"Steaming" Judith Ivey Hand Signed 5X8 B&W Photo

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Up for auction "Steaming" Judith Ivey Hand Signed 5X8 B&W Photo.
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Judith Lee Ivey
(born September 4, 1951) is an
American
actress and theatre director. She received two
Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play
for her performances in
Steaming
(1981) and
Hurlyburly
(1984). Ivey also appeared in several films and television series. For her role in
What the Deaf Man Heard
(1997), she was nominated for a
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie
. Ivey was born in
El Paso, Texas
, the daughter of Nathan Aldean Ivey, a college instructor and dean and Dorothy Lee (
née
Lewis), a teacher.
She spent 1965–68 in
Dowagiac, Michigan
, where she attended Union High School through tenth grade. She graduated from Marion High School in
Marion, Illinois
, in 1970, and is an alumna of
John A. Logan College
,
Southern Illinois University
(Carbondale), and
Illinois State University
(
Normal, Illinois
). Despite a long history of theater and film performances, Ivey is often associated with her one-year run as B.J. Poteet on
Designing Women
(1992–93), replacing
Julia Duffy
, who had replaced
Delta Burke
in 1991. She appeared on
Will & Grace
as the mother of
Dr. Leo Markus
. She has also appeared on
Grey's Anatomy
,
Person of Interest
,
White Collar
,
Nurse Jackie
,
Big Love
, and
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
.
Ivey won two
Tony Awards
as Best Featured Actress in a Play for
Steaming
in 1983 and
Hurlyburly
in 1985. She was also nominated for
Park Your Car in Harvard Yard
in 1992 and a revival of
The Heiress
in 2013. Other Broadway theatre credits include
Piaf
,
Bedroom Farce
,
Blithe Spirit
, Voices in the Dark, and
Follies
.
She portrayed Amanda in
The Glass Menagerie
at the
Long Wharf Theatre
and reprised the role in March 2010 at the
Roundabout Theatre
in New York, as well as the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles. She received the
Lucille Lortel
Award for Best Actress for that portrayal. Ivey portrayed
Ann Landers
in the solo play
The Lady With All the Answers
at the Cherry Lane Theatre (
off-Broadway
) in October 2009. She was nominated for Best Solo Performance for the Lucille Lortel Award and
Drama Desk Award
. In 2016, she returned to the
Cherry Lane Theatre
in
Israel Horovitz
's play
Out Of The Mouths Of Babes
with
Estelle Parsons
, directed by
Barnet Kellman
.
Ivey has appeared in numerous films, including
Brighton Beach Memoirs
,
Miles from Home
,
Compromising Positions
,
Harry & Son
,
The Woman in Red
,
Sister, Sister
,
In Country
,
Hello Again
,
The Lonely Guy
,
There Goes the Neighborhood
,
The Devil's Advocate
,
What Alice Found
, and
Flags of Our Fathers
.
Other television roles include starring roles as Kate McCrorey in the 1990–91 series
Down Home
, set in a Texas coastal town, Alexandra Buchanan in the short-lived series
The 5 Mrs. Buchanans
, and "Buddies" with Dave Chappelle. Ivey was also in the 1985 TV remake of
The Long Hot Summer
, in the role of Noel Varner (
Joanne Woodward
's role in the 1958 film version). The miniseries also starred
Jason Robards
and
Don Johnson
. Ivey was nominated for an Emmy for her performance in
What the Deaf Man Heard
, a Hallmark Hall of Fame presentation. She also provided the voice of
Eleanor Sherman
in the
animated series
The Critic
. Ivey appeared in the television miniseries
Rose Red
(based on a
Stephen King
novel) as Cathy, one of the psychics investigating a haunted house.