Mercedes Ruehl
Acting
- Born:
- 1948-02-28
- Place of birth:
- Queens, New York, USA
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
Filmography
The Nana Project
Accused
Disclosure
Hustlers
New Amsterdam
Bull
Robin Williams: Behind Closed Doors
Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict
Life in Pieces
The Mysteries of Laura
Chu and Blossom
Star Spangled Banners
Monday Mornings
Doubt
2 Broke Girls
Doctors of the Dark Side
Goldstar, Ohio
Loving Leah
Psych
A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story
Mom at Sixteen
Entourage
Zeyda and the Hitman
Bad Apple
NCIS
Widows
Spooky House
Guilt by Association
The Amati Girls
The Lost Child
More Dogs Than Bones
What's Cooking?
All-American Girl: The Mary Kay Letourneau Story
The Minus Man
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Out of the Cold
Gia
Subway Stories
Roseanna's Grave
North Shore Fish
Indictment: The McMartin Trial
On Hope
Frasier
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Last Action Hero
Lost in Yonkers
The Fisher King
Another You
Law & Order
Crazy People
Crimes and Misdemeanors
Slaves of New York
Married to the Mob
Big
Leader of the Band
The Secret of My Success
84 Charing Cross Road
Radio Days
Heartburn
Twisted
Mom's on Strike
The Cosby Show
Kate & Allie
Four Friends
The Warriors
Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands
ABC Afterschool Special
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Oscars
Hallmark Hall of Fame
People Not Places