Mercedes Ruehl
47 movies · 18 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Feb 28, 1948 (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.
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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.
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Known for
Mercedes Ruehl: movies and TV shows
Acting (65)
- Upcoming
- 2023 The Nana Project
as Nana
- 2023
- 2019 Hustlers
as Mother
- 2018
- 2016
- 2015
- 2014
- 2014 Chu and Blossom
as Mrs. Fefterg
- 2013 Star Spangled Banners
as Rosalind Banner
- 2013
- 2013 Doubt
as Mrs. Syd Newman
- 2011
- 2011 Doctors of the Dark Side
as Narrator
- 2010 Goldstar, Ohio
as Adriana Rock
- 2009 Loving Leah
as Janice
- 2006
- 2006 A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story
as Sylvia Guerrero
- 2005 Mom at Sixteen
as Terry Jeffries
- 2004
- 2004 Zeyda and the Hitman
as Esther
- 2004 Bad Apple
as Lorraine Gibbons
- 2003
- 2002
- 2002 Spooky House
as Boss
- 2002 Guilt by Association
as Susan Walker
- 2001 The Amati Girls
as Grace
- 2000 The Lost Child
as Rebecca
- 2000 More Dogs Than Bones
as Victoria 'Vic' Galletti
- 2000 What's Cooking?
as Elizabeth Avila
- 2000 All-American Girl: The Mary Kay Letourneau Story
as Jane Newhall
- 1999 The Minus Man
as Jane
- 1999
- 1999 Out of the Cold
as Tina
- 1998 Gia
as Kathleen Carangi
- 1997 Subway Stories
as Leyla (segment "Underground")
- 1997 Roseanna's Grave
as Roseanna
- 1997 North Shore Fish
as Florence
- 1995 Indictment: The McMartin Trial
as Lael Rubin
- 1994
- 1993
- 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
- 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 The Secret of My Success
as Sheila
- 1987 84 Charing Cross Road
as Kay
- 1987 Radio Days
as Ad Man
- 1986 Heartburn
as Eve
- 1985 Twisted
as Cybelle
- 1984 Mom's on Strike
as Sandy
- 1984
- 1984
- 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
- 1951
Talk shows and appearances (6)
- 2020
- 2016
- 2015
- 1993 Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1 episode
- 1962 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1 episode
- 1953 The Oscars
1 episode