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Judith Ivey

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Actor b. 1951 On stage 1982–2015

Judith Lee Ivey (born September 4, 1951) 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). 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…

On stage 9 productions, 33 years

1982 Steaming Brooks Atkinson Theatre · Original · directed by Roger Smith 65 perf.
1984 Hurlyburly Ethel Barrymore Theatre · Original · directed by Mike Nichols 343 perf.
1986 Precious Sons Longacre Theatre · Original · directed by Norman René 60 perf.
1987 Blithe Spirit Neil Simon Theatre · Revival · directed by Brian Murray 104 perf.
1991 Park Your Car in Harvard Yard Music Box Theatre · Original · directed by Zoe Caldwell 124 perf.
1999 Voices in the Dark Longacre Theatre · Original · directed by Christopher Ashley 64 perf.
2001 Follies Belasco Theatre · Revival · directed by Matthew Warchus 117 perf.
2012 The Heiress Walter Kerr Theatre · Revival · directed by Moisés Kaufman 117 perf.
2015 The Audience Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre · Original · directed by Stephen Daldry 114 perf.

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Worked with more than once1 names

Blythe Danner 2 productions

Both names in the same cast list, more than once. It is not evidence of a partnership — a long-running company puts the same forty people together every night — but it is where one would start looking.

In the literature8 passages

  • Cast : Blythe Danner, Gregory Harrison, Judith Ivey, Treat Williams, Polly Bergen, Marge Champion, Betty Garrett, Joan Roberts, Donald Saddler, Jane White, Carol Woods, Louis Zorich, Roxane Barlow, Carol Bentley, Erin Dilly, Kelli O’Haraebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • In theater, Bishop was chosen by Michael Bennett to take part in his workshops of his last musical, Scandals . She was standby for Judith Ivey in the Broadway production of Precious Sons, replaced the mother in The Last Night of Ballyhoo , and co-starred in the original Broadway company of Neil Simon’s Proposals. She toured in Pal Joey di…ebooks/Viagas, Robert/B004CRTAGM EBOK - Robert Viagas & Baayork Lee & Thommie Walsh.txt
  • DON JUAN by Moliere in a new translation by Christopher HampRobert Guillaume, Glenn Kovacevich, Nicolas Surovy, Brenda Curtis, Judith Ivey, Andrew Rohrer, Fay Hauser, Bruce Rodgers-Wright, Joseph Bell, Gus Kaikkonen, Steven Williams, Michael Tezla, Steve Merle, William Mowry ton, withtheatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1976-77 Season, v. 33 (Willis).txt
  • THE SPORT OF MY MAD MOTHER by Ann Jellicoe, with John Kenny, Chris Raynolds, Judith Ivey, Keith Szarabajka, Donald Corren,theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1976-77 Season, v. 33 (Willis).txt
  • STANDBYS: Richard Bey (Nick), Wayne Carson (Nick/Malcolm), Judith Ivey (Kate), Marion Lines (Jan/Kate), Ellen Tobie (Jan), Jane House (Susannah), Joan White (Delia), Barry Cullison (Trevor) A comedy in two acts. The action takes place at the present time on one long Saturday night. General Manager: Oscar E. Olesen Company Manager: Marshal…theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1978-79, v. 35 (Willis).txt
  • Judith Ivey, Alvin Hippolyte, Marion Lines, Ralph Cosham, Mikel Lambert, Peter Vogt, David Cromwell, Terry Hinz, Shepard Sobel, Marc Barrett, Albert Corbin, Eric Zwemer Joan Marcus Photostheatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1978-79, v. 35 (Willis).txt

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