miss Millie
• Dirty Rotten Scoundrels as Mrs. Reed
• The Addams Family as Margaret Alford
• The Help as Gracie Higginbotham
• The Leisure Seeker as Lillian
• Ocean's Eight as Diana
• Addams Family Values as Margaret Addams
• Two Weeks Notice as Ruth Kelson
• The Kid as Dr. Alexander
• Guilty as Sin as Judge Tompkins

TV

• Monk as Mrs. Eels
• Oz as Patricia Nathan
• Frasier as Ms. Langer
• The Practice as Judge Natalie Brown
• Homicide: Life on the Street as Margie Bolander
• Boardwalk Empire as Mrs. McGarry
• The Return of Jezebel James
• Ugly Betty as Roberta
• Easy Street
• Little Gloria... Happy at Last