Mercedes Ruehl
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1948-02-28 (77 years old)
Place of Birth
Queens, New York, USA
Mercedes Ruehl
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.
Acting
(2023)
The Nana Project
as Nana
(2020)
Disclosure
as Self (archive footage)
(2019)
Hustlers
as Mother
(2016)
(2015)
Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict
as Self
(2014)
Chu and Blossom
as Mrs. Fefterg
(2013)
Star Spangled Banners
as Rosalind Banner
(2013)
Doubt
as Mrs. Syd Newman
(2011)
Doctors of the Dark Side
as Narrator
(2010)
Goldstar, Ohio
as Adriana Rock
(2009)
Loving Leah
as Janice
(2006)
A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story
as Sylvia Guerrero
(2005)
Mom at Sixteen
as Terry Jeffries
(2004)
Bad Apple
as Lorraine Gibbons
(2004)
Zeyda and the Hitman
as Esther
(2002)
Guilt by Association
as Susan Walker
(2002)
Spooky House
as Boss
(2001)
The Amati Girls
as Grace
(2000)
What's Cooking?
as Elizabeth Avila
(2000)
More Dogs Than Bones
as Victoria 'Vic' Galletti
(2000)
All-American Girl: The Mary Kay Letourneau Story
as Jane Newhall
(2000)
The Lost Child
as Rebecca
(1999)
The Minus Man
as Jane
(1999)
Out of the Cold
as Tina
(1998)
Gia
as Kathleen Carangi
(1997)
Subway Stories
as Leyla (segment "Underground")
(1997)
Roseanna's Grave
as Roseanna
(1997)
North Shore Fish
as Florence
(1995)
Indictment: The McMartin Trial
as Lael Rubin
(1994)
(1993)
Last Action Hero
as Irene Madigan
(1993)
Lost in Yonkers
as Bella Kurnitz
(1991)
The Fisher King
as Anne
(1991)
Another You
as Elaine
(1990)
Crazy People
as Dr. Liz Baylor
(1989)
Crimes and Misdemeanors
as Party Guest (uncredited)
(1989)
Slaves of New York
as Samantha
(1988)
Married to the Mob
as Connie Russo
(1988)
Big
as Mrs. Baskin
(1987)
The Secret of My Success
as Sheila
(1987)
Radio Days
as Ad Man
(1987)
84 Charing Cross Road
as Kay
(1987)
Leader of the Band
as Miss Cooper
(1986)
Heartburn
as Eve
(1985)
Twisted
as Cybelle
(1984)
Mom's On Strike
as Sandy
(1981)
Four Friends
as Woman in Taxi
(1979)
The Warriors
as Policewoman
(1976)
Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands
as American girl in casino