Mercedes Ruehl
Known for: Acting
Born: February 28, 1948
Place of birth: Queens, New York, USA
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.
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Filmography
50 movies · 21 TV shows, newest first
4.5
The Nana Project
2023
6.8
Accused
2023
7.8
Disclosure
2020
6.5
Hustlers
2019
8.3
New Amsterdam
2018
7.1
Bull
2016NR
Robin Williams: Behind Closed Doors
2016
6.5
Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict
2015
7.1
Life in Pieces
2015
7.1
The Mysteries of Laura
2014
4.0
Chu and Blossom
2014
5.2
Star Spangled Banners
2013
6.9
Monday Mornings
2013NR
Doubt
2013
7.2
2 Broke Girls
2011
6.8
Doctors of the Dark Side
2011
NR
Goldstar, Ohio
2010
6.9
Loving Leah
2009
7.9
Psych
2006
5.2
A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story
2006
6.5
Mom at Sixteen
2005
7.4
Entourage
2004
5.5
Zeyda and the Hitman
2004
4.1
Bad Apple
2004
7.6
NCIS
2003
8.5
Widows
2002
5.9
Spooky House
2002
5.1
Guilt by Association
2002
4.7
The Amati Girls
2001
7.1
The Lost Child
2000
4.9
More Dogs Than Bones
2000
5.5
What's Cooking?
2000
4.8
All-American Girl: The Mary Kay Letourneau Story
2000
5.5
The Minus Man
1999
8.0
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
6.5
Out of the Cold
1999
7.1
Gia
1998
5.6
Subway Stories
1997
6.6
Roseanna's Grave
1997
9.0
North Shore Fish
1997
6.9
Indictment: The McMartin Trial
1995
6.5
On Hope
1994
7.7
Frasier
1993
7.3
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
6.5
Last Action Hero
1993
6.3
Lost in Yonkers
1993
7.3
The Fisher King
1991
5.4
Another You
1991
7.3
Law & Order
1990
5.9
Crazy People
1990
7.4
Crimes and Misdemeanors
1989
5.4
Slaves of New York
1989
6.0
Married to the Mob
1988
7.2
Big
1988
5.0
Leader of the Band
1987
6.5
The Secret of My Success
1987
7.2
84 Charing Cross Road
1987
7.0
Radio Days
1987
6.0
Heartburn
1986
4.9
Twisted
1985
NR
Mom's on Strike
1984
7.0
The Cosby Show
1984
6.1
Kate & Allie
1984
6.8
Four Friends
1981
7.7
The Warriors
1979
6.8
Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands
1976
6.5
ABC Afterschool Special
1972
7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
7.0
The Oscars
1953
8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951NR
People Not Places
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