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