People
Mercedes Ruehl
- Name: Mercedes Ruehl
- Birthday: 1948-02-28
- Place of birth: Queens, New York, USA
- Popularity: 12.08
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).... Read More
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Movies:
| Title | Release date |
|---|---|
| The Nana Project as Nana | 2023-09-14 |
| Disclosure as Self (archive footage) | 2020-06-19 |
| Hustlers as Mother | 2019-09-12 |
| Robin Williams: Behind Closed Doors as Self | 2016-08-28 |
| Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict as Self | 2015-11-06 |
| Chu and Blossom as Mrs. Fefterg | 2014-01-31 |
| Star Spangled Banners as Rosalind Banner | 2013-06-29 |
| Doubt as Mrs. Syd Newman | 2013-01-01 |
| Doctors of the Dark Side as Narrator | 2011-01-01 |
| Goldstar, Ohio as Adriana Rock | 2010-03-23 |
| Loving Leah as Janice | 2009-01-25 |
| A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story as Sylvia Guerrero | 2006-06-19 |
| Mom at Sixteen as Terry Jeffries | 2005-03-01 |
| Zeyda and the Hitman as Esther | 2004-06-20 |
| Bad Apple as Lorraine Gibbons | 2004-02-16 |
| Widows as Dolly Rawlins | 2002-08-04 |
| Spooky House as Boss | 2002-04-19 |
| Guilt by Association as Susan Walker | 2002-03-13 |
| The Amati Girls as Grace | 2001-01-09 |
| The Lost Child as Rebecca | 2000-11-19 |
| More Dogs Than Bones as Victoria 'Vic' Galletti | 2000-07-14 |
| What's Cooking? as Elizabeth Avila | 2000-01-20 |
| All-American Girl: The Mary Kay Letourneau Story as Jane Newhall | 2000-01-18 |
| Out of the Cold as Tina | 1999-08-28 |
| The Minus Man as Jane | 1999-02-25 |
| Gia as Kathleen Carangi | 1998-01-31 |
| Subway Stories as Leyla (segment "Underground") | 1997-07-24 |
| Roseanna's Grave as Roseanna | 1997-03-06 |
| North Shore Fish as Florence | 1997-02-20 |
| Indictment: The McMartin Trial as Lael Rubin | 1995-05-20 |
| On Hope | 1994-10-02 |
| Last Action Hero as Irene Madigan | 1993-06-18 |
| Lost in Yonkers as Bella Kurnitz | 1993-05-14 |
| The Fisher King as Anne | 1991-09-20 |
| Another You as Elaine | 1991-01-01 |
| Crazy People as Dr. Liz Baylor | 1990-04-13 |
| Crimes and Misdemeanors as Party Guest (uncredited) | 1989-10-13 |
| Slaves of New York as Samantha | 1989-03-18 |
| Married to the Mob as Connie Russo | 1988-08-19 |
| Big as Mrs. Baskin | 1988-06-03 |
| Leader of the Band as Miss Cooper | 1987-08-07 |
| The Secret of My Success as Sheila | 1987-04-10 |
| 84 Charing Cross Road as Kay | 1987-02-13 |
| Radio Days as Ad Man | 1987-01-30 |
| Heartburn as Eve | 1986-07-25 |
| Twisted as Cybelle | 1986-01-01 |
| Mom's On Strike as Sandy | 1984-11-14 |
| Four Friends as Woman in Taxi | 1981-12-11 |
| The Warriors as Policewoman | 1979-02-01 |
| Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands as American girl in casino | 1976-11-22 |
