Mercedes Ruehl
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
- 2023 · Accused as Connie
- 2020 · Disclosure as Self (archive footage)
- 2019 · Hustlers as Mother
- 2018 · New Amsterdam as Grace
- 2016 · Bull as Judge Tessa Hudson
- 2016 · Bull as Judge Hudson
- 2015 · Life in Pieces as Mia
- 2014 · The Mysteries of Laura as Val Santiani
- 2013 · Monday Mornings as Judge Beverly Natheson
- 2011 · 2 Broke Girls as Olga
- 2006 · Psych as Detective Goochberg
- 2004 · Entourage as Rita Chase
- 2003 · NCIS as Marie Quinn
- 1999 · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Lucia Barba
- 1998 · Gia as Kathleen Carangi
- 1993 · Frasier as Kate Costas
- 1993 · Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- 1993 · Last Action Hero as Irene Madigan
- 1991 · The Fisher King as Anne
- 1990 · Law & Order as Zina Rybakov
- 1990 · Law & Order as Clara Lloyd
- 1990 · Crazy People as Dr. Liz Baylor
- 1989 · Crimes and Misdemeanors as Party Guest (uncredited)
- 1988 · Married to the Mob as Connie Russo
- 1988 · Big as Mrs. Baskin
- 1987 · The Secret of My Success as Sheila
- 1987 · Radio Days as Ad Man
- 1986 · Heartburn as Eve
- 1985 · Twisted as Cybelle
- 1984 · The Cosby Show as Bernadette Foley
- 1984 · Kate & Allie as
- 1979 · The Warriors as Policewoman
- 1972 · ABC Afterschool Special as Sandy
- 1962 · The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- Future · People Not Places as
- 2023 · The Nana Project as Nana
- 2016 · Robin Williams: Behind Closed Doors as Self
- 2015 · Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict as Self
- 2014 · Chu and Blossom as Mrs. Fefterg
- 2013 · Star Spangled Banners as Rosalind Banner
- 2013 · Doubt as Mrs. Syd Newman
- 2011 · Doctors of the Dark Side as Narrator
- 2010 · Goldstar, Ohio as Adriana Rock
- 2009 · Loving Leah as Janice
- 2006 · A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story as Sylvia Guerrero
- 2005 · Mom at Sixteen as Terry Jeffries
- 2004 · Zeyda and the Hitman as Esther
- 2004 · Bad Apple as Lorraine Gibbons
- 2002 · Widows as Dolly Rawlins
- 2002 · Spooky House as Boss
- 2002 · Guilt by Association as Susan Walker
- 2001 · The Amati Girls as Grace
- 2000 · The Lost Child as Rebecca
- 2000 · More Dogs Than Bones as Victoria 'Vic' Galletti
- 2000 · What's Cooking? as Elizabeth Avila
- 2000 · All-American Girl: The Mary Kay Letourneau Story as Jane Newhall
- 1999 · The Minus Man as Jane
- 1999 · Out of the Cold as Tina
- 1997 · Subway Stories as Leyla (segment "Underground")
- 1997 · Roseanna's Grave as Roseanna
- 1997 · North Shore Fish as Florence
- 1995 · Indictment: The McMartin Trial as Lael Rubin
- 1994 · On Hope as
- 1993 · Lost in Yonkers as Bella Kurnitz
- 1991 · Another You as Elaine
- 1989 · Slaves of New York as Samantha
- 1987 · Leader of the Band as Miss Cooper
- 1987 · 84 Charing Cross Road as Kay
- 1984 · Mom's On Strike as Sandy
- 1981 · Four Friends as Woman in Taxi
- 1976 · Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands as American girl in casino
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Rebecca



