Dana Ivey
Dana Ivey | |
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Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. | |
Alma mater | London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1962–present |
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Website | danaivey |
Dana Ivey (born August 12, 1941)
Early life and family
Ivey was born in
Dana Ivey received her undergraduate degree at Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida. She was a member of Phi Mu women's fraternity and earned a Fulbright grant to study drama at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.[4] She received an honorary doctorate (humane letters) from Rollins College in February 2008.[5]
Career
Stage
Before making New York City her home in the late 1970s, Ivey appeared in numerous American and Canadian stage productions and served as director of DramaTech in Atlanta from 1974 to 1977, as had her mother before her from 1949 to 1966. In 1981, Ivey made her Broadway debut playing two small roles in a production of Macbeth; the following year, she was cast in a major supporting role in a revival of Noël Coward's Present Laughter, for which she received the Clarence Derwent Award as Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play. She was nominated for two Tony Awards in the same season (1984) – as Best Featured Actress in a Musical for Stephen Sondheim's Sunday in the Park with George and Best Featured Actress in a Play for a revival of Heartbreak House – a feat repeated by only three other actresses, Amanda Plummer, Jan Maxwell, and Kate Burton.[6]
Ivey's performances in Quartermaine's Terms and Driving Miss Daisy (creating the title role)[7] earned her Obie Awards,[8] as did that in Mrs. Warren's Profession (2005).[9]
Ivey performed in the New York premiere in 2009 of The Savannah Disputation by Evan Smith at Playwrights Horizons. The comedy co-starred Marylouise Burke, Reed Birney, and Kellie Overbey.[10][11]
In July 2010, she appeared as Winnie in Happy Days by Samuel Beckett at the Westport Playhouse.[12] She appeared as Miss Prism in the Roundabout Theatre Company Broadway production of The Importance of Being Earnest in 2011.[13] Ivey played Mrs Candour in the 2016 production of The School for Scandal at the Lucille Lortel Theatre.[14]
In December 2016, Ivey was invited by the Noël Coward Society to lay flowers on the statue of Sir Noël Coward at the Gershwin Theatre in Manhattan to celebrate the 117th birthday of "The Master".
Film
Ivey's first film appearance was in
Television
In 1978, Ivey made her television debut in the daytime
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1985 | Explorers | Mrs. Müller | |
The Color Purple | Miss Millie | ||
1986 | Heartburn | Wedding Speaker | |
1988 | The Appointments of Dennis Jennings | Newscaster | Short film |
Another Woman | Engagement Party Guest | ||
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels | Mrs. Reed | ||
1990 | Postcards from the Edge | Wardrobe Mistress | |
1991 | The Addams Family | Margaret Alford | |
1992 | Home Alone 2: Lost in New York | Desk Clerk | |
1993 | The Adventures of Huck Finn | Widow Douglas | |
Guilty as Sin | Judge D. Tompkins | ||
Sleepless in Seattle | Claire | ||
Addams Family Values | Margaret Addams | ||
1995 | The Scarlet Letter | Meredith Stonehall | |
Sabrina | Mack | ||
1998 | The Impostors | Mrs. Essendine | |
Simon Birch | Grandmother Wenteworth | ||
1999 | Mumford | Mrs. Crisp | |
Walking Across Egypt | Beatrice Vernon | ||
2000 | The Kid | Dr. Alexander | |
2002 | Orange County | Vera Gantner | |
Two Weeks Notice | Ruth Kelson | ||
2003 | Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde | Libby Hauser | |
2006 | A Very Serious Person | Betty | |
2007 | Broken English | Elinor Gregory | |
Rush Hour 3 | Sister Agnes | ||
2008 | Ghost Town | Marjorie Pickthall | |
Claire | Barbara | Short film | |
2009 | Did You Hear About the Morgans? | Trish Pinger | |
2011 | The Help | Gracie Higginbotham | |
2013 | Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight | Mrs. Paige | |
2014 | We'll Never Have Paris | Francoise | |
2017 | Professional Cuddler | Gloria | Short film |
The Leisure Seeker | Lillian | ||
2018 | Ocean's Eight |
Diana | |
2019 | Georgica | Dorothy | Short film |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1962 | The Beachcomber | Kahlana | Episode: "Tribal Law" |
1981 | Another World | Clinic Nurse | Episode: "#1.4336" |
1982 | Little Gloria... Happy at Last | TV mini-series, Episode: "Part I" | |
Macbeth | Witch | Television Film | |
1986 | American Playhouse | Yvonne / Naomi Eisen | Episode: "Sunday in the Park with George" |
1986–1987 | Easy Street | Eleanor Standard | 22 episodes |
1989 | B.L. Stryker | Gabrielle Harwood | Episode: "Die Laughing" |
1985–1990 | Great Performances | Gertrude / Ariadne | 2 episodes |
1992 | A Child Lost Forever: The Jerry Sherwood Story | Lois Jurgens | Television film |
1993 | Class of '61 | Mrs. Julia Peyton | Television film |
