Dana Ivey
Biography
Dana Ivey was born in Atlanta, Georgia. She decided at age six that she wanted to act, and throughout school she pursued it. She majored in theatre at Rollins College in Florida. She received a grant to study drama in England at the London Academy of Music and Art. She has received critical acclaim on the stage, winning many honors, such as a Tony Nomination, an Outer Critics award, a Drama Desk Award. She has appeared on such television shows as Law & Order (1990) and Frasier (1993). She currently lives in New York City.
85years old
Turns 86 on August 12in 312 days
- Born Atlanta
- Star sign: LeoThe sign runs July 23 to August 22
- Also credited as Dana Robins Ivey
Movie Career
- Films
- 27
- Career span
- 33 years1985 to 2018
Genres
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Behind the award
Ivey earned Obie Awards for her work in Quartermaine's Terms and Driving Miss Daisy, in which she originated the title part.
First role
Ivey made her first appearance in a film in Explorers, Joe Dante's 1985 science-fiction fantasy, acting alongside Ethan Hawke and River Phoenix.
Dana Ivey movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Barry Sonnenfeld directed two of these films, Marc Lawrence two. 24 actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Danny Glover's page
Christopher Lloyd's page
Oliver Platt's page
Anjelica Huston's page
Greg Kinnear's page
Sandra Bullock's page
All films by Barry Sonnenfeld
All films by Marc Lawrence
Also two films together18 more actors
- Christina RicciAddams Family Values (1993) and The Addams Family (1991)
- Catherine O'HaraOrange County (2002) and Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)
- Hugh GrantDid You Hear About the Morgans? (2009) and Two Weeks Notice (2002)
- Frances ConroyThe Adventures of Huck Finn (1993) and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988)
- Elisabeth MossDid You Hear About the Morgans? (2009) and Mumford (1999)
- Lily TomlinOrange County (2002) and The Kid (2000)
- Jason RitterWe'll Never Have Paris (2014) and Mumford (1999)
- Sean McCannSimon Birch (1998) and Guilty as Sin (1993)
- Michael KellyDid You Hear About the Morgans? (2009) and Broken English (2007)
- Raul JuliaAddams Family Values (1993) and The Addams Family (1991)
- Stanley AndersonLegally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde (2003) and The Kid (2000)
- Carel StruyckenAddams Family Values (1993) and The Addams Family (1991)
- Fritz WeaverWe'll Never Have Paris (2014) and Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight (2013)
- Mary Louise WilsonOcean's Eight (2018) and The Adventures of Huck Finn (1993)
- Simon HelbergWe'll Never Have Paris (2014) and Mumford (1999)
- Christopher HartAddams Family Values (1993) and The Addams Family (1991)
- Joseph Badalucco Jr.Ghost Town (2008) and Two Weeks Notice (2002)
- Jimmy WorkmanAddams Family Values (1993) and The Addams Family (1991)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Dana Ivey's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$2.1 billion
21 of the 27 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 27 films: 21 worldwide figure; 2 us gross only; 2 never in cinemas; 2 figure not found.
- 21Worldwide figure
- 2US gross only
- 2Never in cinemas
- 2Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 80% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$359M17.0% of the total
- 2$298M14.1% of the total
- 3$258M12.2% of the total
- 4$199M9.4% of the total
- 5$192M9.1% of the total
- 6$146M6.9% of the total
- 7$125M5.9% of the total
- 8$110M5.2% of the total
$428 millionfrom the other 13 films with a worldwide figure, 20% of the total
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.