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 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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Movies (50)
The Nana Project
2023 · Nana
Disclosure: Ser trans más allá de la pantalla
2020 · Self (archive footage)
Estafadoras de Wall Street
2019 · Mother
Robin Williams: Behind Closed Doors
2016 · Self
Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict
2015 · Self
Chu and Blossom
2014 · Mrs. Fefterg
Star Spangled Banners
2013 · Rosalind Banner
Doubt
2013 · Mrs. Syd Newman
Doctors of the Dark Side
2011 · Narrator
Goldstar, Ohio
2010 · Adriana Rock
Loving Leah
2009 · Janice
A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story
2006 · Sylvia Guerrero
Mom at Sixteen
2005 · Terry Jeffries
Zeyda and the Hitman
2004 · Esther
Bad Apple
2004 · Lorraine Gibbons
Spooky House
2002 · Boss
Guilt by Association
2002 · Susan Walker
The Amati Girls
2001 · Grace
The Lost Child
2000 · Rebecca
More Dogs Than Bones
2000 · Victoria 'Vic' Galletti
What's Cooking?
2000 · Elizabeth Avila
All-American Girl: The Mary Kay Letourneau Story
2000 · Jane Newhall
The Minus Man
1999 · Jane
Out of the Cold
1999 · Tina
Gia
1998 · Kathleen Carangi
Subway Stories
1997 · Leyla (segment "Underground")
Roseanna's Grave
1997 · Roseanna
North Shore Fish
1997 · Florence
Acusación: El juicio de McMartin
1995 · Lael Rubin
On Hope
1994
El último gran héroe
1993 · Irene Madigan
Lost in Yonkers
1993 · Bella Kurnitz
El rey pescador
1991 · Anne
Another You
1991 · Elaine
Crazy People
1990 · Dr. Liz Baylor
Crimes and Misdemeanors
1989 · Party Guest (uncredited)
Slaves of New York
1989 · Samantha
Married to the Mob
1988 · Connie Russo
Big
1988 · Mrs. Baskin
Leader of the Band
1987 · Miss Cooper
The Secret of My Success
1987 · Sheila
84 Charing Cross Road
1987 · Kay
Radio Days
1987 · Ad Man
Heartburn
1986 · Eve
Twisted
1985 · Cybelle
Mom's on Strike
1984 · Sandy
Four Friends
1981 · Woman in Taxi
The Warriors
1979 · Policewoman
Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands
1976 · American girl in casino
People Not Places
TV shows (21)
Accused
2023 · Connie
New Amsterdam
2018 · Grace
Bull
2016 · Judge Tessa Hudson, Judge Hudson
La vida en piezas
2015 · Mia
The Mysteries of Laura
2014 · Val Santiani
Monday Mornings
2013 · Judge Beverly Natheson
2 Chicas Quebradas
2011 · Olga
Psych
2006 · Detective Goochberg
Entourage: El séquito
2004 · Rita Chase
NCIS
2003 · Marie Quinn
Widows
2002 · Dolly Rawlins
La Ley y el Orden: Unidad de Víctimas Especiales
1999 · Lucia Barba
Frasier
1993 · Kate Costas
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993 · Self - Guest
Law & Order
1990 · Zina Rybakov, Clara Lloyd
The Cosby Show
1984 · Bernadette Foley
Kate & Allie
1984
ABC Afterschool Special
1972 · Sandy
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Self
The Oscars
1953 · Self
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Rebecca