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Dana Ivey
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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).
Known For
Law & Order
1990
Frasier
1993
Monk
2002
The Practice
1997
Sex and the City
1998
Boardwalk Empire
2010
Oz
1997
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993
Madam Secretary
2014
Ugly Betty
2006
Ocean's Eight
2018
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
1992
The Help
2011
Rush Hour 3
2007
The Addams Family
1991
Addams Family Values
1993
Sabrina
1995
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
2003
Sleepless in Seattle
1993
Orange County
2002
The Color Purple
1985
The Kid
2000
Two Weeks Notice
2002
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
1988
Ghost Town
2008
Explorers
1985
Simon Birch
1998
Did You Hear About the Morgans?
2009
The Scarlet Letter
1995
Another Woman
1988
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