Dana Ivey Biography
Dana Ivey (born August 12, 1941) is an American actress. She is a five-time Tony Award nominee for her work on Broadway, and won 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.
Her film appearances include The Color Purple (1985), Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988), The Addams Family (1991), Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992), Sleepless in Seattle (1993), Addams Family Values (1993), Two Weeks Notice (2002), Rush Hour 3 (2007), and The Help (2011).
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Discussion of Church Activities and Beliefs
Rev. Russell:
I'd like to take a few minutes to discuss some of the upcoming activities on the church calendar.
Simon Birch:
Here we go.
Ben Goodrich: [Quietly]
What's wrong, Simon?
Simon Birch:
Who knows what God thinks about current events?
Rev. Russell:
Does someone have a question?
Ben Goodrich:
Uh, no, sir - um, your honor, no,...Father, thank you. No, sir.
Rev. Russell:
It's always nice to see new faces in the congregation. I'd like to invite them downstairs to join my wife and children, and myself for coffee and doughnuts downstairs after the service.
Simon Birch:
What does coffee and doughnuts have to do with God?
Grandmother Wenteworth: [Quietly]
Simon, you better be quiet!
Rev. Russell:
Simon, is there something you'd like to share with us?
Simon Birch:
I said, "What does coffee and doughnuts have to do with God?
Rev. Russell:
They're merely refreshments so people can socialize and, uh, and discuss the upcoming activities.
Simon Birch:
Who ever said the church needs a continental breakfast?
Rev. Russell:
-Simon!
Simon Birch:
I doubt that God is interested in our church activities.
Rev. Russell:
-Simon!
Simon Birch:
-If God has made the church bake sale a priority, then I'd say we're all in a lot of trouble.
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Unusual Observations About a Child's Voice
Grandmother Wenteworth:
That child is positively unnatural.
Hilde:
Most peculiar.
Grandmother Wenteworth:
And his voice, like--
Hilde:
A mouse.
Grandmother Wenteworth:
More than one. Like mice.
Hilde:
Strangled mice.
Grandmother Wenteworth: [laughing]
Strangled mice. Very good, Hilde.
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