Cast
Mercedes Ruehl
Acting
Cast
Mercedes Ruehl
Known for
Acting
Born
1948-02-28
From
Queens, New York, USA
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.
Gia
as Kathleen Carangi
Hustlers
as Mother
Big
as Mrs. Baskin
The Warriors
as Policewoman
Last Action Hero
as Irene Madigan
Disclosure
as Self (archive footage)
The Fisher King
as Anne
The Secret of My Success
as Sheila
Heartburn
as Eve
Crimes and Misdemeanors
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Married to the Mob
as Connie Russo
Radio Days
as Ad Man
Subway Stories
as Leyla (segment "Underground")
Crazy People
as Dr. Liz Baylor
Another You
as Elaine
84 Charing Cross Road
as Kay
Loving Leah
as Janice
The Minus Man
as Jane
Twisted
as Cybelle
Spooky House
as Boss
Indictment: The McMartin Trial
as Lael Rubin
Bad Apple
as Lorraine Gibbons
Mom at Sixteen
as Terry Jeffries
What's Cooking?
as Elizabeth Avila
All-American Girl: The Mary Kay Letourneau Story
as Jane Newhall
Guilt by Association
as Susan Walker
Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands
as American girl in casino
Doubt
as Mrs. Syd Newman
Slaves of New York
as Samantha
More Dogs Than Bones
as Victoria 'Vic' Galletti
Lost in Yonkers
as Bella Kurnitz
Four Friends
as Woman in Taxi
A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story
as Sylvia Guerrero
Robin Williams: Behind Closed Doors
as Self
Zeyda and the Hitman
as Esther
Mom's On Strike
as Sandy
The Lost Child
as Rebecca
Roseanna's Grave
as Roseanna
Star Spangled Banners
as Rosalind Banner
Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict
as Self
Out of the Cold
as Tina
North Shore Fish
as Florence
On Hope
The Nana Project
as Nana
Chu and Blossom
as Mrs. Fefterg
People Not Places
The Amati Girls
as Grace
Leader of the Band
as Miss Cooper
Doctors of the Dark Side
as Narrator
Goldstar, Ohio
as Adriana Rock