Judith Ivey Biography (1951-)

Full name, Judith Lee Ivey; born September 4, 1951, in El Paso, TX; daughterof Nathan Aldean (a college instructor and dean) and Dorothy Lee (a teacher;maiden name, Lewis) Ivey; married Ricardo Gutierrez, 1973 (divorced, 1978); married Tim Braine (a producer and television executive), May 14, 1989; children: (second marriage) Margaret Elizabeth (Maggie) Braine, Thomas Carter (Tom)Braine. Addresses: Agent: Cunningham/Escott/Dipene & Associates,10635 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 140, Los Angeles, CA 90025; Bresler Kelly Kipperman, 15760 Ventura Blvd., Suite 1730, Van Nuys, CA 91436-3028.

Nationality: American
Gender: Female
Occupation: Actress, director
Birth Details: September 4, 1951; El Paso, Texas, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Appearances
Didi, The Woman in Red, Orion, 1984
Iris, The Lonely Guy, Universal, 1984
Sally, Harry and Son, Orion, 1984
Nancy Miller, Compromising Positions, Paramount, 1985
Blanche, Brighton Beach Memoirs (also known as Neil Simon's Brighton Beach Memoirs), Universal, 1986
Zelda, Hello Again, Buena Vista, 1987
Charlotte Bonnard, Sister, Sister, New World, 1988
Frances, Miles from Home (also known as Farm of the Year),Cinecom International/Norstar Releasing, 1988
Anita, In Country, Warner Bros., 1989
Connie, Everybody Wins, Film Trustees, 1990
Susan Volcheck, Love Hurts, Vestron, 1990
Alice, Orion, 1990
Peedi, There Goes the Neighborhood (also known as Paydirt),Paramount, 1992
Alice Lomax, Devil's Advocate (also known as Im Auftrag des Teufels), Warner Bros., 1997
Aunt Elizabeth Almond, Washington Square, Buena Vista, 1997
Celine's mother, A Life Less Ordinary, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1997
Barbara Bowerman, Without Limits (also known as Pre), Warner Bros., 1998
Mrs. Joanne Burns, Mystery, Alaska, Buena Vista, 1999
The Stand-In, IndieDVD, 1999
Sandra, What Alice Found, Castle Hill, 2003
In God's Hands, Section 8, 2004
Television Appearances
Series
Kate McCrorey, Down Home, NBC, 1990-1991
Bonnie Jean "B. J." Poteet, Designing Women, CBS, 1992-1993
Alexandria "Alex" Isaacson Buchanan, The Five Mrs. Buchanans (alsoknown as The Four Mrs. Buchanans), CBS, 1994-1995
Voice of Eleanor Sherman, The Critic (animated), ABC, 1994, Fox, 1995
Maureen, Buddies, ABC, 1996
Miniseries
Mrs. Grimthorpe, Lord Peter Wimsey: Clouds of Witness, BBC, 1972
Cathy Kramer, Rose Red (also known as Stephen King's Rose Red), ABC, 2002
Movies
Sister Margaret, Dixie: Changing Habits, CBS, 1983
Noel Varner, The Long, Hot Summer, NBC, 1985
Sister Brenda Hayes, We Are the Children, ABC, 1987
District attorney Kerry Wells, Her Final Fury: Betty Broderick, the Last Chapter (also known as Her Final Fury: The Betty Broderick Story, Part II, Till Murder Do Us Part II, and Woman without a Prayer:The Betty Broderick Story, Part II), CBS, 1992
Passionatta, "Frogs!," WonderWorks Family Movie, PBS, 1992
Olivia Appletree, On Promised Land, The Disney Channel, 1994
Laura McCormick, Almost Golden: The Jessica Savitch Story (also known as Almost Golden), Lifetime, 1995
Doris Stauffer, Half a Dozen Babies (also known as Life's Little Struggles), ABC, 1999
Specials
Louise, "The Shady Hill Kidnapping," American Playhouse, PBS, 1982
Herself, The Making of "The Woman in Red," 1984
Madeline, Piaf, 1984
Terry Novis, "Decoration Day," Hallmark Hall of Fame, NBC, 1990
Counselor, "Other Mothers," CBS Schoolbreak Specials, CBS, 1993
Narrator, "The Summer of Ben Tyler," Hallmark Hall of Fame, CBS, 1996
Lucille, "What the Deaf Man Heard," Hallmark Hall of Fame, CBS, 1997
Voice, U.S.-Mexican War (1846-1848) (documentary; also known as The U.S.-Mexican War, 1846-1848), PBS, 1998
Episodic
Herself, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, NBC, 1990 and 1991
Voice of Lorraine, "I Hate Frasier Crane," Frasier, NBC, 1993

