Mercedes Ruehl
Acting
Born: February 28, 1948 (age 78) · Queens, New York, USA
Highest Rated
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.
Known for
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Big
1988
Hustlers
2019
Last Action Hero
1993
NCIS
2003
The Warriors
1979
2 Broke Girls
2011
The Fisher King
1991
New Amsterdam
2018
Psych
2006
Crimes and Misdemeanors
1989
Frasier
1993
Photos (19)
Movies (45)
Big
Mrs. Baskin
Last Action Hero
Irene Madigan
The Warriors
Policewoman
Hustlers
Mother
The Secret of My Success
Sheila
Gia
Kathleen Carangi
The Fisher King
Anne
Crimes and Misdemeanors
Party Guest (uncredited)
Married to the Mob
Connie Russo
Heartburn
Eve
84 Charing Cross Road
Kay
Radio Days
Ad Man
Another You
Elaine
The Minus Man
Jane
Indictment: The McMartin Trial
Lael Rubin
Loving Leah
Janice
Roseanna's Grave
Roseanna
Crazy People
Dr. Liz Baylor
All-American Girl: The Mary Kay Letourneau Story
Jane Newhall
Subway Stories
Leyla (segment "Underground")
What's Cooking?
Elizabeth Avila
Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands
American girl in casino
Four Friends
Woman in Taxi
Bad Apple
Lorraine Gibbons
The Amati Girls
Grace
Lost in Yonkers
Bella Kurnitz
The Nana Project
Nana
Slaves of New York
Samantha
More Dogs Than Bones
Victoria 'Vic' Galletti
Chu and Blossom
Mrs. Fefterg
Mom at Sixteen
Terry Jeffries
The Lost Child
Rebecca
Star Spangled Banners
Rosalind Banner
North Shore Fish
Florence
A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story
Sylvia Guerrero
Spooky House
Boss
Goldstar, Ohio
Adriana Rock
Guilt by Association
Susan Walker
Out of the Cold
Tina
On Hope
1994
Zeyda and the Hitman
Esther
Twisted
Cybelle
Doctors of the Dark Side
Narrator
Mom's on Strike
Sandy
Leader of the Band
Miss Cooper
TV Shows (20)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Lucia Barba · 1 eps
NCIS
Marie Quinn · 1 eps
Law & Order
Zina Rybakov · 1 eps
Law & Order
Clara Lloyd · 1 eps
Frasier
Kate Costas · 5 eps
Psych
Detective Goochberg · 1 eps
Entourage
Rita Chase · 2 eps
2 Broke Girls
Olga · 1 eps
Bull
Judge Tessa Hudson · 1 eps
Bull
Judge Hudson · 2 eps
The Cosby Show
Bernadette Foley · 1 eps
New Amsterdam
Grace · 1 eps
Life in Pieces
Mia · 1 eps
Kate & Allie
1 eps
ABC Afterschool Special
Sandy · 1 eps
The Mysteries of Laura
Val Santiani · 1 eps
Accused
Connie · 1 eps
Monday Mornings
Judge Beverly Natheson · 1 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Rebecca · 1 eps
Widows
Dolly Rawlins · 4 eps
