
Cast
Dana Ivey
Acting
Cast
Dana Ivey
Known for
Acting
Born
1941-08-12
From
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Also known as دانا آيوی
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).

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
as Desk Clerk

The Help
as Gracie Higginbotham

Ocean's Eight
as Diana

Rush Hour 3
as Sister Agnes

Addams Family Values
as Margaret Addams

Sabrina
as Mack

The Addams Family
as Margaret Alford

Sleepless in Seattle
as Claire

The Color Purple
as Miss Millie

Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
as Libby Hauser

Ghost Town
as Marjorie Pickthall

Explorers
as Mrs. Müller

Two Weeks Notice
as Ruth Kelson

The Kid
as Dr. Alexander

The Scarlet Letter
as Meredith Stonehall

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
as Mrs. Reed

Another Woman
as Engagement Party Guest

Orange County
as Vera Gantner

Simon Birch
as Grandmother Wenteworth

Postcards from the Edge
as Wardrobe Mistress

Heartburn
as Wedding Speaker

Mumford
as Mrs. Crisp

Did You Hear About the Morgans?
as Trish Pinger

The Leisure Seeker
as Lillian

Guilty as Sin
as Judge Tompkins

The Impostors
as Mrs. Essendine

The Adventures of Huck Finn
as Widow Douglas

We'll Never Have Paris
as Francoise

Broadway: The Next Generation
as Self

Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
as Mrs. Paige

Broken English
as Elinor Gregory

A Child Lost Forever: The Jerry Sherwood Story
as Lois Jurgens

The Appointments of Dennis Jennings
as Newscaster

Class of '61
as Mrs. Julia Peyton

Sunday in the Park with George
as Yvonne / Naomi

A Lesson Before Dying
as Edna Guidry

Walking Across Egypt
as Beatrice Vernon

William Shakespeare's Hamlet
as Gertrude

Georgica
as Dorothy

The Importance of Being Earnest
as Miss Prism

Professional Cuddler
as Gloria

A Very Serious Person
as Betty