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Dana Ivey
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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…
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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).
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2019
Georgica
Movie Dorothy
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2018
Ocean's Eight
Movie Diana
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2018
The Leisure Seeker
Movie Lillian
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2017
Professional Cuddler
Movie Gloria
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2014
We'll Never Have Paris
Movie Francoise
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2014
Madam Secretary
TV show Nelly Conlon
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2013
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
Movie Mrs. Paige
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2011
The Help
Movie Gracie Higginbotham
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2011
The Importance of Being Earnest
Movie Miss Prism
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2010
Boardwalk Empire
TV show Mrs. McGarry
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2009
Did You Hear About the Morgans?
Movie Trish Pinger
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2008
Ghost Town
Movie Marjorie Pickthall
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2008
The Return of Jezebel James
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2007
Rush Hour 3
Movie Sister Agnes
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2007
Broken English
Movie Elinor Gregory
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2006
Ugly Betty
TV show Roberta
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2006
A Very Serious Person
Movie Betty
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2003
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
Movie Libby Hauser
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2002
Two Weeks Notice
Movie Ruth Kelson
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2002
Monk
TV show Mrs. Eels
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2002
Orange County
Movie Vera Gantner
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2000
The Kid
Movie Dr. Alexander
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1999
Walking Across Egypt
Movie Beatrice Vernon
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1999
Mumford
Movie Mrs. Crisp
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1999
A Lesson Before Dying
Movie Edna Guidry
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1998
The Impostors
Movie Mrs. Essendine
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1998
Simon Birch
Movie Grandmother Wenteworth
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1998
Sex and the City
TV show Trudy Stork
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1997
Oz
TV show Patricia Nathan
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1997
The Practice
TV show Judge Natalie Brown
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1995
Sabrina
Movie Mack
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1995
The Scarlet Letter
Movie Meredith Stonehall
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1993
Addams Family Values
Movie Margaret Addams
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1993
Frasier
TV show Ms. Langer
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1993
Sleepless in Seattle
Movie Claire
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1993
Guilty as Sin
Movie Judge Tompkins
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1993
Class of '61
Movie Mrs. Julia Peyton
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1993
The Adventures of Huck Finn
Movie Widow Douglas
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1993
Homicide: Life on the Street
TV show Margie Bolander
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1992
A Child Lost Forever: The Jerry Sherwood Story
Movie Lois Jurgens