Voice of Mother Mirabelle, "TV or Not to Be," Duckman (animated),USA Network, 1994
Eleanor Markus, "Marry Me a Little," Will & Grace, NBC, 2002
Eleanor Markus, "Marry Me a Little More," Will & Grace, NBC, 2002
Eleanor Markus, "The Needle and the Omelet's Done," Will & Grace, NBC, 2002
Appeared in Cagney and Lacey, CBS; appeared as Susan Kelly in "Madabout You," an unaired episode of Queens Supreme, CBS.
Pilots
Texarkana, CBS, 1998
Other
Janet Potts, America's Most Terrible Things, NBC, 2002
Radio Appearances
Episodic
"A Fair Country," The Play's the Thing, 1998
Radio Playbill, 2004
Stage Appearances
Jilly, The Sea, Goodman Theatre Center, Chicago, IL, 1974
The Philanthropist, Goodman Theatre Center, 1974
Cactus Flower, Drury Lane, 1975
Mourning Becomes Electra, Goodman Theatre Center, 1975
Julia, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Court Theatre, 1976
Juliet, Romeo and Juliet, Court Theatre, 1976
Hay Fever, Drury Lane, 1976
Statues [and] The Bridge at Belharbour (double-bill), Goodman Theatre Center, 1976
Design for Living, Goodman Theatre Center, 1976-1977
Don Juan, Goodman Theatre Center, 1976-1977
The Sport of My Mad Mother, Goodman Theatre Center, 1976-1977
Celia, As You Like It, Chicago Shakespeare Festival, 1977
Jean, The Moundbuilders, Evanston Theatre Company, Evanston, IL, 1977-1978
Shirley, The Goodbye People, Evanston Theatre Company, 1977-1978
Oh, Coward!, Evanston Theatre Company, 1977-1978
Margaret, Much Ado about Nothing, American Shakespeare Festival, Philadelphia, PA, McCarter Theatre, Princeton, NJ, and Goodman Theatre Center,all 1978
Whose Life Is It Anyway?, Folger Theatre Group, Washington, DC, 1978
Gilda, Design for Living, Arena Stage, Washington, DC, 1979
Kate, Bedroom Farce, Brooks Atkinson Theatre, New York City, 1979
Fish, Dusa, Fish, Stas, and Vi, Manhattan Theatre Club, New York City, 1980
Kathleen Herlihy, Sunday Runners in the Rain, New York ShakespeareFestival, Public Theatre, New York City, 1980
Multiple roles, Girls, Girls, Girls, New York Shakespeare Festival, Public Theatre, 1980
Edith Piaf (title role) and Madeleine, Piaf, Plymouth Theatre, NewYork City, 1981
Evelyn, The Rimers of Eldritch, La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club,New York City, 1981
Sally, Sally and Marsha, State University of New York at Purchase,1981
The Dumping Ground, Ensemble Studio Theatre, New York City, 1981
Eileen, Two Small Bodies, Production Company, Theatre Guinevere, New York City, then Matrix Theatre, Los Angeles, both 1982
Melanie, Pastorale, Second Stage Theatre, McGinn-Cazale Theatre, New York City, 1982
Sorel, Hay Fever, Kenyon College Festival, Gambier, OH, 1982
Josie, Steaming, Brooks Atkinson Theatre, 1982-1983
Joyce, Jazz Poets at the Grotto, Production Company, Theatre Guinevere, 1983
Kathy, Second Lady, Production Company, Theatre Guinevere, 1983
Bonnie, Hurlyburly, Goodman Theatre Center, 1984, then Promenade Theatre, New York City, later Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York City, both 1984
Bea, Precious Sons, Longacre Theatre, New York City, 1986
Ruth, Blithe Spirit, Morris A. Mechanic Theatre, Baltimore, MD, then Neil Simon Theatre, New York City, both 1987
Mrs. Dally, Mrs. Dally Has a Lover, Westbeth Theatre Center, 1988
Kathleen Hogan, Park Your Car in Harvard Yard, Morris A. MechanicTheatre, 1991, then Music Box Theatre, New York City, 1991-1992
Moonshot, "The Moonshot Tape," and Diane, "A Poster of the Cosmos," Moonshot and Cosmos, Circle Repertory Theatre, New York City, 1994
Patrice Burgess, A Fair Country, Lincoln Center Theatre, New YorkCity, 1996
Mrs. Honey and Heather, A Madhouse in Goa, Second Stage Theatre, McGinn-Cazale Theatre, 1997
Lil, Voices in the Dark, Longacre Theatre, New York City, 1999
The Vagina Monologues, Westside Theatre Downstairs, New York City,beginning c. 1999
Linda Savignac and Carlotta Gray, Noel Coward's Suite in Two Keys,Mirage Theatre Company, Lucille Lortel Theatre, New York City, 2000
"The Bundlelays," Texas Bound (readings of short stories), Alley Theatre, Houston, TX, 2000
Sally Durant Plummer, Follies (musical), Roundabout Theatre Company, Belasco Theatre, New York City, 2001
Immortal Imperatives (reading), Victory Gardens Theatre, Chicago,IL, 2001
Elizabeth I, Dearest Cousin (reading), Lion Theatre, New York City, 2003
Madeline Livingston, The Women of Lockerbie, The New Group, Theatre at St. Clement's Church, 2003
Martha, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Alley Theatre, 2003
Various characters, Women on Fire (solo show), Cherry Lane StudioTheatre, then Cherry Lane Theatre, both New York City, 2003-2004
Desiree Armfeldt, A Little Night Music (musical), Los Angeles Opera, Los Angeles, 2004
Martha Mitchell, Dirty Tricks, Public Theatre, 2004
Performer at the Actors Theatre of Nantucket, RI; conducted readings at the State University of New York at Fredonia.
Stage Director
Two for the Seesaw, Fairfield County Stage Company, Westport, CT,1993
Yeardley Smith: More (solo show; also known as More), UnionSquare Theatre, New York City, 2004
Steel Magnolias, Alley Theatre, Houston, TX, 2005
Director of Soccer Moms, Fleetwood Stage.
RECORDINGS
Audiobooks
Where or When, by Anita Shreve and Virginia Barber, Pub Group West, 1994
My Louisiana Sky, by Kimberly Willis Holt, Listening Library, 1999
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, by Rebecca Wells, Books onTape, 2002
"Luckey Quarter," Everything's Eventual: Five Dark Tales, by Stephen King, Simon & Schuster Audio, 2002
A Corner of the Universe, by Ann M. Martin, Listening Library, 2003

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

Texas Monthly, January, 2000, p. 24

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