Dana Ivey
Highest Rated: 89% Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988)
Lowest Rated: 13% The Scarlet Letter (1995)
Birthday: Aug 12, 1941
Birthplace: Atlanta, Georgia, USA
A handsome supporting player of stage, screen and TV, frequently cast as strong, officious women, Dana Ivey began her career on stage, appearing in numerous productions throughout the US and Canada. She settled in NYC in the 1980s, where she made her Broadway debut in Noel Coward's "Present Laughter" and won critical praise (and two OBIE Awards) for creating the roles of Melanie in "Quartermaine's Terms" (1982-83) and the title role of Daisy Werthan in Alfred Uhry's Pulitzer Prize-winning "Driving Miss Daisy" (1986-87). She received two 1984 Supporting Actress Tony nominations for her work on Broadway in the play "Heartbreak Hotel," with Rex Harrison and Amy Irving and in the Stephen Sondheim-James Lapine musical "Sunday in the Park With George," with Mandy Patinkin and Bernadette Peters.
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Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Professional Cuddler | Gloria (Character) | - | 2017 |
| 85% | 60% | Ghost Town | Mrs. Pickthall (Character) | $13.2M | 2008 |
| 18% | 63% | Rush Hour 3 | Sister Agnes (Character) | $140.1M | 2007 |
| No Score Yet | 50% | A Very Serious Person | Betty (Character) | - | 2006 |
| 37% | 43% | Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde | Libby Hauser (Character) | $89.8M | 2003 |
| 46% | 61% | Orange County | Vera Gantner (Character) | $41M | 2002 |
| 42% | 59% | Two Weeks Notice | Ruth Kelson (Character) | $93.3M | 2002 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Disney's The Kid | Dr. Alexander (Character) | $69.7M | 2000 |
| 57% | 66% | Mumford | Mrs. Crisp (Character) | $4.6M | 1999 |
| 80% | 77% | A Lesson Before Dying | Edna Guidry (Character) | - | 1999 |
| 44% | 77% | Simon Birch | Grandmother Wenteworth (Character) | $18.3M | 1998 |
| 62% | 73% | The Impostors | Mrs. Essendine (Character) | $2.2M | 1998 |
| 65% | 64% | Sabrina | Mack (Character) | $51.6M | 1995 |
| 13% | 41% | The Scarlet Letter | Meredith Stonehall (Character) | $10.4M | 1995 |
| 38% | 34% | Guilty as Sin | Judge D. Tompkins (Character) | $22.7M | 1993 |
| 75% | 75% | Sleepless in Seattle | Claire Bennett (Character) | $125.6M | 1993 |
| 77% | 63% | Addams Family Values | Margaret Addams (Character) | $45.7M | 1993 |
| No Score Yet | 31% | Class of '61 | Mrs. Julia Peyton (Character) | - | 1993 |
| 73% | 50% | The Adventures of Huck Finn | Widow Douglas (Character) | $23.8M | 1993 |
| No Score Yet | 80% | A Child Lost Forever | Lois Jurgens (Character) | - | 1992 |
| 64% | 66% | The Addams Family |
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$111.3M | 1991 |
| 84% | 66% | Postcards From the Edge | Wardrobe Mistress (Character) | $36.9M | 1990 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | B.L. Stryker: Die Laughing | Gabrielle Harwood (Character) | - | 1989 |
| 89% | 84% | Dirty Rotten Scoundrels | Mrs. Reed (Character) | $40.9M | 1988 |
| 81% | 94% | The Color Purple | Miss Millie (Character) | $93.4M | 1985 |
| 77% | 67% | Explorers | Mrs. Müller (Character) | - | 1985 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | 79% | Madam Secretary | Nelly Conlon (Guest Star) | 2017 |
| No Score Yet | 70% | Odd Mom Out | Mrs. Hardwick (Guest Star) | 2015 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Theater Talk | Guest | 2011 |
| 97% | 86% | Ugly Betty | Roberta (Guest Star) | 2010 |
| 13% | No Score Yet | The Return of Jezebel James | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2008 |
| 91% | 91% | Monk | Mrs. Eels (Guest Star) | 2005 |
| 71% | 86% | Sex and the City | Trudy Stork (Guest Star) | 2004 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Practice | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2003 |
| 89% | 96% | Oz | Patricia Nathan (Guest Star) | 2000 |
| 93% | 94% | Frasier | Ms. Langer (Guest Star) | 1997 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Law & Order | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Easy Street | Eleanor Standard (Character) | 1986-1987 |
QUOTES FROM Dana Ivey CHARACTERS
Desk Clerk Mrs. Stone says: Can I help you?.
Desk Clerk Mrs. Stone says: Can I help you?
Kevin McCallister says: A reservation for the McCallisters?
Desk Clerk Mrs. Stone says: A reservation for yourself?.
Desk Clerk Mrs. Stone says: A reservation for yourself?
Kevin McCallister says: Ma'am, my feet are touching the ground. I'm barely looking at the counter. How can I make a reservation for the hotel room. Think about it. Kid, going to the hotel, making a reservation, I don't think so.
Desk Clerk Mrs. Stone says: Desk Clerk Mrs. Stone: The finest in New York.