Deborah Rush
Born: 1954-04-10
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2018
- Accommodations as Victoria Maason
2016
- Billions
- Search Party as Gertrude
- Women Who Kill as Grace
2015
- Ava's Possessions as Joanna
2013
- The Blacklist as Stella Bisset
- Orange Is the New Black as Carol Chapman
2012
- Rhymes with Banana as Jane
2010
- Big Lake as Linda Franklin
2009
- The Good Wife as Judge Sally Rigby
- The Box as Clymene Steward
- Julie & Julia as Avis De Voto
2008
- The Visitor as Upper Eastside Woman
- Fling as Katherine
2007
- The Good Life as Diane
2006
- Half Nelson as Jo Dunne
- Strangers with Candy as Sara Blank
2004
2003
- American Wedding as Mary Flaherty
2002
- The Good Girl as Gwen Jackson
- Bad Company as Mrs. Peterson
2000
1999
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Christina Harlin
- Strangers with Candy as Sara Blank
- Three to Tango as Lenore
- Earthly Possessions as Heidi Anderson
- Advice From a Caterpillar as Diner Hostess
1998
- You've Got Mail as Veronica Cash
1997
- In & Out as Ava Blazer
1996
- Spin City as Helen
1995
- Reckless as Trish
1992
- Passed Away as Denise Scanlan
- Unnatural Pursuits as Stephanie Didcot
1990
- Law & Order as Frances Houston
- My Blue Heaven as Linda
- Against the Law
1989
- Parents as Mrs. Gladys Zellner
- She-Devil as 'People Reporter
- Family Business as Michele Dempsey
1988
- Big Business as Binky Shelton
1987
- Penn & Teller's Invisible Thread as Dr. Norris
- Leg Work as Judy
1986
- Heat as D.D.
1985
- Spenser: For Hire
- Compromising Positions as Brenda Dunck
- The Purple Rose of Cairo as Rita
- A Midsummer Night's Dream as Hermia
1983
- Zelig as Lita Fox
- A Night In Heaven as Patsy
1982
- Split Image as Judith
- Alice at the Palace as Alice's Mother
1981
- Honky Tonk Freeway as Sister Mary Magdalene
- Kiss Me, Petruchio as Bianca
1979
- 10 as Dental assistant
1978
- Oliver's Story as Girl in Bar