Mercedes Ruehl
Acting
1948-02-28 · Queens, New York, USA
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
The Nana Project
2023 · Movie
Accused
2023 · Series
Disclosure
2020 · Movie
Hustlers
2019 · Movie
New Amsterdam
2018 · Series
Bull
2016 · Series
Robin Williams: Behind Closed Doors
2016 · Movie
Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict
2015 · Movie
Life in Pieces
2015 · Series
The Mysteries of Laura
2014 · Series
Chu and Blossom
2014 · Movie
Star Spangled Banners
2013 · Movie
Monday Mornings
2013 · Series
Doubt
2013 · Movie
2 Broke Girls
2011 · Series
Doctors of the Dark Side
2011 · Movie
Goldstar, Ohio
2010 · Movie
Loving Leah
2009 · Movie
Psych
2006 · Series
A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story
2006 · Movie
Mom at Sixteen
2005 · Movie
Entourage
2004 · Series
Zeyda and the Hitman
2004 · Movie
Bad Apple
2004 · Movie
NCIS
2003 · Series
Widows
2002 · Series
Spooky House
2002 · Movie
Guilt by Association
2002 · Movie
The Amati Girls
2001 · Movie
The Lost Child
2000 · Movie
More Dogs Than Bones
2000 · Movie
What's Cooking?
2000 · Movie
All-American Girl: The Mary Kay Letourneau Story
2000 · Movie
The Minus Man
1999 · Movie
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · Series
Out of the Cold
1999 · Movie
Gia
1998 · Movie
Subway Stories
1997 · Movie
Roseanna's Grave
1997 · Movie
North Shore Fish
1997 · Movie
Indictment: The McMartin Trial
1995 · Movie
On Hope
1994 · Movie
Frasier
1993 · Series
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993 · Series
Last Action Hero
1993 · Movie
Lost in Yonkers
1993 · Movie
The Fisher King
1991 · Movie
Another You
1991 · Movie
Law & Order
1990 · Series
Crazy People
1990 · Movie
Crimes and Misdemeanors
1989 · Movie
Slaves of New York
1989 · Movie
Married to the Mob
1988 · Movie
Big
1988 · Movie
Leader of the Band
1987 · Movie
The Secret of My Success
1987 · Movie
84 Charing Cross Road
1987 · Movie
Radio Days
1987 · Movie
Heartburn
1986 · Movie
Twisted
1985 · Movie
Mom's on Strike
1984 · Movie
The Cosby Show
1984 · Series
Kate & Allie
1984 · Series
Four Friends
1981 · Movie
The Warriors
1979 · Movie
Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands
1976 · Movie
ABC Afterschool Special
1972 · Series
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Series
The Oscars
1953 · Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Series
People Not Places
Movie