Dana Ivey 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).
The Color Purple
(Miss Millie)
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
(Mrs. Reed)
Two Weeks Notice
(Ruth Kelson)
The Addams Family
(Margaret Alford / Margaret Addams)
The Kid
(Dr. Alexander)
Guilty as Sin
(Judge Tompkins)
Rush Hour 3
(Sister Agnes)
Mumford
(Mrs. Crisp)
Explorers
(Mrs. Müller)
The Adventures of Huck Finn
(Widow Douglas)
A Very Serious Person
(Betty)
We'll Never Have Paris
(Francoise)
The Appointments of Dennis Jennings
(Newscaster)
The Help
(Gracie Higginbotham)
A Lesson Before Dying
(Edna Guidry)
Sunday in the Park with George
(Yvonne / Naomi)
Postcards from the Edge
(Wardrobe Mistress)
Orange County
(Vera Gantner)
A Child Lost Forever: The Jerry Sherwood Story
(Lois Jurgens)
Sabrina
(Mack)
Class of '61
(Mrs. Julia Peyton)
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
(Congresswoman Libby Hauser)
Broadway: The Next Generation
(Self)
The Scarlet Letter
(Meredith Stonehall)
The Impostors
(Mrs. Essendine)
Another Woman
(Engagement Party Guest)
Simon Birch
(Grandmother Wenteworth)
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
(Desk Clerk)
The Leisure Seeker
(Lillian)
Professional Cuddler
(Gloria)
Ocean's Eight
(Diana)
Walking Across Egypt
(Beatrice Vernon)
Ghost Town
(Marjorie Pickthall)
Addams Family Values
(Margaret Addams)
Sleepless in Seattle
(Claire)
Heartburn
(Wedding Speaker)
Broken English
(Elinor Gregory)
Did You Hear About the Morgans?
(Trish Pinger)
William Shakespeare's Hamlet
(Gertrude)
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
(Mrs. Paige)
Georgica
(Dorothy)
The Return of Jezebel James
Monk
(Mrs. Eels)
Oz
(Patricia Nathan)
Frasier
(Ms. Langer)
The Practice
Ugly Betty
(Roberta)
Homicide: Life on the Street
(Margie Bolander)
The Beachcomber
(Kahlana)
Easy Street
Little Gloria... Happy at Last
Law & Order
(Shore)
Sex and the City
(Trudy Stork)
Boardwalk Empire
(Mrs. McGarry)
Great Performances
(Lady Ariadne Utterword)
Great Performances
(Gertrude)