About

Known credits:
50
Birthday:
1948-02-28
Place of birth:
Queens, New York, USA
Website:
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Mercedes Ruehl

Overview

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.

Known for

Acting
2023 The Nana Project Actor Nana 58
Average
2020 Disclosure Actor Self (archive footage) 63
Fair
2019 Hustlers Actor Mother 64
Fair
2016 Robin Williams: Behind Closed Doors Actor Self N/A
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2015 Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict Actor Self 59
Average
2014 Chu and Blossom Actor Mrs. Fefterg 59
Average
2013 Star Spangled Banners Actor Rosalind Banner 59
Average
2011 Doctors of the Dark Side Actor Narrator 58
Average
2010 Goldstar, Ohio Actor Adriana Rock N/A
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2009 Loving Leah Actor Janice 59
Average
2006 A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story Actor Sylvia Guerrero 58
Average
2005 Mom at Sixteen Actor Terry Jeffries 59
Average
2004 Zeyda and the Hitman Actor Esther 58
Average
2004 Bad Apple Actor Lorraine Gibbons 58
Average
2002 Widows Actor Dolly Rawlins N/A
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2002 Spooky House Actor Boss 58
Average
2002 Guilt by Association Actor Susan Walker 58
Average
2001 The Amati Girls Actor Grace 58
Average
2000 The Lost Child Actor Rebecca 59
Average
2000 More Dogs Than Bones Actor Victoria 'Vic' Galletti 58
Average
2000 What's Cooking? Actor Elizabeth Avila 58
Average
2000 All-American Girl: The Mary Kay Letourneau Story Actor Jane Newhall 58
Average
1999 Out of the Cold Actor Tina N/A
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1999 The Minus Man Actor Jane 58
Average
1998 Gia Actor Kathleen Carangi 66
Fair
1997 Subway Stories Actor Leyla (segment "Underground") 58
Average
1997 Roseanna's Grave Actor Roseanna 59
Average
1997 North Shore Fish Actor Florence N/A
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1995 Indictment: The McMartin Trial Actor Lael Rubin 60
Fair
1994 On Hope Actor N/A
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1993 Last Action Hero Actor Irene Madigan 63
Fair
1993 Lost in Yonkers Actor Bella Kurnitz 59
Average
1991 The Fisher King Actor Anne 69
Fair
1991 Another You Actor Elaine 58
Average
1990 Crazy People Actor Dr. Liz Baylor 58
Average
1989 Crimes and Misdemeanors Actor Party Guest (uncredited) 68
Fair
1989 Slaves of New York Actor Samantha 59
Average
1988 Married to the Mob Actor Connie Russo 59
Average
1988 Big Actor Mrs. Baskin 70
Good
1987 Leader of the Band Actor Miss Cooper 59
Average
1987 The Secret of My Success Actor Sheila 62
Fair
1987 84 Charing Cross Road Actor Kay 62
Fair
1987 Radio Days Actor Ad Man 64
Fair
1986 Heartburn Actor Eve 59
Average
1985 Twisted Actor Cybelle 58
Average
1984 Mom's On Strike Actor Sandy N/A
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1981 Four Friends Actor Woman in Taxi 59
Average
1979 The Warriors Actor Policewoman 73
Good
1976 Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands Actor American girl in casino 60
Fair
People Not Places Actor N/A
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