Dana Ivey

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).

Cast

The Color Purple

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

Two Weeks Notice

The Addams Family

Margaret Alford / Margaret Addams

The Adventures of Huck Finn

A Very Serious Person

We'll Never Have Paris

The Appointments of Dennis Jennings

Gracie Higginbotham

A Lesson Before Dying

Sunday in the Park with George

Postcards from the Edge

Wardrobe Mistress

A Child Lost Forever: The Jerry Sherwood Story

Mrs. Julia Peyton

Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde

Broadway: The Next Generation

Engagement Party Guest

Grandmother Wenteworth

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

The Leisure Seeker

Professional Cuddler

Walking Across Egypt

Beatrice Vernon

Marjorie Pickthall

Addams Family Values

Margaret Addams

Sleepless in Seattle

Wedding Speaker

Did You Hear About the Morgans?

William Shakespeare's Hamlet

Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight

The Scarlet Letter

Meredith Stonehall