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).

Filmography

• 2019Georgica — Dorothy
• 2018Ocean's Eight — Diana
• 2018The Leisure Seeker — Lillian
• 2017Professional Cuddler — Gloria
• Madam Secretary — Nelly Conlon
• 2014We'll Never Have Paris — Francoise
• 2013Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight — Mrs. Paige
• 2011The Help — Gracie Higginbotham
• 2011The Importance of Being Earnest — Miss Prism
• Boardwalk Empire — Mrs. McGarry
• 2009Did You Hear About the Morgans? — Trish Pinger
• 2008Ghost Town — Marjorie Pickthall
• The Return of Jezebel James
• 2007Broken English — Elinor Gregory
• 2007Rush Hour 3 — Sister Agnes
• 2006A Very Serious Person — Betty
• Ugly Betty — Roberta
• 2003Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde — Libby Hauser
• Monk — Mrs. Eels
• 2002Orange County — Vera Gantner
• 2002Two Weeks Notice — Ruth Kelson
• 2000The Kid — Dr. Alexander
• 1999A Lesson Before Dying — Edna Guidry
• 1999Mumford — Mrs. Crisp
• 1999Walking Across Egypt — Beatrice Vernon
• Sex and the City — Trudy Stork
• 1998Simon Birch — Grandmother Wenteworth
• 1998The Impostors — Mrs. Essendine
• Oz — Patricia Nathan
• The Practice — Natalie Brown
• 1995Sabrina — Mack
• 1995The Scarlet Letter — Meredith Stonehall
• 1993Addams Family Values — Margaret Addams
• 1993Class of '61 — Mrs. Julia Peyton
• Frasier — Ms. Langer
• 1993Guilty as Sin — Judge Tompkins
• Homicide: Life on the Street — Margie Bolander
• 1993Sleepless in Seattle — Claire
• 1993The Adventures of Huck Finn — Widow Douglas
• 1992A Child Lost Forever: The Jerry Sherwood Story — Lois Jurgens
• 1992Home Alone 2: Lost in New York — Desk Clerk
• 1991The Addams Family — Margaret Alford
• Law & Order — Shore
• 1990Postcards from the Edge — Wardrobe Mistress
• 1990William Shakespeare's Hamlet — Gertrude
• 1988Another Woman — Engagement Party Guest
• 1988Dirty Rotten Scoundrels — Mrs. Reed
• 1988The Appointments of Dennis Jennings — Newscaster
• Easy Street
• 1986Heartburn — Wedding Speaker
• 1986Sunday in the Park with George — Yvonne / Naomi
• 1985Explorers — Mrs. Müller
• 1985The Color Purple — Miss Millie
• American Playhouse — Yvonne / Naomi Eisen
• Little Gloria... Happy at Last
• Great Performances — Lady Ariadne Utterword, Gertrude
• The Beachcomber — Kahlana

Appearances as themselves (1)

• Broadway: The Next Generation — Self