Mercedes Ruehl

Actor Feb 28 (age 78) Queens, New York, USA 1951–2023 (72 year career)

6.4 avg rating

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…

Known For

Film

Big

Mrs. Baskin

Film

The Warriors

Policewoman

Film

The Fisher King

Anne

Film

Last Action Hero

Irene Madigan

Film

Hustlers

Mother

Film

Crimes and Misdemeanors

Party Guest (uncredited)

Film

Gia

Kathleen Carangi

Film

Radio Days

Ad Man

Filmography

Acting (71)

Movies (50)

The Nana Project

2023

as Nana

4.5

Disclosure

2020

as Self (archive footage)

7.8

Hustlers

2019

as Mother

6.5

Robin Williams: Behind Closed Doors

2016

as Self

Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict

as Self

Chu and Blossom

as Mrs. Fefterg

Doubt

as Mrs. Syd Newman

Star Spangled Banners

2013

as Rosalind Banner

5.2

Doctors of the Dark Side

2011

as Narrator

6.8

Goldstar, Ohio

2010

as Adriana Rock

Loving Leah

2009

as Janice

6.9

A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story

as Sylvia Guerrero

Mom at Sixteen

as Terry Jeffries

Bad Apple

as Lorraine Gibbons

Zeyda and the Hitman

as Esther

Spooky House

as Boss

Guilt by Association

as Susan Walker

The Amati Girls

as Grace

The Lost Child

as Rebecca

What's Cooking?

as Elizabeth Avila

All-American Girl: The Mary Kay Letourneau Story

2000

as Jane Newhall

4.4

More Dogs Than Bones

2000

as Victoria 'Vic' Galletti

Out of the Cold

as Tina

The Minus Man

as Jane

Gia

as Kathleen Carangi

Subway Stories

as Leyla (segment "Underground")

Roseanna's Grave

as Roseanna

North Shore Fish

as Florence

Indictment: The McMartin Trial

as Lael Rubin

On Hope

Last Action Hero

as Irene Madigan

Lost in Yonkers

as Bella Kurnitz

The Fisher King

as Anne

Another You

as Elaine

Crazy People

as Dr. Liz Baylor

Slaves of New York

as Samantha

Crimes and Misdemeanors

1989

as Party Guest (uncredited)

Big

as Mrs. Baskin

Married to the Mob

as Connie Russo

The Secret of My Success

as Sheila

Leader of the Band

as Miss Cooper

Radio Days

as Ad Man

84 Charing Cross Road

as Kay

Heartburn

as Eve

Twisted

as Cybelle

Mom's On Strike

as Sandy

Four Friends

as Woman in Taxi

The Warriors

as Policewoman

Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands

1976

as American girl in casino

6.8

People Not Places

Television (21)

Accused

as Connie

New Amsterdam

as Grace

Bull

as Judge Tessa Hudson

7.0

Life in Pieces

2015

as Mia

7.1

The Mysteries of Laura

2014

as Val Santiani

7.1

Monday Mornings

2013

as Judge Beverly Natheson

2 Broke Girls

as Olga

Psych

as Detective Goochberg

Entourage

as Rita Chase

NCIS

as Marie Quinn

Widows

as Dolly Rawlins

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Lucia Barba

Frasier

as Kate Costas

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

as Self - Guest

Law & Order

as Zina Rybakov

The Cosby Show

as Bernadette Foley

Kate & Allie

ABC Afterschool Special

1972

as Sandy

6.5

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self

The Oscars

as Self

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

as Rebecca

8.8