Lela Ivey
| Lela Ivey | |
|---|---|
| Born |
June 26, 1958 New York, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
Lela Ivey (born June 26, 1958) is an American actress of film and television.
Life and career
Ivey was born in New York City. She is a graduate of The American Academy of Dramatic Arts (NYC). For 25 years she made her living as an actress working in television, film and theatre while living in New York City and Los Angeles. Some favorite stage roles include The Waiting Room at the Mark Taper Forum for which she received a Los Angeles Ovation Award nomination and The Marriage of Bette and Boo at the Los Angeles Theatre Center for which she received a Los Angeles Drama-Logue Award nomination. She also appeared at the Ipswitch Theatre Festival in Massachusetts in Liberties Taken, directed by Julie Taymor. She is a member of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG), AEA and AFTRA.
Ivey serves as an adjunct faculty member at Lansing Community College in Lansing, Michigan as well as part of the Theatre Department at Michigan State University.
Filmography
Film And Television Credits
- Pleasantville (1998)
- Party of Five (3 episodes/TV series)
- Tower of Terror (1997) (TV)
- Bean (1997)
- JAG (2 episodes/TV)
- University Hospital (1 episode/TV)
- Wet (1995)
- S.F.W. (1994)
- Sodbusters (1994) (TV)
- L.A. Law (1 episode/TV)
- Mr. Jones (1993)
- Murder, She Wrote (2 episodes/TV)
- Homefront (6 episodes/TV)
- Bodies of Evidence (1 episode/TV)
- I Don't Buy Kisses Anymore (1992)
- The Addams Family (1991)
- Quantum Leap (2 episodes/TV)
- ''She-Wolf of London (1 episode/TV)
- Married People (1 episode/TV)
- The Golden Girls (1 episode/TV)
- Life Goes On (1 episode/TV)
- Murphy Brown (1 episode/TV)
- ALF (1 episode/TV)
- Knight & Daye (1989) (TV series)
- Newhart (2 episodes/TV)
- Empty Nest (1 episode/TV)
- Ladykillers (1988) (TV)
- Big (1988)
- Heartburn (1986)
- The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)
- The Edge of Night (1956) (soap opera)