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