Mercedes Ruehl
Born in Queens, New York, USA — Feb 28 1948
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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…
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Lucia Barba
NCIS
Marie Quinn
Law & Order
Zina Rybakov
Frasier
Kate Costas
2 Broke Girls
Olga
Psych
Detective Goochberg
Entourage
Rita Chase
The Cosby Show
Bernadette Foley
ABC Afterschool Special
Sandy
Life in Pieces
Mia
New Amsterdam
Grace
Bull
Judge Tessa Hudson
The Oscars
Self
The Mysteries of Laura
Val Santiani
Kate & Allie
Accused
Connie
Monday Mornings
Judge Beverly Natheson
Big
Mrs. Baskin
The Warriors
Policewoman
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Rebecca
Gia
Kathleen Carangi
Last Action Hero
Irene Madigan
The Fisher King
Anne
Hustlers
Mother
Crimes and Misdemeanors
Party Guest (uncredited)
Radio Days
Ad Man
Widows
Dolly Rawlins
Disclosure
Self (archive footage)
84 Charing Cross Road
Kay
Married to the Mob
Connie Russo
Heartburn
Eve
Subway Stories
Leyla (segment "Underground")
Loving Leah
Janice
The Secret of My Success
Sheila
Bad Apple
Lorraine Gibbons
Four Friends
Woman in Taxi
Crazy People
Dr. Liz Baylor
Slaves of New York
Samantha
The Minus Man
Jane
What's Cooking?
Elizabeth Avila
Another You
Elaine
More Dogs Than Bones
Victoria 'Vic' Galletti
On Hope
Lost in Yonkers
Bella Kurnitz
The Nana Project
Nana
Indictment: The McMartin Trial
Lael Rubin
People Not Places
Spooky House
Boss
Chu and Blossom
Mrs. Fefterg
The Lost Child
Rebecca
Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands
American girl in casino
Guilt by Association
Susan Walker
Goldstar, Ohio
Adriana Rock
North Shore Fish
Florence
Mom's On Strike
Sandy
Twisted
Cybelle
A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story
Sylvia Guerrero
Doubt
Mrs. Syd Newman
Out of the Cold
Tina
Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict
Self
The Amati Girls
Grace
Mom at Sixteen
Terry Jeffries
Star Spangled Banners
Rosalind Banner
Leader of the Band
Miss Cooper
Zeyda and the Hitman
Esther
All-American Girl: The Mary Kay Letourneau Story
Jane Newhall
Roseanna's Grave
Roseanna
Doctors of the Dark Side
Narrator
Robin Williams: Behind Closed Doors
Self