Mama's Back | Maureen | Television film | |
1995 | Homicide: Life on the Street | Margie Bolander | 3 episodes |
1996 | Law & Order | Ms. Shore | Episode: "Girlfriends" |
1997 | Frasier | Ms. Langer | Episode: "Three Days of the Condo" |
1999 | A Lesson Before Dying | Edna Guidry | Television film |
2000 | Oz | Patricia Nathan | 2 episodes |
2001 | 100 Centre Street | Dr. Camille Willoughby | Episode: "Bottlecaps" |
2003 | The Practice | Judge Natalie Brown | Episode: "Cause of Action" |
2004 | Sex and the City | Trudy Stork | Episode: "Out of the Frying Pan" |
2005 | Monk | Mrs. Eels | Episode: "Mr. Monk and the Other Detective" |
2008 | The Return of Jezebel James | Molly | 2 episodes |
2010 | American Experience | Quaker Woman | Episode: "Dolley Madison" |
Ugly Betty | Roberta | Episode: "All the World's a Stage" | |
Boardwalk Empire | Mrs. McGarry | 4 episodes | |
2011 | The Importance of Being Earnest | Miss Prism | Television film |
2013 | The Big C | Nan | Episode: "Quality of Death" |
2015 | Odd Mom Out | Mrs. Hardwick | Episode: "Wheels Up" |
2017 | Madam Secretary | Nelly Conlon | Episode: "The Beautiful Game" |
Broadway credits
- Macbeth (1981)[16]
- Present Laughter (1983)
- Heartbreak House (1984)
- Sunday in the Park with George (1984)
- Pack of Lies (1985)
- The Marriage of Figaro (1985)
- Indiscretions (1995)[17]
- Sex and Longing (1996)[18]
- The Last Night of Ballyhoo (1997)
- Waiting in the Wings (1999/2000)
- Major Barbara (2001)
- Henry IV (2003)
- A Day in the Death of Joe Egg (2003)
- The Rivals (2005)
- Butley (2006)
- The Importance of Being Earnest (2011)
Theatre awards and nominations
- 1983 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play (Quartermaine's Terms, nominee)
- 1983 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play (Present Laughter, nominee)
- 1984 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical (Sunday in the Park with George, nominee)
- 1984 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play (Heartbreak House, nominee)
- 1987 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play (Driving Miss Daisy, nominee)
- 1997 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play (The Last Night of Ballyhoo, nominee)
- 1997 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play (The Last Night of Ballyhoo and Sex and Longing, winner)
- 2005 Tony Awardfor Best Featured Actress in a Play (The Rivals, nominee)
- 2007 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play (Butley, nominee)
- 2008 Induction into the American Theater Hall of Fame[19]
References
- ProQuest 2849362329.
Today's Birthdays: Actor George Hamilton is 84. Actor Dana Ivey is 82. Actor Jennifer Warren is 82. Rock singer-musician Mark Knopfler (Dire Straits) is 74. Actor Jim Beaver is 73. Singer Kid Creole (of Kid Creole and the Coconuts) is 73. Jazz musician Pat Metheny is 69.
See also:- "On This Day, August 12". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. August 12, 2009. p. A-2. ProQuest 390573707.
Today's birthdays: Actor George Hamilton, 70. Actress Dana Ivey, 68. Actress Jennifer Warren, 68.
- "On This Day, August 12". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. August 12, 2009. p. A-2.
- ^ NYT April 21, 1999 [full citation needed]
- ^ "Dana Ivey Biography". Yahoo! Movies. Archived from the original on April 10, 2008. Retrieved December 5, 2008.
- ^ ""phimuaglaia article, Winter/Spring 2008". Archived from the original on February 29, 2012. Retrieved July 15, 2019.
- ^ Orlando Sentinel article, February 15, 2008[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Twice Blessed" Archived June 9, 2003, at the Wayback Machine tonyawards.com, accessed April 17, 2011
- ^ Gussow, Mel, "The Stage: Driving Miss Daisy", The New York Times, April 16, 1987. Retrieved 2011-02-15.
- ^ Dana Ivey, official website. Retrieved 2011-02-15.
- ^ Staff."Winners of 51st Annual Village Voice Obie Awards Named", broadway.com, May 16, 2006
- ^ "Current Season at Playwrights Horizon". Archived from the original on December 16, 2008. Retrieved November 18, 2008.
- ^ Isherwood, Charles, "Dodging Hellfire, Armed With Quips and the Obliging Father Murphy", The New York Times, March 4, 2009. Retrieved 2011-02-15
- ^ Hetrick, Adam."Dana Ivey and Jack Wetherall Face Happy Days at Westport Playhouse, Beginning July 6", Playbill, July 6, 2010
- ^ Isherwood, Charles."A Stylish Monster Conquers at a Glance" The New York Times, January 13, 2011
- ^ "Dana Ivey on Loving Language, Social Media, and The School for Scandal" by David Gordon, TheaterMania.com, April 26, 2016
- The Huffington Post. Retrieved January 2, 2017.
- ^ "Macbeth – Broadway Play – 1981 Revival | IBDB". www.ibdb.com. Retrieved June 13, 2022.
- ^ "Indiscretions – Broadway Play – Original | IBDB". www.ibdb.com. Retrieved June 13, 2022.
- ^ "Sex and Longing – Broadway Play – Original | IBDB". www.ibdb.com. Retrieved June 13, 2022.
- ^ "Hall of Fame: theater veterans get a night in limelight". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.