Dana Ivey
Highest Rated: 88% 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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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% | 18% | Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde | Libby Hauser (Character) | $89.8M | 2003 |
| 42% | 59% | Two Weeks Notice | Ruth Kelson (Character) | $93.3M | 2002 |
| 47% | 61% | Orange County | Vera Gantner (Character) | $41.0M | 2002 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Disney's The Kid | Dr. Alexander (Character) | $69.7M | 2000 |
| 80% | 78% | A Lesson Before Dying | Edna Guidry (Character) | - | 1999 |
| 57% | 66% | Mumford | Mrs. Crisp (Character) | $4.6M | 1999 |
| 44% | 77% | Simon Birch | Grandmother Wenteworth (Character) | $18.3M | 1998 |
| 63% | 73% | The Impostors | Mrs. Essendine (Character) | $2.2M | 1998 |
| 13% | 41% | The Scarlet Letter | Meredith Stonehall (Character) | $10.4M | 1995 |
| 63% | 64% | Sabrina | Mack (Character) | $51.6M | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | 31% | Class of '61 | Mrs. Julia Peyton (Character) | - | 1993 |
| 38% | 35% | Guilty as Sin | Judge D. Tompkins (Character) | $22.7M | 1993 |
| 77% | 63% | Addams Family Values | Margaret Addams (Character) | $45.7M | 1993 |
| 75% | 75% | Sleepless in Seattle | Claire Bennett (Character) | $125.6M | 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 |
| 65% | 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 |
| 88% | 84% | Dirty Rotten Scoundrels | Mrs. Reed (Character) | $40.9M | 1988 |
| 75% | 66% | Explorers | Mrs. Müller (Character) | - | 1985 |
| 81% | 94% | The Color Purple | Miss Millie (Character) | $93.4M | 1985 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | 78% | Madam Secretary | Nelly Conlon (Guest Star) | 2017 |
| No Score Yet | 72% | Odd Mom Out | Mrs. Hardwick (Guest Star) | 2015 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Theater Talk | Guest | 2011 |
| 97% | 87% | Ugly Betty | Roberta (Guest Star) | 2010 |
| 13% | No Score Yet | The Return of Jezebel James | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2008 |
| 91% | 88% | Monk | Mrs. Eels (Guest Star) | 2005 |
| 70% | 82% | Sex and the City | Trudy Stork (Guest Star) | 2004 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Practice | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2003 |
| 92% | 98% | Oz | Patricia Nathan (Guest Star) | 2000 |
| 93% | 93% | Frasier | Ms. Langer (Guest Star) | 1997 |
| No Score Yet | 96% | Law & Order | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Easy Street | Eleanor Standard (Character) | 1986-1987 |