Deborah Rush

Deborah Rush

Known for
Acting
Born
April 10, 1954 (age 72)

Biography

Deborah Rush (born April 10, 1954) is an American actress. She has worked in television, film and on Broadway. In 1984, she was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play for Michael Frayn's comedy Noises Off. She also acted in Stephen Adly Guirgis' The Last Days of Judas Iscariot. In 2003 she acted in the comedy film American Wedding, as Mary Flaherty, Michelle Flaherty's mom. In December 2008, she joined the cast of the Broadway revival of Blithe Spirit.

Known For

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Filmography

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The Next Big One: A Comedy with Three Potential Problems poster

The Next Big One: A Comedy with Three Potential Problems

Movie · as Aunt Mitty

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Close to Nowhere

Close to Nowhere

Movie

2018
Accommodations poster

Accommodations

Movie · as Victoria Maason

2016
Women Who Kill poster

Women Who Kill

Movie · as Grace

2016
Search Party poster

Search Party

TV · as Gertrude · 1 ep

2016
Billions poster

Billions

TV · as Ellen Rhoades · 4 eps

2015
Ava's Possessions poster

Ava's Possessions

Movie · as Joanna

2013
Orange Is the New Black poster

Orange Is the New Black

TV · as Carol Chapman · 12 eps

2013
The Blacklist poster

The Blacklist

TV · as Stella Bisset · 1 ep

2012
Rhymes with Banana poster

Rhymes with Banana

Movie · as Jane

2010
Big Lake poster

Big Lake

TV · as Linda Franklin · 10 eps

2009
The Box poster

The Box

Movie · as Clymene Steward

2009
Julie & Julia poster

Julie & Julia

Movie · as Avis De Voto

2009
The Good Wife poster

The Good Wife

TV · as Judge Sally Rigby · 1 ep

2008
The Visitor poster

The Visitor

Movie · as Upper Eastside Woman

2008
Fling poster

Fling

Movie · as Katherine

2007
The Good Life poster

The Good Life

Movie · as Diane

2006
Half Nelson poster

Half Nelson

Movie · as Jo Dunne

2006
Strangers with Candy poster

Strangers with Candy

Movie · as Sara Blank

2004
American Pie: Revealed poster

American Pie: Revealed

Movie · as Self

2004
The Jury poster

The Jury

TV · 1 ep

2003
American Wedding poster

American Wedding

Movie · as Mary Flaherty

2002
The Good Girl poster

The Good Girl

Movie · as Gwen Jackson

2002
Bad Company poster

Bad Company

Movie · as Mrs. Peterson

2000
Madigan Men poster

Madigan Men

TV · 1 ep

1999
Earthly Possessions poster

Earthly Possessions

Movie · as Heidi Anderson

1999
Three to Tango poster

Three to Tango

Movie · as Lenore

1999
Advice From a Caterpillar poster

Advice From a Caterpillar

Movie · as Diner Hostess

1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit poster

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

TV · as Christina Harlin · 1 ep

1999
Strangers with Candy poster

Strangers with Candy

TV · as Sara Blank · 30 eps

1998
You've Got Mail poster

You've Got Mail

Movie · as Veronica Grant

1997
In & Out poster

In & Out

Movie · as Ava Blazer

1996
Spin City poster

Spin City

TV · as Helen · 4 eps

1995
Reckless poster

Reckless

Movie · as Trish

1992
Unnatural Pursuits poster

Unnatural Pursuits

Movie · as Stephanie Didcot

1992
Passed Away poster

Passed Away

Movie · as Denise Scanlan

1990
My Blue Heaven poster

My Blue Heaven

Movie · as Linda

1990
Against the Law poster

Against the Law

TV · 1 ep

1990
Law & Order poster

Law & Order

TV · as Frances Houston · 1 ep

1989
Family Business poster

Family Business

Movie · as Michele Dempsey

1989
Parents poster

Parents

Movie · as Mrs. Gladys Zellner

1989
She-Devil poster

She-Devil

Movie · as 'People' Reporter

1988
Big Business poster

Big Business

Movie · as Binky Shelton

1987
Penn & Teller's Invisible Thread poster

Penn & Teller's Invisible Thread

Movie · as Dr. Norris

1987
Leg Work poster

Leg Work

TV · as Judy · 1 ep

1986
Heat poster

Heat

Movie · as D.D.

1985
The Purple Rose of Cairo poster

The Purple Rose of Cairo

Movie · as Rita

1985
A Midsummer Night's Dream poster

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Movie · as Hermia

1985
Compromising Positions poster

Compromising Positions

Movie · as Brenda Dunck

1985
Spenser: For Hire poster

Spenser: For Hire

TV · 1 ep

1983
A Night in Heaven poster

A Night in Heaven

Movie · as Patsy

1983
Zelig poster

Zelig

Movie · as Lita Fox

1982
Alice at the Palace poster

Alice at the Palace

Movie · as Alice's Mother

1982
Split Image poster

Split Image

Movie · as Judith

1981
Honky Tonk Freeway poster

Honky Tonk Freeway

Movie · as Sister Mary Magdalene

1981
Kiss Me, Petruchio poster

Kiss Me, Petruchio

Movie · as Bianca

1979
10 poster

10

Movie · as Dental assistant

1978
Oliver's Story poster

Oliver's Story

Movie · as Girl in Bar

1977
Charles Ives: A Good Dissonance Like a Man poster

Charles Ives: A Good Dissonance Like a Man

Movie