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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
August 12, 1941
Place of Birth
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Also Known As
- دانا آيوی
Dana Ivey
2.9 Popularity
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).
Known For
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Dorothy
Georgica
2019
7.0
Diana
Ocean's Eight
2018
7.1
Lillian
The Leisure Seeker
2018
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Gloria
Professional Cuddler
2017
10.0
Self
Broadway: The Next Generation
2017
4.8
Francoise
We'll Never Have Paris
2014
7.0
Nelly Conlon
Madam Secretary
2014
6.3
Mrs. Paige
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
2013
8.2
Gracie Higginbotham
The Help
2011
8.0
Mrs. McGarry
Boardwalk Empire
2010
Credits
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Georgica
as Dorothy
2019
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Ocean's Eight
as Diana
2018
7.0
The Leisure Seeker
as Lillian
2018
7.1
Professional Cuddler
as Gloria
2017
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Broadway: The Next Generation
as Self
2017
10.0
We'll Never Have Paris
as Francoise
2014
4.8
Madam Secretary
as Nelly Conlon
2014
7.0
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
as Mrs. Paige
2013
6.3
The Help
as Gracie Higginbotham
2011
8.2
Boardwalk Empire
as Mrs. McGarry
2010
8.0
Did You Hear About the Morgans?
as Trish Pinger
2009
5.4
Ghost Town
as Marjorie Pickthall
2008
6.5
The Return of Jezebel James
2008
5.5
Broken English
as Elinor Gregory
2007
5.9
Rush Hour 3
as Sister Agnes
2007
6.5
Ugly Betty
as Roberta
2006
6.4
A Very Serious Person
as Betty
2006
5.5
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
as Libby Hauser
2003
5.7
Two Weeks Notice
as Ruth Kelson
2002
6.4
Monk
as Mrs. Eels
2002
8.0
Orange County
as Vera Gantner
2002
6.0
The Kid
as Dr. Alexander
2000
6.7
Mumford
as Mrs. Crisp
1999
6.5
A Lesson Before Dying
as Edna Guidry
1999
4.8
Walking Across Egypt
as Beatrice Vernon
1999
4.7
The Impostors
as Mrs. Essendine
1998
5.9
Simon Birch
as Grandmother Wenteworth
1998
6.8
Sex and the City
as Trudy Stork
1998
7.4
Oz
as Patricia Nathan
1997
8.0
The Practice
as Judge Natalie Brown
1997
7.6
Sabrina
as Mack
1995
6.2
The Scarlet Letter
as Meredith Stonehall
1995
6.1
Addams Family Values
as Margaret Addams
1993
7.0
Frasier
as Ms. Langer
1993
7.7
Sleepless in Seattle
as Claire
1993
6.7
Guilty as Sin
as Judge Tompkins
1993
5.6
Class of '61
as Mrs. Julia Peyton
1993
4.1
The Adventures of Huck Finn
as Widow Douglas
1993
6.2
Homicide: Life on the Street
as Margie Bolander
1993
8.1
A Child Lost Forever: The Jerry Sherwood Story
as Lois Jurgens
1992
6.9
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
as Desk Clerk
1992
6.8
The Addams Family
as Margaret Alford / Margaret Addams
1991
7.1
William Shakespeare's Hamlet
as Gertrude
1990
0.0
Postcards from the Edge
as Wardrobe Mistress
1990
6.6
Law & Order
as Shore
1990
7.4
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
as Mrs. Reed
1988
7.1
Another Woman
as Engagement Party Guest
1988
6.8
The Appointments of Dennis Jennings
as Newscaster
1988
6.5
Easy Street
1986
5.7
Heartburn
as Wedding Speaker
1986
6.0
Sunday in the Park with George
as Yvonne / Naomi
1986
7.2
The Color Purple
as Miss Millie
1985
7.7
Explorers
as Mrs. Müller
1985
6.3
Little Gloria... Happy at Last
1982
5.4
Great Performances
as Lady Ariadne Utterword
1971
5.8
Great Performances
as Gertrude
1971
5.8
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The Beachcomber
as Kahlana
1962
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