Mercedes Ruehl
Age: N/A | From: Queens, New York, USA
Person Details
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Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Queens, New York, USA
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Movie Involvements: 26
TV Involvements: 9
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
Law & Order
(1990) Clara Lloyd
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
(1999) Lucia Barba
New Amsterdam
(2018) Grace
Monday Mornings
(2013) Judge Beverly Natheson
ABC Afterschool Special
(1972) Sandy
Hallmark Hall of Fame
(1951) Rebecca
The Oscars
(1953) Self
The Warriors
(1979) PolicewomanActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Nana | |
| 2020 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2019 | Mother | |
| 2018 | Grace | |
| 2016 | Judge Tessa Hudson | |
| Judge Hudson | ||
| Herself | ||
| 2015 | Herself | |
| Mia | ||
| 2014 | N/A | |
| Mrs. Fefterg | ||
| 2013 | Rosalind Banner | |
| Judge Beverly Natheson | ||
| Mrs. Syd Newman | ||
| 2011 | Olga | |
| Narrator | ||
| 2010 | Adriana Rock | |
| 2009 | Janice | |
| 2006 | Sylvia Guerrero | |
| 2005 | Terry Jeffries | |
| 2004 | Rita Chase | |
| Esther | ||
| Lorraine Gibbons | ||
| 2002 | Dolly Rawlins | |
| Dolly Rawlins | ||
| Boss | ||
| Susan Walker | ||
| 2001 | Grace | |
| 2000 | Rebecca | |
| Victoria 'Vic' Galletti | ||
| Elizabeth Avila | ||
| Jane Newhall | ||
| 1999 | Lucia Barba | |
| Tina | ||
| Jane | ||
| 1998 | Kathleen Carangi | |
| 1997 | Leyla (segment "Underground") | |
| Roseanna | ||
| Florence | ||
| 1995 | Lael Rubin | |
| 1994 | N/A | |
| 1993 | Kate Costas | |
| Self - Guest | ||
| Irene Madigan | ||
| Bella Kurnitz | ||
| 1991 | Anne | |
| Elaine | ||
| 1990 | Zina Rybakov | |
| Clara Lloyd | ||
| Dr. Liz Baylor | ||
| 1989 | Party Guest (uncredited) | |
| Samantha | ||
| 1988 | Connie Russo | |
| Mrs. Baskin | ||
| 1987 | Miss Cooper | |
| Sheila | ||
| Kay | ||
| Ad Man | ||
| 1986 | Eve | |
| Cybelle | ||
| 1984 | Sandy | |
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1981 | Woman in Taxi | |
| 1979 | Policewoman | |
| 1976 | American girl in casino | |
| 1972 | Sandy | |
| 1962 | Self | |
| 1953 | Self | |
| 1951 | Rebecca | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
