Mercedes Ruehl
Born: 1948-02-28 in Queens, New York, USA
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2023
- Accused as Connie
- The Nana Project as Nana
2020
- Disclosure as Self (archive footage)
2019
- Hustlers as Mother
2018
- New Amsterdam as Grace
2016
- Bull as Judge Tessa Hudson
- Robin Williams: Behind Closed Doors as Self
2015
- Life in Pieces as Mia
- Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict as Self
2014
- The Mysteries of Laura as Val Santiani
- Chu and Blossom as Mrs. Fefterg
2013
- Doubt as Mrs. Syd Newman
- Star Spangled Banners as Rosalind Banner
- Monday Mornings as Judge Beverly Natheson
2011
- 2 Broke Girls as Olga
- Doctors of the Dark Side as Narrator
2010
- Goldstar, Ohio as Adriana Rock
2009
- Loving Leah as Janice
2006
- Psych as Detective Goochberg
- A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story as Sylvia Guerrero
2005
- Mom at Sixteen as Terry Jeffries
2004
- Entourage as Rita Chase
- Zeyda and the Hitman as Esther
- Bad Apple as Lorraine Gibbons
2003
- NCIS as Marie Quinn
2002
- Spooky House as Boss
- Guilt by Association as Susan Walker
- Widows as Dolly Rawlins
2001
- The Amati Girls as Grace
2000
- The Lost Child as Rebecca
- More Dogs Than Bones as Victoria 'Vic' Galletti
- All-American Girl: The Mary Kay Letourneau Story as Jane Newhall
- What's Cooking? as Elizabeth Avila
1999
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Lucia Barba
- The Minus Man as Jane
- Out of the Cold as Tina
1998
- Gia as Kathleen Carangi
1997
- Subway Stories as Leyla (segment "Underground")
- Roseanna's Grave as Roseanna
- North Shore Fish as Florence
1995
- Indictment: The McMartin Trial as Lael Rubin
1994
1993
- Frasier as Kate Costas
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- Last Action Hero as Irene Madigan
- Lost in Yonkers as Bella Kurnitz
1991
- Another You as Elaine
- The Fisher King as Anne
1990
- Law & Order as Zina Rybakov
- Crazy People as Dr. Liz Baylor
1989
- Crimes and Misdemeanors as Party Guest (uncredited)
- Slaves of New York as Samantha
1988
- Big as Mrs. Baskin
- Married to the Mob as Connie Russo
1987
- Radio Days as Ad Man
- The Secret of My Success as Sheila
- 84 Charing Cross Road as Kay
- Leader of the Band as Miss Cooper
1986
- Heartburn as Eve
1985
- Twisted as Cybelle
1984
- The Cosby Show as Bernadette Foley
- Kate & Allie
- Mom's On Strike as Sandy
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
- ABC Afterschool Special as Sandy
1962
1953
- The Oscars as Self
1951
- Hallmark Hall of Fame as Rebecca