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