Biography
Dana Ivey is an American actress born on 12 August 1941 in Atlanta, Georgia. She has had a long career on Broadway, receiving five Tony Award nominations for performances in Sunday in the Park with George (1984), Heartbreak House (1984), The Last Night of Ballyhoo (1997), The Rivals (2005) and Butley (2007). She won the 1997 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play for her roles in Sex and Longing and The Last Night of Ballyhoo. Ivey originated the title role in Driving Miss Daisy and received a Drama Desk nomination for Best Actress in a Play.
Her film appearances include The Color Purple (1985) as Miss Millie, The Addams Family (1991) as Margaret Alford, Addams Family Values (1993) as Margaret Addams, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992), Sleepless in Seattle (1993), Two Weeks Notice (2002) as Ruth Kelson, Rush Hour 3 (2007) as Sister Agnes and The Help (2011) as Gracie Higginbotham.
