1941Born, Atlanta
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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).
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Home Alone 2: Lost in New YorkDesk Clerk
The HelpGracie Higginbotham
Ocean's EightDiana
The Addams FamilyMargaret Alford
Rush Hour 3Sister Agnes2019GeorgicaDorothyMovie
2018Ocean's EightDianaMovie
2018The Leisure SeekerLillianMovie
2017Professional CuddlerGloriaMovie
2014We'll Never Have ParisFrancoiseMovie
2014Madam SecretaryNelly Conlon · 1 episodeShow
2013Muhammad Ali's Greatest FightMrs. PaigeMovie
2011The Importance of Being EarnestMiss PrismMovie
2010Boardwalk EmpireMrs. McGarry · 4 episodesShow
2009Did You Hear About the Morgans?Trish PingerMovie
2008Ghost TownMarjorie PickthallMovie
2008The Return of Jezebel James1 episodeShow
2007Rush Hour 3Sister AgnesMovie
2007Broken EnglishElinor GregoryMovie
2006Ugly BettyRoberta · 1 episodeShow
2006A Very Serious PersonBettyMovie
2003Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & BlondeLibby HauserMovie
2002Two Weeks NoticeRuth KelsonMovie
2002Orange CountyVera GantnerMovie
2000The KidDr. AlexanderMovie
1999Walking Across EgyptBeatrice VernonMovie
1999MumfordMrs. CrispMovie
1999A Lesson Before DyingEdna GuidryMovie
1998The ImpostorsMrs. EssendineMovie
1998Simon BirchGrandmother WenteworthMovie
1998Sex and the CityTrudy Stork · 1 episodeShow
1997OzPatricia Nathan · 2 episodesShow
1997The PracticeNatalie Brown · 1 episodeShow
1995SabrinaMackMovie
1995The Scarlet LetterMeredith StonehallMovie
1993Addams Family ValuesMargaret AddamsMovie
1993Sleepless in SeattleClaireMovie
1993Guilty as SinJudge TompkinsMovie
1993Class of '61Mrs. Julia PeytonMovie
1993The Adventures of Huck FinnWidow DouglasMovie
1993Homicide: Life on the StreetMargie Bolander · 3 episodesShow
1992A Child Lost Forever: The Jerry Sherwood StoryLois JurgensMovie
1992Home Alone 2: Lost in New YorkDesk ClerkMovie
1991The Addams FamilyMargaret AlfordMovie
1990William Shakespeare's HamletGertrudeMovie
1990Postcards from the EdgeWardrobe MistressMovie
1988Dirty Rotten ScoundrelsMrs. ReedMovie
1988Another WomanEngagement Party GuestMovie
1988The Appointments of Dennis JenningsNewscasterMovie
1986Easy Street22 episodesShow
1986HeartburnWedding SpeakerMovie
1986Sunday in the Park with GeorgeYvonne / NaomiMovie
1985The Color PurpleMiss MillieMovie
1985ExplorersMrs. MüllerMovie
1982Little Gloria... Happy at Last2 episodesShow
1982American PlayhouseYvonne / Naomi Eisen · 1 episodeShow
1962The BeachcomberKahlana · 1 episodeShow
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