Deborah Rush
Acting
Born: April 10, 1954 (age 72)
Highest Rated
Biography
Deborah Rush (born April 10, 1954) is an American actress. She has worked in television, film and on Broadway. In 1984, she was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play for Michael Frayn's comedy Noises Off. She also acted in Stephen Adly Guirgis' The Last Days of Judas Iscariot. In 2003 she acted in the comedy film American Wedding, as Mary Flaherty, Michelle Flaherty's mom. In December 2008, she joined the cast of the Broadway revival of Blithe Spirit.
Known for
American Wedding
2003
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
You've Got Mail
1998
The Blacklist
2013
Orange Is the New Black
2013
Julie & Julia
2009
The Box
2009
The Purple Rose of Cairo
1985
Billions
2016
Half Nelson
2006
Zelig
1983
Bad Company
2002
Photos (2)
Movies (41)
You've Got Mail
Veronica Cash
American Wedding
Mary Flaherty
The Box
Clymene Steward
Bad Company
Mrs. Peterson
Julie & Julia
Avis De Voto
She-Devil
'People' Reporter
Family Business
Michele Dempsey
In & Out
Ava Blazer
The Purple Rose of Cairo
Rita
Half Nelson
Jo Dunne
The Good Girl
Gwen Jackson
10
Dental assistant
Big Business
Binky Shelton
The Visitor
Upper Eastside Woman
My Blue Heaven
Linda
Split Image
Judith
Zelig
Lita Fox
Three to Tango
Lenore
Passed Away
Denise Scanlan
Honky Tonk Freeway
Sister Mary Magdalene
Accommodations
Victoria Maason
Parents
Mrs. Gladys Zellner
Compromising Positions
Brenda Dunck
Heat
D.D.
A Night in Heaven
Patsy
Strangers with Candy
Sara Blank
Oliver's Story
Girl in Bar
The Good Life
Diane
Alice at the Palace
Alice's Mother
Ava's Possessions
Joanna
Advice From a Caterpillar
Diner Hostess
Fling
Katherine
Earthly Possessions
Heidi Anderson
Rhymes with Banana
Jane
Women Who Kill
Grace
Kiss Me, Petruchio
Bianca
Penn & Teller's Invisible Thread
Dr. Norris
Reckless
Trish
Charles Ives: A Good Dissonance Like a Man
1977
Unnatural Pursuits
Stephanie Didcot
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Hermia
TV Shows (15)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Christina Harlin · 1 eps
Law & Order
Frances Houston · 1 eps
The Blacklist
Stella Bisset · 1 eps
The Good Wife
Judge Sally Rigby · 1 eps
Orange Is the New Black
Carol Chapman · 12 eps
Billions
Ellen Rhoades · 4 eps
Spin City
Helen · 4 eps
Search Party
Gertrude · 1 eps
Spenser: For Hire
1 eps
Strangers with Candy
Sara Blank · 30 eps
The Jury
1 eps
Leg Work
Judy · 1 eps
Madigan Men
1 eps
Against the Law
1 eps
Big Lake
Linda Franklin · 10 eps
