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.
Filmography
all 68
Movies 50
TV Shows 18
self 6
Narrator 1
The Nana Project (2023)
Disclosure (2020)
Hustlers (2019)
New Amsterdam (2018)
Bull (2016)
Robin Williams: Behind Closed Doors (2016)
Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict (2015)
Life in Pieces (2015)
The Mysteries of Laura (2014)
Chu and Blossom (2014)
Star Spangled Banners (2013)
Monday Mornings (2013)
Doubt (2013)
2 Broke Girls (2011)
Doctors of the Dark Side (2011)
Goldstar, Ohio (2010)
Loving Leah (2009)
A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story (2006)
Mom at Sixteen (2005)
Entourage (2004)
Zeyda and the Hitman (2004)
Bad Apple (2004)
Widows (2002)
Widows (2002)
Spooky House (2002)
Guilt by Association (2002)
The Amati Girls (2001)
The Lost Child (2000)
More Dogs Than Bones (2000)
What's Cooking? (2000)
All-American Girl: The Mary Kay Letourneau Story (2000)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
Out of the Cold (1999)
The Minus Man (1999)
Gia (1998)
Subway Stories (1997)
Roseanna's Grave (1997)
North Shore Fish (1997)
Indictment: The McMartin Trial (1995)
On Hope (1994)
Frasier (1993)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993)
Last Action Hero (1993)
Lost in Yonkers (1993)
The Fisher King (1991)
Another You (1991)
Law & Order (1990)
Crazy People (1990)
Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
Slaves of New York (1989)
Married to the Mob (1988)
Big (1988)
Leader of the Band (1987)
The Secret of My Success (1987)
84 Charing Cross Road (1987)
Radio Days (1987)
Heartburn (1986)
Twisted (1986)
Mom's On Strike (1984)
The Cosby Show (1984)
Kate & Allie (1984)
Four Friends (1981)
The Warriors (1979)
Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands (1976)
ABC Afterschool Special (1972)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962)
The Oscars (1953)
Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1948-02-28 (76 years old)
Birth PlaceQueens, United States of America
SiblingsPeter Ruehl
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
AwardsDrama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play, Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture, Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play, Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
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