People
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).... Read More
Movies:
Title | Release date |
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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 |