Dana Ivey

Birthplace: Atlanta, Georgia
Birthday: August 12, 1942

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 Su…more

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Credits

Actor

Hamlet
Gertrude--Queen of Denmark
Easy Street
Elenor Standard
A Child Lost Forever
Lois Jurgens
Sunday in the Park With George
Yvonne
Heartbreak House
Ariadne

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Career Milestones

2006
Cast in the Broadway revival of "Butley" opposite Nathan Lane; earned a Tony award nomination
2004
Starred in the Broadway revival of "The Rivals"; earned a Tony nomination for her role
2003
Cast in "Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde" as Congresswoman Libby Hauser
2003
Starred in the award winning play "A Day in the Death of Joe Egg"
1999
Reunited with Rosemary Harris in the stage play "Waiting in the Wings"