Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
February 28, 1948
Place of Birth:
Queens, New York, USA
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Mercedes Ruehl
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.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | The Nana Project | Nana |
| 2020 | Disclosure | Self (archive footage) |
| 2019 | Hustlers | Mother |
| 2016 | Robin Williams: Behind Closed Doors | Self |
| 2015 | Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict | Self |
| 2014 | Chu and Blossom | Mrs. Fefterg |
| 2013 | Doubt | Mrs. Syd Newman |
| 2013 | Star Spangled Banners | Rosalind Banner |
| 2011 | Doctors of the Dark Side | Narrator |
| 2010 | Goldstar, Ohio | Adriana Rock |
| 2009 | Loving Leah | Janice |
| 2006 | A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story | Sylvia Guerrero |
| 2005 | Mom at Sixteen | Terry Jeffries |
| 2004 | Bad Apple | Lorraine Gibbons |
| 2004 | Zeyda and the Hitman | Esther |
| 2002 | Guilt by Association | Susan Walker |
| 2002 | Spooky House | Boss |
| 2001 | The Amati Girls | Grace |
| 2000 | More Dogs Than Bones | Victoria 'Vic' Galletti |
| 2000 | All-American Girl: The Mary Kay Letourneau Story | Jane Newhall |
| 2000 | The Lost Child | Rebecca |
| 2000 | What's Cooking? | Elizabeth Avila |
| 1999 | The Minus Man | Jane |
| 1999 | Out of the Cold | Tina |
| 1998 | Gia | Kathleen Carangi |
| 1997 | Roseanna's Grave | Roseanna |
| 1997 | North Shore Fish | Florence |
| 1997 | Subway Stories | Leyla (segment "Underground") |
| 1995 | Indictment: The McMartin Trial | Lael Rubin |
| 1994 | On Hope | |
| 1993 | Last Action Hero | Irene Madigan |
| 1993 | Lost in Yonkers | Bella Kurnitz |
| 1991 | The Fisher King | Anne |
| 1991 | Another You | Elaine |
| 1990 | Crazy People | Dr. Liz Baylor |
| 1989 | Slaves of New York | Samantha |
| 1989 | Crimes and Misdemeanors | Party Guest (uncredited) |
| 1988 | Big | Mrs. Baskin |
| 1988 | Married to the Mob | Connie Russo |
| 1987 | 84 Charing Cross Road | Kay |
| 1987 | The Secret of My Success | Sheila |
| 1987 | Leader of the Band | Miss Cooper |
| 1987 | Radio Days | Ad Man |
| 1986 | Heartburn | Eve |
| 1985 | Twisted | Cybelle |
| 1984 | Mom's On Strike | Sandy |
| 1981 | Four Friends | Woman in Taxi |
| 1979 | The Warriors | Policewoman |
| 1976 | Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands | American girl in casino |
| People Not Places |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Accused | Connie |
| 2018 | New Amsterdam | Grace |
| 2016 | Bull | Judge Tessa Hudson |
| 2016 | Bull | Judge Hudson |
| 2015 | Life in Pieces | Mia |
| 2014 | The Mysteries of Laura | Val Santiani |
| 2013 | Monday Mornings | Judge Beverly Natheson |
| 2011 | 2 Broke Girls | Olga |
| 2006 | Psych | Detective Goochberg |
| 2004 | Entourage | Rita Chase |
| 2003 | NCIS | Marie Quinn |
| 2002 | Widows | Dolly Rawlins |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Lucia Barba |
| 1993 | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Self - Guest |
| 1993 | Frasier | Kate Costas |
| 1990 | Law & Order | Zina Rybakov |
| 1990 | Law & Order | Clara Lloyd |
| 1984 | Kate & Allie | |
| 1984 | The Cosby Show | Bernadette Foley |
| 1972 | ABC Afterschool Special | Sandy |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Rebecca |