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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

89% 84% Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Watchlist 85% 61% Ghost Town Watchlist
83% 67% Postcards From the Edge
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80% 77% A Lesson Before Dying
Watchlist 75% 75% Sleepless in Seattle Watchlist
75% 50% The Adventures of Huck Finn
Watchlist 75% 63% Addams Family Values Watchlist
73% 94% The Color Purple
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72% 66% Explorers
Watchlist 67% 67% The Addams Family Watchlist
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Dana Ivey

Dana Ivey THE IMPOSTERS, (l-r): Campbell Scott, Alfred Molina, Billy Connolly, Dana Ivey, Hope Davis, Matt McGrath, Lili Taylor, 1998, (c)TM and Copyright (c)20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved. The Big C, Laura Linney (L), Dana Ivey (R), 'Quality Of Death', The Big C: Hereafter, Ep. #3, 05/13/2013, ©SHO The Big C, Dana Ivey, 'Quality Of Death', The Big C: Hereafter, Ep. #3, 05/13/2013, ©SHO TWO WEEKS NOTICE, Robert Klein, Dana Ivey, 2002, (c) Warner Brothers LEGALLY BLONDE 2: RED WHITE AND BLONDE, Sally Field, Reese witherspoon, Bruiser the dog, Dana Ivey, Bruce McGill, 2003, (c) MGM LEGALLY BLONDE 2: RED WHITE AND BLONDE, Reese Witherspoon, Dana Ivey, 2003, (c) MGM GHOST TOWN, front from left: Ricky Gervais (left), Jeff Hiller, Alan Ruck (center, blue shirt), Dana Ivey (center, gray hair), 2008. ©Paramount TWO WEEKS NOTICE, Sandra Bullock, Robert Klein, Dana Ivey, Hugh Grant, 2002, (c) Warner Brothers HOME ALONE 2: LOST IN NEW YORK, (l-r): James Cole, Rob Schneider, Tim Curry, Dana Ivey, Fred Krause, 1992, TM and Copyright (c)20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved. View more photos

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Professional Cuddler 2017 Gloria Actor Ghost Town 85% 61% 2008 Mrs. Pickthall Actor Rush Hour 3 17% 63% 2007 Sister Agnes Actor A Very Serious Person 50% 2006 Betty Actor Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde 35% 37% 2003 Libby Hauser Actor Two Weeks Notice 43% 59% 2002 Ruth Kelson Actor Orange County 47% 61% 2002 Vera Gantner Actor Disney's The Kid 49% 49% 2000 Dr. Alexander Actor A Lesson Before Dying 80% 77% 1999 Edna Guidry Actor Mumford 58% 65% 1999 Mrs. Crisp Actor Simon Birch 44% 77% 1998 Grandmother Wenteworth Actor The Impostors 63% 73% 1998 Mrs. Essendine Actor The Scarlet Letter 13% 41% 1995 Meredith Stonehall Actor Sabrina 61% 64% 1995 Mack Actor Class of '61 31% 1993 Mrs. Julia Peyton Actor Guilty as Sin 38% 43% 1993 Judge D. Tompkins Actor Addams Family Values 75% 63% 1993 Margaret Addams Actor Sleepless in Seattle 75% 75% 1993 Claire Bennett Actor The Adventures of Huck Finn 75% 50% 1993 Widow Douglas Actor A Child Lost Forever 80% 1992 Lois Jurgens Actor The Addams Family 67% 67% 1991 Margaret Alford/Margaret Addams Actor Postcards From the Edge 83% 67% 1990 Wardrobe Mistress Actor B.L. Stryker: Die Laughing 1989 Gabrielle Harwood Actor Dirty Rotten Scoundrels 89% 84% 1988 Mrs. Reed Actor Explorers 72% 66% 1985 Mrs. Müller Actor
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