Deborah Rush
Actor
Born April 10, 1954
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.
Filmography
Accommodations
Victoria Maason
Search Party
Gertrude
Women Who Kill
Grace
Billions
Ellen Rhoades
Ava's Possessions
Joanna
The Blacklist
Stella Bisset
Orange Is the New Black
Carol Chapman
Rhymes with Banana
Jane
Big Lake
Linda Franklin
The Box
Clymene Steward
The Good Wife
Judge Sally Rigby
Julie & Julia
Avis De Voto
Fling
Katherine
The Visitor
Upper Eastside Woman
The Good Life
Diane
Half Nelson
Jo Dunne
Strangers with Candy
Sara Blank
The Jury
American Wedding
Mary Flaherty
The Good Girl
Gwen Jackson
Bad Company
Mrs. Peterson
Madigan Men
Earthly Possessions
Heidi Anderson
Three to Tango
Lenore
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Christina Harlin
Strangers with Candy
Sara Blank
Advice From a Caterpillar
Diner Hostess
You've Got Mail
Veronica Cash
In & Out
Ava Blazer
Spin City
Helen
Reckless
Trish
Passed Away
Denise Scanlan
Unnatural Pursuits
Stephanie Didcot
Against the Law
Law & Order
Frances Houston
My Blue Heaven
Linda
She-Devil
'People Reporter
Family Business
Michele Dempsey
Parents
Mrs. Gladys Zellner
Big Business
Binky Shelton
Leg Work
Judy
Penn & Teller's Invisible Thread
Dr. Norris
Heat
D.D.
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Hermia
Spenser: For Hire
Compromising Positions
Brenda Dunck
The Purple Rose of Cairo
Rita
A Night in Heaven
Patsy
Zelig
Lita Fox
Split Image
Judith
Alice at the Palace
Alice's Mother
Honky Tonk Freeway
Sister Mary Magdalene
Kiss Me, Petruchio
Bianca
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Dental assistant
Oliver's Story
Girl in Bar
Charles Ives: A Good Dissonance Like a Man