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Dana Ivey

ActorBorn 1941On stage 1981 to 201117 productions on this page

Dana Ivey (born August 12, 1941) is an American retired actress. She is known for her work on Broadway, earning 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. She received five Tony Award nominations for her roles in Sunday in the Park with George (1984), Heartbreak House (1984), The Last Night of Ballyhoo (1997), The Rivals (2005), and Butley (2007). On film, she has acted in The Color Purple (1985), Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988), The Addams Family (1991), Home Alone 2: Lost in New…

On stage

17 productions, 30 years

1981

MacbethBroadway Vivian Beaumont Theater. Revival. Directed by Sarah Caldwell

61 performances

1982

Present LaughterBroadway Circle In The Square Theatre. Revival. Directed by George C. Scott

179 performances

1983

Heartbreak HouseBroadway Circle In The Square Theatre. Revival. Directed by Anthony Page

65 performances

1984

Sunday in the Park with GeorgeBroadway Booth Theatre. Original. Directed by James Lapine

604 performances

1985

Pack of LiesBroadway Royale Theatre. Original. Directed by Clifford Williams

120 performances

1985

The Marriage of FigaroBroadway Circle In The Square Theatre. Revival. Directed by Andrei Serban

77 performances

1994

Sunday in the Park with GeorgeBroadway St James Theatre. Revival

1 performance

1995

IndiscretionsBroadway Ethel Barrymore Theatre. Original. Directed by Sean Mathias

220 performances

1996

Sex and LongingBroadway Cort Theatre. Original. Directed by Garland Wright

46 performances

1997

The Last Night of BallyhooBroadway Helen Hayes Theatre. Original. Directed by Ron Lagomarsino

556 performances

1999

Waiting in the WingsBroadway Walter Kerr Theatre. Original. Directed by Michael Langham

186 performances

2001

Major BarbaraBroadway American Airlines Theatre. Revival. Directed by Daniel Sullivan

74 performances

2003

A Day in the Death of Joe EggBroadway American Airlines Theatre. Revival. Directed by Adam Kenwright

69 performances

2003

Henry IVBroadway Vivian Beaumont Theater. Revival. Directed by Jack O'Brien

58 performances

2004

The RivalsBroadway Vivian Beaumont Theater. Revival. Directed by Mark Lamos

45 performances

2006

ButleyBroadway Booth Theatre. Revival. Directed by Nicholas Martin

94 performances

2011

The Importance of Being EarnestBroadway American Airlines Theatre. Revival. Directed by Brian Bedford

189 performances

Worked with more than once

12 names

Rosemary Harris 3 productions
William Parry 2 productions
Richard Easton 2 productions
Peter Michael Goetz 2 productions
Nancy Opel 2 productions
Melanie Vaughan 2 productions
Mary D Arcy 2 productions
Mandy Patinkin 2 productions
Kurt Knudson 2 productions
Kaiulani Lee 2 productions
John Jellison 2 productions
Jeff Keller 2 productions

Also credited on

3 works

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Legally Blonde
The Addams Family

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