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Mercedes Ruehl

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Birthdate

1948-02-28 (Age: 78)

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.

Filmography (49)

⭐ 4.5 Role: Nana

The Nana Project

2023
⭐ 7.8 Role: Self (archive footage)

Disclosure

2020
⭐ 6.5 Role: Mother

Hustlers

2019
No Image
⭐ 0 Role: Self

Robin Williams: Behind Closed Doors

2016
⭐ 6.5 Role: Self

Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict

2015
⭐ 4.0 Role: Mrs. Fefterg

Chu and Blossom

2014
⭐ 5.2 Role: Rosalind Banner

Star Spangled Banners

2013
No Image
⭐ 0 Role: Mrs. Syd Newman

Doubt

2013
⭐ 6.8 Role: Narrator

Doctors of the Dark Side

2011
⭐ 0 Role: Adriana Rock

Goldstar, Ohio

2010
⭐ 6.9 Role: Janice

Loving Leah

2009
⭐ 5.1 Role: Sylvia Guerrero

A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story

2006
⭐ 6.5 Role: Terry Jeffries

Mom at Sixteen

2005
⭐ 5.5 Role: Esther

Zeyda and the Hitman

2004
⭐ 4.1 Role: Lorraine Gibbons

Bad Apple

2004