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Mercedes Ruehl
Actor
Born February 28, 1948 (74 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.
Filmography
| 2019 | Hustlers · as Mother |
| 2016 | Bull (2016) (TV Series) · as Judge Hudson |
| 2015 | Life in Pieces (TV Series) · as Mia |
| 2014 | Chu and Blossom · as Mrs. Fefterg |
| 2014 | Power (TV Series) · as Connie Teresi |
| 2014 | The Mysteries of Laura (TV Series) · as Val Santiani |
| 2013 | Star Spangled Banners · as Rosalind Banner |
| 2013 | Monday Mornings (TV Series) · as Judge Beverly Natheson |
| 2012 | El Jefe · as Delmi Rodriguez |
| 2011 | Doctors of the Dark Side · as Narrator |
| 2011 | Luck (TV Series) · as Renzo's Mother |
| 2011 | 2 Broke Girls (TV Series) · as Olga |
| 2009 | Loving Leah · as Janice |
| 2006 | A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story · as Sylvia Guerrero |
| 2006 | Psych (TV Series) · as Detective Goochberg |
| 2005 | Mom at Sixteen · as Terry Jeffries |
| 2004 | Bad Apple · as Lorraine Gibbons |
| 2004 | Entourage (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2004 | Bulldog Crazy · as Kate Costas |
| 2004 | A Conversation with Art Director Roy Christopher · as Kate Costas |
| 2004 | The Crane Brothers Remember Season 3 · as Kate Costas |
| 2003 | Missing (TV Series) · as Emanuelle Baker |
| 2003 | NCIS (TV Series) · as Marie Quinn |
| 2002 | Spooky House · as Boss |
| 2002 | Guilt by Association · as Susan Walker |
| 2002 | Widows (TV Series) · as Dolly Rawlins |
| 2000 | More Dogs Than Bones · as Victoria 'Vic' Galletti |
| 2000 | What's Cooking? · as Elizabeth 'Lizzy' Avila |
| 2000 | Mary Kay Letourneau: All American Girl · as Jane Newhall |
| 2000 | The Amati Girls · as Grace |
| 2000 | The lost child · as Rebecca |
| 1999 | The Minus Man · as Jane |
| 1999 | Out of the Cold · as Tina |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1998 | Gia · as Kathleen Carangi |
| 1997 | Roseanna's Grave · as Roseanna |
| 1997 | SUBWAYStories: Tales from the Underground · as Leyla (segment "Underground") |
| 1997 | North Shore Fish · as Florence |
| 1995 | Indictment: The McMartin Trial · as Lael Rubin |
| 1993 | Last Action Hero · as Irene Madigan |
| 1993 | Lost in Yonkers · as Bella Kurnitz |
| 1993 | Frasier (TV Series) · as Kate Costas |
| 1991 | The Fisher King · as Anne Napolitano |
| 1991 | Another You · as Elaine |
| 1990 | Crazy People · as Dr. Liz Baylor |
| 1990 | Law & Order (TV Series) · as Zina Rybakov |
| 1989 | Slaves of New York · as Samantha |
| 1989 | Crimes and Misdemeanors · as Party Guest (uncredited) |
| 1988 | Big · as Mrs. Baskin |
| 1988 | Married to the Mob · as Connie Russo |
| 1987 | The Secret of My Success · as Sheila |
| 1987 | 84 Charing Cross Road · as Kay |
| 1987 | Radio Days · as Ad Man |
| 1987 | Leader of the Band · as Miss Cooper |
| 1986 | Heartburn · as Eve |
| 1986 | Twisted · as Cybelle |
| 1984 | Kate & Allie (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1984 | The Cosby Show (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1981 | Four Friends · as Woman in Taxi |
| 1979 | The Warriors · as Policewoman |
| 1976 | Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands · as American girl in casino |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall Of Fame (TV Series) · as Rebecca |