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.
Known For
Anne
The Fisher King
Narrator
Doctors of the Dark Side
Mrs. Baskin
Big
Connie Russo
Married to the Mob
Sylvia Guerrero
A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story
Jane
The Minus Man
Elaine
Another You
Irene Madigan
Last Action Hero
Bella Kurnitz
Lost in Yonkers
Victoria 'Vic' Galletti
More Dogs Than Bones
Kay
84 Charing Cross Road
Dr. Liz Baylor
Crazy People
Roseanna
Roseanna's Grave
Samantha
Slaves of New York
Lorraine Gibbons
Bad Apple
Esther
Zeyda and the Hitman
Tina
Out of the Cold
Jane Newhall
All-American Girl: The Mary Kay Letourneau Story
Nana
The Nana Project
Grace
The Amati Girls
Susan Walker
Guilt by Association
On Hope
Rebecca
The Lost Child
Self (archive footage)
Disclosure
Mrs. Fefterg
Chu and Blossom
Sheila
The Secret of My Success
Sandy
Mom's On Strike
Janice
Loving Leah
Terry Jeffries
Mom at Sixteen
Cybelle
Twisted
Mrs. Syd Newman
Doubt
Kathleen Carangi
Gia
Elizabeth Avila
What's Cooking?
Party Guest (uncredited)
Crimes and Misdemeanors
Lael Rubin
Indictment: The McMartin Trial
Policewoman
The Warriors
People Not Places
Miss Cooper
Leader of the Band
Florence
North Shore Fish
Boss
Spooky House
Self
Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict
Eve
Heartburn
Adriana Rock
Goldstar, Ohio
Mother
Hustlers
Self
Robin Williams: Behind Closed Doors
Leyla (segment "Underground")
Subway Stories
Ad Man
Radio Days
American girl in casino
Dona Flor e Seus Dois Maridos
Woman in Taxi
Four Friends
Rosalind Banner
Star Spangled Banners
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
50
Gender
Female
Birthday
1948-02-28
Place of Birth
Queens, New York, USA
Also Known As