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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
April 10, 1954
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Deborah Rush
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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Accommodations | Victoria Maason |
| 2016 | Women Who Kill | Grace |
| 2015 | Ava's Possessions | Joanna |
| 2012 | Rhymes with Banana | Jane |
| 2009 | The Box | Clymene Steward |
| 2009 | Julie & Julia | Avis De Voto |
| 2008 | The Visitor | Upper Eastside Woman |
| 2008 | Fling | Katherine |
| 2007 | The Good Life | Diane |
| 2006 | Half Nelson | Jo Dunne |
| 2006 | Strangers with Candy | Sara Blank |
| 2003 | American Wedding | Mary Flaherty |
| 2002 | The Good Girl | Gwen Jackson |
| 2002 | Bad Company | Mrs. Peterson |
| 1999 | Earthly Possessions | Heidi Anderson |
| 1999 | Three to Tango | Lenore |
| 1999 | Advice From a Caterpillar | Diner Hostess |
| 1998 | You've Got Mail | Veronica Cash |
| 1997 | In & Out | Ava Blazer |
| 1995 | Reckless | Trish |
| 1992 | Unnatural Pursuits | Stephanie Didcot |
| 1992 | Passed Away | Denise Scanlan |
| 1990 | My Blue Heaven | Linda |
| 1989 | Family Business | Michele Dempsey |
| 1989 | Parents | Mrs. Gladys Zellner |
| 1989 | She-Devil | 'People Reporter |
| 1988 | Big Business | Binky Shelton |
| 1987 | Penn & Teller's Invisible Thread | Dr. Norris |
| 1986 | Heat | D.D. |
| 1985 | The Purple Rose of Cairo | Rita |
| 1985 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Hermia |
| 1985 | Compromising Positions | Brenda Dunck |
| 1983 | A Night in Heaven | Patsy |
| 1983 | Zelig | Lita Fox |
| 1982 | Alice at the Palace | Alice's Mother |
| 1982 | Split Image | Judith |
| 1981 | Honky Tonk Freeway | Sister Mary Magdalene |
| 1981 | Kiss Me, Petruchio | Bianca |
| 1979 | 10 | Dental assistant |
| 1978 | Oliver's Story | Girl in Bar |
| 1977 | Charles Ives: A Good Dissonance Like a Man | |
| The Next Big One: A Comedy with Three Potential Problems | Aunt Mitty |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Search Party | Gertrude |
| 2016 | Billions | |
| 2013 | Orange Is the New Black | Carol Chapman |
| 2013 | The Blacklist | Stella Bisset |
| 2010 | Big Lake | Linda Franklin |
| 2009 | The Good Wife | Judge Sally Rigby |
| 2004 | The Jury | |
| 2000 | Madigan Men | |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Christina Harlin |
| 1999 | Strangers with Candy | Sara Blank |
| 1996 | Spin City | Helen |
| 1990 | Against the Law | |
| 1990 | Law & Order | Frances Houston |
| 1987 | Leg Work | Judy |
| 1985 | Spenser: For Hire |