Mercedes Ruehl

Mercedes Ruehl

Born 1948-02-28 (age 78) Queens, New York, USA
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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.

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Disclosure
Disclosure

2020

as Self (archive footage)

Big
Big

1988

as Mrs. Baskin

The Warriors
The Warriors

1979

as Policewoman

Last Action Hero
Last Action Hero

1993

as Irene Madigan

Hustlers
Hustlers

2019

as Mother

Gia
Gia

1998

as Kathleen Carangi

Married to the Mob
Married to the Mob

1988

as Connie Russo

The Fisher King
The Fisher King

1991

as Anne

The Secret of My Success
Radio Days
Radio Days

1987

as Ad Man

Heartburn
Heartburn

1986

as Eve

Loving Leah
Loving Leah

2009

as Janice

84 Charing Cross Road
Crimes and Misdemeanors
Crimes and Misdemeanors

1989

as Party Guest (uncredited)

Another You
Another You

1991

as Elaine

Bad Apple
Bad Apple

2004

as Lorraine Gibbons

Subway Stories
Subway Stories

1997

as Leyla (segment "Underground")

The Minus Man
The Minus Man

1999

as Jane

Crazy People
Crazy People

1990

as Dr. Liz Baylor