Mercedes Ruehl
Actor
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.
Filmography
Hustlers
as Mother 2019
Last Action Hero
as Irene Madigan 1993
The Warriors
as Policewoman 1979
The Fisher King
as Anne 1991
Crimes and Misdemeanors
as Party Guest (uncredited) 1989
Gia
as Kathleen Carangi 1998
The Secret of My Success
as Sheila 1987
Radio Days
as Ad Man 1987
Married to the Mob
as Connie Russo 1988
84 Charing Cross Road
as Kay 1987
Heartburn
as Eve 1986
Disclosure
as Self (archive footage) 2020
Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands
as American girl in casino 1976
The Minus Man
as Jane 1999
Another You
as Elaine 1991
Crazy People
as Dr. Liz Baylor 1990