Mercedes Ruehl
Actor
- Born
- February 28, 1948 (age 78) · 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.
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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
Big
June 3, 1988
Hustlers
September 12, 2019
Last Action Hero
June 18, 1993
The Warriors
February 1, 1979
The Fisher King
September 20, 1991
Crimes and Misdemeanors
October 13, 1989
Gia
September 22, 1998
The Secret of My Success
April 10, 1987
Radio Days
January 30, 1987
Married to the Mob
August 19, 1988
84 Charing Cross Road
February 13, 1987
Heartburn
July 25, 1986
Acting50
- 2023The Nana Project as Nana
- 2020Disclosure as Self (archive footage)
- 2019Hustlers as Mother
- 2016Robin Williams: Behind Closed Doors as Self
- 2015Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict as Self
- 2014Chu and Blossom as Mrs. Fefterg
- 2013Star Spangled Banners as Rosalind Banner
- 2013Doubt as Mrs. Syd Newman
- 2011Doctors of the Dark Side as Narrator
- 2010Goldstar, Ohio