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Mercedes Ruehl

ActorBorn February 28, 1948 (77 years)
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.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Loving Leah
  • Mom at Sixteen
  • What's Cooking?
  • Missing (2003)
  • All American Girl: The Mary Kay Letourneau Story
  • Spooky House
  • The Lost Child
  • A Family Reunion
  • North Shore Fish
  • The Nana Project

Known For

  • The Fisher King
  • Big
  • Hustlers
  • Last Action Hero
  • Gia
  • Married to the Mob
  • Indictment: The McMartin Trial
  • A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story
  • Lost in Yonkers
  • The Minus Man
  • For Roseanna
  • 84 Charing Cross Road
  • Another You
  • What's Cooking?
  • Guilt by Association
  • Mom at Sixteen
  • Loving Leah
  • The Lost Child
  • Spooky House
  • Widows
  • All American Girl: The Mary Kay Letourneau Story
  • The Amati Girls
  • Bad Apple
  • Slaves of New York

Filmography

2023
2023
Accused (US) (TV Series) · as Connie
2019
Hustlers · as Mother
2018
New Amsterdam (2018) (TV Series) · as Grace
2016
Bull (2016) (TV Series) · as Judge Hudson
2015
Life in Pieces (TV Series) · as Mia
2014
The Mysteries of Laura (US) (TV Series) · as Val Santiani
2014
Power (TV Series) · as Connie Teresi
2014
Chu and Blossom · as Mrs. Fefterg
2013
A Family Reunion · as Rosalind Banner
2013
Monday Mornings (TV Series) · as Judge Beverly Natheson
2012
El Jefe · as Delmi Rodriguez
2011
Luck (TV Series) · as Renzo's Mother
2011
2 Broke Girls (TV Series) · as Olga
2011
2009
2006
Psych (TV Series) · as Detective Goochberg
2006
2005
Mom at Sixteen · as Terry Jeffries
2004
Entourage (TV Series) · as Rita Chase
2004
2004
Bulldog Crazy · as Kate Costas
2004
2004
2004
Bad Apple · as Lorraine Gibbons
2003
NCIS (TV Series) · as Marie Quinn
2003
Missing (2003) (TV Series) · as Emanuelle Baker
2002
Widows (TV Series) · as Dolly Rawlins
2002
Guilt by Association · as Susan Walker
2001
2000
2000
What's Cooking? · as Elizabeth Avila
2000
More Dogs Than Bones · as Victoria 'vic' Galletti
2000
2000
The Amati Girls · as Grace
1999
The Minus Man · as Jane
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series) · as Lucia Barba
1999
Out of the Cold · as Tina
1998
Gia · as Kathleen Carangi
1997
SUBWAYStories: Tales from the Underground · as Leyla (segment "underground")
1997
1997
For Roseanna · as Roseanna
1995
1993
Frasier (TV Series) · as Kate Costas
1993
Last Action Hero · as Irene Madigan
1993
Lost in Yonkers · as Bella Kurnitz
1991
The Fisher King · as Anne
1991
Another You · as Elaine
1990
Law & Order (TV Series) · as Zina Rybakov
1990
Crazy People · as Dr. Liz Baylor
1989
Crimes and Misdemeanors · as Party Guest (uncredited)
1989
Slaves of New York · as Samantha
1988
Married to the Mob · as Connie Russo
1988
Big · as Mrs. Baskin
1987
Leader of the Band · as Miss Cooper
1987
1987
1987
Radio Days · as Ad Man
1986
Heartburn · as Eve
1985
Our Family Honor (TV Series) · as Louise Taylor
1985
Twisted · as Cybelle
1984
The Cosby Show (TV Series) · as Bernadette Foley
1984
Kate & Allie (TV Series)
1981
Four Friends · as Woman In Taxi
1979
The Warriors · as Policewoman
1976
Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands · as American Girl In Casino
1972
The ABC Afterschool Special (TV Series) · as Sandy
1963
The Doctors (TV Series) · as Nurse Ursula
1951
Hallmark Hall Of Fame (TV Series) · as Rebecca

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