Mercedes Ruehl
Known for Acting · 71 credits
- Born
- 1948-02-28 (age 78)
- Place of birth
- Queens, New York, USA
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
TV Shows (21)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Lucia Barba
Law & Order
1990
as Zina Rybakov / Clara Lloyd
NCIS
2003
as Marie Quinn
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
Frasier
1993
as Kate Costas
Psych
2006
as Detective Goochberg
Entourage
2004
as Rita Chase
2 Broke Girls
2011
as Olga
Bull
2016
as Judge Tessa Hudson / Judge Hudson
The Cosby Show
1984
as Bernadette Foley
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
New Amsterdam
2018
as Grace
Life in Pieces
2015
as Mia
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Kate & Allie
1984
The Mysteries of Laura
2014
as Val Santiani
ABC Afterschool Special
1972
as Sandy
Accused
2023
as Connie
Monday Mornings
2013
as Judge Beverly Natheson
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Rebecca
Widows
2002
as Dolly Rawlins
Movies (50)
The Warriors
1979
as Policewoman
Hustlers
2019
as Mother
Gia
1998
as Kathleen Carangi
Big
1988
as Mrs. Baskin
Last Action Hero
1993
as Irene Madigan
Disclosure
2020
as Self (archive footage)
The Fisher King
1991
as Anne
Radio Days
1987
as Ad Man
Crimes and Misdemeanors
1989
as Party Guest (uncredited)
The Secret of My Success
1987
as Sheila
Married to the Mob
1988
as Connie Russo
Heartburn
1986
as Eve
Subway Stories
1997
as Leyla (segment "Underground")
Another You
1991
as Elaine
Crazy People
1990
as Dr. Liz Baylor
Loving Leah
2009
as Janice
Indictment: The McMartin Trial
1995
as Lael Rubin
84 Charing Cross Road
1987
as Kay
The Minus Man
1999
as Jane
Twisted
1985
as Cybelle
All-American Girl: The Mary Kay Letourneau Story
2000
as Jane Newhall
Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands
1976
as American girl in casino
Mom at Sixteen
2005
as Terry Jeffries
Spooky House
2002
as Boss
What's Cooking?
2000
as Elizabeth Avila
Bad Apple
2004
as Lorraine Gibbons
Four Friends
1981
as Woman in Taxi
Doubt
2013
as Mrs. Syd Newman
Slaves of New York
1989
as Samantha
Lost in Yonkers
1993
as Bella Kurnitz
A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story
2006
as Sylvia Guerrero
More Dogs Than Bones
2000
as Victoria 'Vic' Galletti
Mom's On Strike
1984
as Sandy
Robin Williams: Behind Closed Doors
2016
as Self
Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict
2015
as Self
The Lost Child
2000
as Rebecca
Chu and Blossom
2014
as Mrs. Fefterg
Star Spangled Banners
2013
as Rosalind Banner
Roseanna's Grave
1997
as Roseanna
Zeyda and the Hitman
2004
as Esther
Out of the Cold
1999
as Tina
Guilt by Association
2002
as Susan Walker
North Shore Fish
1997
as Florence
The Nana Project
2023
as Nana
The Amati Girls
2001
as Grace
Goldstar, Ohio
2010
as Adriana Rock
Doctors of the Dark Side
2011
as Narrator
Leader of the Band
1987
as Miss Cooper
On Hope
1994
People Not Places
About Mercedes Ruehl
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 k… With 71 credits spanning from 1951 to 2023, Mercedes Ruehl has appeared in 50 films and 21 TV shows.
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Most Popular Mercedes Ruehl Movies
- The Warriors (1979) — as Policewoman
- Hustlers (2019) — as Mother
- Gia (1998) — as Kathleen Carangi
- Big (1988) — as Mrs. Baskin
- Last Action Hero (1993) — as Irene Madigan
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