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).
Awards & recognition
- Tony Award — Best Featured Actress in a Play · 2007 · nominated
- Tony Award — Best Featured Actress in a Play · 2005 · nominated
- Tony Award — Best Featured Actress in a Play · 1997 · nominated
- Tony Award — Best Featured Actress in a Play · 1984 · nominated
Filmography42 titles
The Help
Oz
Homicide: Life on the Street
Boardwalk Empire
Monk
The Practice
Frasier
The Color Purple
Sex and the City
Sunday in the Park with George
Law & Order
The Leisure Seeker
The Addams Family
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Ocean's Eight
Madam Secretary
Addams Family Values
The Kid
Simon Birch
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
Another Woman
Sleepless in Seattle
Postcards from the Edge
Ghost Town
Rush Hour 3
Mumford
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
Ugly Betty
Two Weeks Notice
Explorers
Sabrina
The Adventures of Huck Finn
The Scarlet Letter
Great Performances
Orange County
Heartburn
Broken English
The Impostors
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
Guilty as Sin
Did You Hear About the Morgans?
We'll Never Have Paris