
Mercedes Ruehl
Known for Acting · 71 credits
- Born
- 1948-02-28 (age 78)
- 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
TV Shows (21)

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Lucia Barba

Law & Order
1990
as Zina Rybakov / Clara Lloyd

NCIS
2003
as Marie Quinn

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self

Frasier
1993
as Kate Costas

Psych
2006
as Detective Goochberg

2 Broke Girls
2011
as Olga

Entourage
2004
as Rita Chase

New Amsterdam
2018
as Grace

The Cosby Show
1984
as Bernadette Foley

Bull
2016
as Judge Tessa Hudson / Judge Hudson

Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest

Life in Pieces
2015
as Mia

The Oscars
1953
as Self

Kate & Allie
1984

The Mysteries of Laura
2014
as Val Santiani

ABC Afterschool Special
1972
as Sandy

Accused
2023
as Connie

Monday Mornings
2013
as Judge Beverly Natheson

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Rebecca

Widows
2002
as Dolly Rawlins
Movies (50)

The Warriors
1979
as Policewoman

Gia
1998
as Kathleen Carangi

Hustlers
2019
as Mother

Big
1988
as Mrs. Baskin

Last Action Hero
1993
as Irene Madigan

Disclosure
2020
as Self (archive footage)

The Fisher King
1991
as Anne

The Secret of My Success
1987
as Sheila

Crimes and Misdemeanors
1989
as Party Guest (uncredited)

Married to the Mob
1988
as Connie Russo

Heartburn
1986
as Eve

Radio Days
1987
as Ad Man

Subway Stories
1997
as Leyla (segment "Underground")

Another You
1991
as Elaine

Crazy People
1990
as Dr. Liz Baylor

84 Charing Cross Road
1987
as Kay

Loving Leah
2009
as Janice

The Minus Man
1999
as Jane

Twisted
1985
as Cybelle

Spooky House
2002
as Boss

Mom at Sixteen
2005
as Terry Jeffries

Indictment: The McMartin Trial
1995
as Lael Rubin

Bad Apple
2004
as Lorraine Gibbons

All-American Girl: The Mary Kay Letourneau Story
2000
as Jane Newhall

Lost in Yonkers
1993
as Bella Kurnitz
Doubt
2013
as Mrs. Syd Newman

Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands
1976
as American girl in casino

What's Cooking?
2000
as Elizabeth Avila

Slaves of New York
1989
as Samantha
Robin Williams: Behind Closed Doors
2016
as Self

More Dogs Than Bones
2000
as Victoria 'Vic' Galletti

Four Friends
1981
as Woman in Taxi

Guilt by Association
2002
as Susan Walker

The Lost Child
2000
as Rebecca

Mom's On Strike
1984
as Sandy

A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story
2006
as Sylvia Guerrero

Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict
2015
as Self

On Hope
1994

Roseanna's Grave
1997
as Roseanna

Star Spangled Banners
2013
as Rosalind Banner

Zeyda and the Hitman
2004
as Esther

The Nana Project
2023
as Nana
People Not Places

Out of the Cold
1999
as Tina

Goldstar, Ohio
2010
as Adriana Rock

North Shore Fish
1997
as Florence

The Amati Girls
2001
as Grace

Chu and Blossom
2014
as Mrs. Fefterg

Leader of the Band
1987
as Miss Cooper

Doctors of the Dark Side
2011
as Narrator
About Mercedes Ruehl
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 k… With 71 credits spanning from 1951 to 2023, Mercedes Ruehl has appeared in 50 films and 21 TV shows.
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Most Popular Mercedes Ruehl Movies
- The Warriors (1979) — as Policewoman
- Gia (1998) — as Kathleen Carangi
- Hustlers (2019) — as Mother
- Big (1988) — as Mrs. Baskin
- Last Action Hero (1993) — as Irene Madigan
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