Judith Ivey
American actress and theatre director · United States · On the map · Actors · Born 1951 · age 75
Judith Lee Ivey is an American actress and theatre director. She has twice won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for Steaming (1981) and Hurlyburly (1984).
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Women TalkingFilm, Agata2019
The Bit PlayerFilm, Betty Shannon2018
New AmsterdamSeries, Virginia Stauton2014
Big Stone GapFilm, Nan MacChesney2011
Person of InterestSeries, Sharon2010Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Lead ActressAward2009
Nurse JackieSeries, Paula2007
Pictures of Hollis WoodsFilm, Beatrice Gilcrest2005
Grey's AnatomySeries, Barbara Robbins2003
What Alice FoundFilm, Sandra2002
Rose RedSeries, Cathy Kramer1998
Without LimitsFilm, Barbara Bowerman1996
BuddiesSeries, Maureen DeMoss
The Summer of Ben TylerFilm, 1996Narrator (voice)1993
FrasierSeries, Lorraine (voice)
Other MothersFilm, 1993Counselor1991
Frogs!Film, Passionatta1989
In CountryFilm, Anita1987
Hello AgainFilm, Zelda1985Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a PlayAward
The Long Hot SummerSeries, 1985Noel Varner
Compromising PositionsFilm, 1985Nancy Miller1983Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a PlayAward
Dixie: Changing HabitsFilm, 1983Sister Margaret1982
American PlayhouseSeries, Louise1974
The EnemyFilm, Betsy1951
Hallmark Hall of FameSeries, Terry NovisBorn4 September 1951People around Judith
- Frank Perry Directed Hello Again (1987)
Chris Bauer Also in Flags of Our Fathers and Elementary
Maury Chaykin Also in Harry & Son and A Life Less Ordinary
Steven Spielberg Produced Flags of Our Fathers (2006)
Brad Pitt Produced Women Talking (2023)
Clint Eastwood Produced Flags of Our Fathers (2006)
Tom Cruise Produced Without Limits (1998)
Paul Newman Directed Harry & Son (1984)
Frances McDormand Produced Women Talking (2023)
Danny Boyle Directed A Life Less Ordinary (1998)
James Horner Wrote The Woman in Red and In Country
Jeff Daniels Also in There Goes the Neighborhood (1992)
Dagmara Domińczyk Also in Many Happy Returns and Big Stone Gap
Bill Condon Directed Sister, Sister (1988)
Taylor Hackford Directed The Devil's Advocate (1998)
David E. Kelley Produced Mystery, Alaska (1999)
Jake Weber Also in Elementary and What the Deaf Man Heard
Linda Emond Also in Elementary and A Bird of the Air
Bud Yorkin Directed Love Hurts (1990)
Brennan Brown Also in Elementary and Many Happy Returns
Andrew Macdonald Produced A Life Less Ordinary (1998)
Roger Birnbaum Produced Washington Square (1998)
Susan Isaacs Wrote Hello Again and Compromising Positions
Jo Anderson Also in Miles from Home and Decoration Day
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The Devil's Advocate 1997
Flags of Our Fathers 2006
Women Talking 2022
Without Limits 1998
Brighton Beach Memoirs 1986
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Television 24
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She also received Best Actress In A Play nomination for Park Your Car in Harvard Yard (1992) and another Best Featured Actress in a Play nomination for The Heiress. Ivey made her big screen debut playing the female lead role in the 1984 romantic comedy film, The Lonely Guy. She later appeared in the comedy films The Woman in Red (1984), Compromising Positions (1985), Brighton Beach Memoirs (1986), Sister, Sister (1987), and the drama films The Devil's Advocate (1997) and Women Talking (2022), for which she received critical acclaim. On television, Ivey played the leading role in the NBC sitcom Down Home (1990-91), and played Bonnie Jean "BJ" Poteet during the final season of CBS sitcom Designing Women (1992-93). For her role in the television film What the Deaf Man Heard (1997), she was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie.
