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