progress_activityLoading...
Acting
Mercedes Ruehl
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.
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
February 28, 1948
Age
78 years old
Place of Birth
Queens, New York, USA
Popularity Score
1.7
Filmography
The Nana Project
Nana
2023Movie
Accused
Connie
2023TV
Disclosure
Self (archive footage)
2020Movie
Hustlers
Mother
2019Movie
New Amsterdam
Grace
2018TV
Robin Williams: Behind Closed Doors
Self
2016Movie
Bull
Judge Tessa Hudson
2016TV
Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict
Self
2015Movie
Life in Pieces
Mia
2015TV
Chu and Blossom
Mrs. Fefterg
2014Movie
The Mysteries of Laura
Val Santiani
2014TV
Doubt
Mrs. Syd Newman
2013Movie
Star Spangled Banners
Rosalind Banner
2013Movie
Monday Mornings
Judge Beverly Natheson
2013TV
Doctors of the Dark Side
Narrator
2011Movie
2 Broke Girls
Olga
2011TV
Goldstar, Ohio
Adriana Rock
2010Movie
Loving Leah
Janice
2009Movie
A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story
Sylvia Guerrero
2006Movie
Psych
Detective Goochberg
2006TV
Mom at Sixteen
Terry Jeffries
2005Movie
Bad Apple
Lorraine Gibbons
2004Movie
Zeyda and the Hitman
Esther
2004Movie
Entourage
Rita Chase
2004TV
NCIS
Marie Quinn
2003TV
Guilt by Association
Susan Walker
2002Movie
Spooky House
Boss
2002Movie
Widows
Dolly Rawlins
2002TV
The Amati Girls
Grace
2001Movie
More Dogs Than Bones
Victoria 'Vic' Galletti
2000Movie
All-American Girl: The Mary Kay Letourneau Story
Jane Newhall
2000Movie
The Lost Child
Rebecca
2000Movie
What's Cooking?
Elizabeth Avila
2000Movie
The Minus Man
Jane
1999Movie
Out of the Cold
Tina
1999Movie
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Lucia Barba
1999TV
Gia
Kathleen Carangi
1998Movie
Roseanna's Grave
Roseanna
1997Movie
North Shore Fish
Florence
1997Movie
Subway Stories
Leyla (segment "Underground")
1997Movie
Indictment: The McMartin Trial
Lael Rubin
1995Movie
On Hope
1994Movie
Last Action Hero
Irene Madigan
1993Movie
Lost in Yonkers
Bella Kurnitz
1993Movie
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993TV
Frasier
Kate Costas
1993TV
The Fisher King
Anne
1991Movie
Another You
Elaine
1991Movie
Crazy People
Dr. Liz Baylor
1990Movie
Law & Order
Zina Rybakov
1990TV
Slaves of New York
Samantha
1989Movie
Crimes and Misdemeanors
Party Guest (uncredited)
1989Movie
Big
Mrs. Baskin
1988Movie
Married to the Mob
Connie Russo
1988Movie
84 Charing Cross Road
Kay
1987Movie
The Secret of My Success
Sheila
1987Movie
Leader of the Band
Miss Cooper
1987Movie
Radio Days
Ad Man
1987Movie
Heartburn
Eve
1986Movie
Twisted
Cybelle
1985Movie
Mom's on Strike
Sandy
1984Movie
Kate & Allie
1984TV
The Cosby Show
Bernadette Foley
1984TV
Four Friends
Woman in Taxi
1981Movie
The Warriors
Policewoman
1979Movie
Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands
American girl in casino
1976Movie
ABC Afterschool Special
Sandy
1972TV
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962TV
The Oscars
Self
1953TV
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Rebecca
1951TV
People Not Places
—Movie