Mercedes Ruehl
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 28, 1948 (age 78)
- Birthplace
- Queens, New York, USA
Biography
Mercedes J. Ruehl is an American screen, stage, and television actress. She is the recipient of several accolades, including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Tony Award, a Drama Desk Award, two Obie Awards, and two Outer Critics Circle Awards. Her most acclaimed film role was in The Fisher King; her performance in the film earned her the 1991 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress as well as an American Comedy Award, a Boston Society of Film Critics Award, a Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award, and a Golden Globe. Ruehl is known for her leading performance in the play Lost in Yonkers (1990) and supporting performance in the film The Fisher King (1991). Her other film credits include Big (1988), Married to the Mob (1988), Last Action Hero (1993), Roseanna's Grave (1997), and Hustlers (2019). She also played the mother of main character Vincent Chase in HBO's Entourage.
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Filmography
People Not Places
Movie
The Nana Project
Movie · as Nana
Accused
TV · as Connie · 1 ep
Disclosure
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Hustlers
Movie · as Mother
New Amsterdam
TV · as Grace · 1 ep
Robin Williams: Behind Closed Doors
Movie · as Self
Bull
TV · as Judge Tessa Hudson, Judge Hudson · 1 ep
Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict
Movie · as Self
Life in Pieces
TV · as Mia · 1 ep
Chu and Blossom
Movie · as Mrs. Fefterg
The Mysteries of Laura
TV · as Val Santiani · 1 ep
Doubt
Movie · as Mrs. Syd Newman
Star Spangled Banners
Movie · as Rosalind Banner
Monday Mornings
TV · as Judge Beverly Natheson · 1 ep
Doctors of the Dark Side
Movie · as Narrator
2 Broke Girls
TV · as Olga · 1 ep
Goldstar, Ohio
Movie · as Adriana Rock
Loving Leah
Movie · as Janice
A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story
Movie · as Sylvia Guerrero
Psych
TV · as Detective Goochberg · 1 ep
Mom at Sixteen
Movie · as Terry Jeffries
Bad Apple
Movie · as Lorraine Gibbons
Zeyda and the Hitman
Movie · as Esther
Entourage
TV · as Rita Chase · 2 eps
NCIS
TV · as Marie Quinn · 1 ep
Guilt by Association
Movie · as Susan Walker
Spooky House
Movie · as Boss
Widows
TV · as Dolly Rawlins · 4 eps
The Amati Girls
Movie · as Grace
More Dogs Than Bones
Movie · as Victoria 'Vic' Galletti
All-American Girl: The Mary Kay Letourneau Story
Movie · as Jane Newhall
The Lost Child
Movie · as Rebecca
What's Cooking?
Movie · as Elizabeth Avila
The Minus Man
Movie · as Jane
Out of the Cold
Movie · as Tina
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV · as Lucia Barba · 1 ep
Gia
Movie · as Kathleen Carangi
Roseanna's Grave
Movie · as Roseanna
North Shore Fish
Movie · as Florence
Subway Stories
Movie · as Leyla (segment "Underground")
Indictment: The McMartin Trial
Movie · as Lael Rubin
On Hope
Movie
Last Action Hero
Movie · as Irene Madigan
Lost in Yonkers
Movie · as Bella Kurnitz
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Frasier
TV · as Kate Costas · 5 eps
The Fisher King
Movie · as Anne
Another You
Movie · as Elaine
Crazy People
Movie · as Dr. Liz Baylor
Law & Order
TV · as Zina Rybakov, Clara Lloyd · 1 ep
Slaves of New York
Movie · as Samantha
Crimes and Misdemeanors
Movie · as Party Guest (uncredited)
Big
Movie · as Mrs. Baskin
Married to the Mob
Movie · as Connie Russo
84 Charing Cross Road
Movie · as Kay
The Secret of My Success
Movie · as Sheila
Leader of the Band
Movie · as Miss Cooper
Radio Days
Movie · as Ad Man
Heartburn
Movie · as Eve
Twisted
Movie · as Cybelle
Mom's on Strike
Movie · as Sandy
Kate & Allie
TV · 1 ep
The Cosby Show
TV · as Bernadette Foley · 1 ep
Four Friends
Movie · as Woman in Taxi
The Warriors
Movie · as Policewoman
Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands
Movie · as American girl in casino
ABC Afterschool Special
TV · as Sandy · 1 ep
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Oscars
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV · as Rebecca · 1 ep