Dana Ivey

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

57

Gender

Female

Birthday

1941-08-12 (84 years old)

Place of Birth

Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Dana Ivey

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).

Known For

  • Law & Order

    Law & Order

  • Great Performances

    Great Performances

  • Great Performances

    Great Performances

  • Monk

    Monk

  • Frasier

    Frasier

  • Sex and the City

    Sex and the City

  • The Practice

    The Practice

  • Madam Secretary

    Madam Secretary

  • Boardwalk Empire

    Boardwalk Empire

  • Homicide: Life on the Street

    Homicide: Life on the Street

  • Oz

    Oz

  • Ugly Betty

    Ugly Betty

  • Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

    Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

  • Rush Hour 3

    Rush Hour 3

  • The Help

    The Help

  • The Addams Family

    The Addams Family

  • Addams Family Values

    Addams Family Values

  • Ocean's Eight

    Ocean's Eight

  • Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde

    Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde

  • Broken English

    Broken English

  • Ghost Town

    Ghost Town

  • Sleepless in Seattle

    Sleepless in Seattle

  • Two Weeks Notice

    Two Weeks Notice

  • The Kid

    The Kid

  • Sunday in the Park with George

    Sunday in the Park with George

  • Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

    Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

  • Orange County

    Orange County

  • Class of '61

    Class of '61

  • The Color Purple

    The Color Purple

  • William Shakespeare's Hamlet

    William Shakespeare's Hamlet

  • Explorers

    Explorers

  • The Scarlet Letter

    The Scarlet Letter

  • The Beachcomber

    The Beachcomber

  • Sabrina

    Sabrina

  • Postcards from the Edge

    Postcards from the Edge

  • Mumford

    Mumford

  • The Adventures of Huck Finn

    The Adventures of Huck Finn

  • Heartburn

    Heartburn

  • Simon Birch

    Simon Birch

  • Did You Hear About the Morgans?

    Did You Hear About the Morgans?

  • Broadway: The Next Generation

    Broadway: The Next Generation

  • The Impostors

    The Impostors

  • We'll Never Have Paris

    We'll Never Have Paris

  • Guilty as Sin

    Guilty as Sin

  • Another Woman

    Another Woman

  • The Leisure Seeker

    The Leisure Seeker

  • Little Gloria... Happy at Last

    Little Gloria... Happy at Last

  • Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight

    Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight

  • Easy Street

    Easy Street

  • The Return of Jezebel James

    The Return of Jezebel James

  • A Lesson Before Dying

    A Lesson Before Dying

  • A Very Serious Person

    A Very Serious Person

  • The Appointments of Dennis Jennings

    The Appointments of Dennis Jennings

  • Walking Across Egypt

    Walking Across Egypt

  • A Child Lost Forever: The Jerry Sherwood Story

    A Child Lost Forever: The Jerry Sherwood Story

  • Professional Cuddler

    Professional Cuddler

  • Georgica

    Georgica