Dana Ivey
Known For
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).
Most Known For
Law & Order
as Shore
Monk
as Mrs. Eels
Frasier
as Ms. Langer
Sex and the City
as Trudy Stork
Great Performances
as Lady Ariadne Utterword
Great Performances
as Gertrude
The Practice
as Judge Natalie Brown
Oz
as Patricia Nathan
Boardwalk Empire
as Mrs. McGarry
Madam Secretary
as Nelly Conlon
Homicide: Life on the Street
as Margie Bolander
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
as Desk Clerk
Ugly Betty
as Roberta
Ocean's Eight
as Diana
The Help
as Gracie Higginbotham
Sabrina
as Mack
Orange County
as Vera Gantner
Rush Hour 3
as Sister Agnes
Addams Family Values
as Margaret Addams
The Addams Family
as Margaret Alford / Margaret Addams