Mercedes Ruehl
Known for: Acting
Born: February 27, 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. 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
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The Fisher King
Anne
Doctors of the Dark Side
Narrator
Big
Mrs. Baskin
Married to the Mob
Connie Russo
A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story
Sylvia Guerrero
The Minus Man
Jane
Another You
Elaine
Last Action Hero
Irene Madigan
Lost in Yonkers
Bella Kurnitz
More Dogs Than Bones
Victoria 'Vic' Galletti
84 Charing Cross Road
Kay
Crazy People
Dr. Liz Baylor
Roseanna's Grave
Roseanna
Slaves of New York
Samantha
Bad Apple
Lorraine Gibbons
Zeyda and the Hitman
Esther
Out of the Cold
Tina
All-American Girl: The Mary Kay Letourneau Story
Jane Newhall
The Nana Project
Nana
The Amati Girls
Grace
Guilt by Association
Susan Walker
On Hope
The Lost Child
Rebecca
Disclosure
Self (archive footage)