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Dana Ivey

Dana Ivey

Actor · Born August 12, 1941 · Atlanta, Georgia, USA

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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).

Acted in 56

1990s

  1. 1999

    Walking Across Egypt

    Beatrice Vernon

  2. Mumford

    Mrs. Crisp

  3. A Lesson Before Dying

    Edna Guidry

  4. 1998
  5. 1997
  6. 1995
  7. 1993
  8. Class of '61

    Mrs. Julia Peyton

  9. 1992

    A Child Lost Forever: The Jerry Sherwood Story

    Lois Jurgens

  10. 1991
  11. 1990

    William Shakespeare's Hamlet

    Gertrude

1980s

  1. 1988
  2. The Appointments of Dennis Jennings

    Newscaster

  3. 1986

    Easy Street

    TV

  4. Sunday in the Park with George

    Yvonne / Naomi

  5. 1985
  6. 1982

    Little Gloria... Happy at Last

    TV

1960s

  1. 1962

    The Beachcomber

    Kahlana · 1 episode

Appearances1

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  1. Broadway: The Next Generation

    Self