Acting
Dana Ivey
Born 1941-08-12 · Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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).
Known for

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

Ocean's Eight

The Help

The Addams Family

Rush Hour 3

The Kid

Addams Family Values

Sleepless in Seattle

The Color Purple

Ghost Town

Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde

Explorers

The Scarlet Letter

Two Weeks Notice

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

Sabrina

Did You Hear About the Morgans?

We'll Never Have Paris

Sunday in the Park with George

Heartburn

Orange County

The Leisure Seeker

The Impostors

Guilty as Sin

Simon Birch

Another Woman

The Adventures of Huck Finn

Postcards from the Edge

Mumford

Broken English

Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight

A Child Lost Forever: The Jerry Sherwood Story

William Shakespeare's Hamlet

Class of '61

A Lesson Before Dying

Walking Across Egypt

The Appointments of Dennis Jennings

A Very Serious Person

Professional Cuddler
