
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