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