Mercedes Ruehl
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1948-02-28
Place of Birth
Queens, New York, USA
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.
Also Known For
The Fisher King
Sep 20, 1991
Doctors of the Dark Side
Jan 01, 2011
Big
Jun 03, 1988
Married to the Mob
Aug 19, 1988
A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story
Jun 19, 2006
The Minus Man
Feb 25, 1999
Another You
Jul 26, 1991
Last Action Hero
Jun 18, 1993
Lost in Yonkers
May 14, 1993
More Dogs Than Bones
Jul 14, 2000
84 Charing Cross Road
Feb 13, 1987
Crazy People
Apr 13, 1990
Roseanna's Grave
Mar 06, 1997
Slaves of New York
Mar 18, 1989
Bad Apple
Feb 16, 2004
Zeyda and the Hitman
Jun 20, 2004
Out of the Cold
Aug 28, 1999
All-American Girl: The Mary Kay Letourneau Story
Jan 18, 2000
The Nana Project
Sep 14, 2023
The Amati Girls
Jan 09, 2001
Guilt by Association
Mar 13, 2002
On Hope
Oct 02, 1994
The Lost Child
Nov 19, 2000
Disclosure
Jun 19, 2020
Chu and Blossom
Jan 31, 2014
The Secret of My Success
Apr 10, 1987
Mom's On Strike
Nov 14, 1984
Loving Leah
Jan 25, 2009
Mom at Sixteen
Mar 01, 2005
Twisted
Aug 23, 1985
Doubt
Jan 01, 2013
Gia
Jan 31, 1998
What's Cooking?
Jan 20, 2000
Crimes and Misdemeanors
Oct 13, 1989
Indictment: The McMartin Trial
May 20, 1995
The Warriors
Feb 01, 1979
People Not Places
Leader of the Band
Aug 07, 1987
North Shore Fish
Feb 20, 1997
Spooky House
Apr 19, 2002
Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict
Nov 06, 2015
Heartburn
Jul 25, 1986
Goldstar, Ohio
Mar 23, 2010
Hustlers
Sep 12, 2019
Robin Williams: Behind Closed Doors
Aug 28, 2016
Subway Stories
Jul 24, 1997
Radio Days
Jan 30, 1987
Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands
Nov 22, 1976
Four Friends
Dec 11, 1981
Star Spangled Banners
Jun 29, 2013
Kate & Allie
Mar 19, 1984
Law & Order
Sep 13, 1990
The Cosby Show
Sep 20, 1984
Entourage
Jul 18, 2004
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Sep 13, 1993
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Dec 24, 1951
Law & Order
Sep 13, 1990
The Oscars
Mar 19, 1953
ABC Afterschool Special
Oct 04, 1972
Widows
Aug 06, 2002
2 Broke Girls
Sep 19, 2011
Frasier
Sep 16, 1993
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Oct 01, 1962
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Sep 20, 1999
Monday Mornings
Feb 04, 2013
Life in Pieces
Sep 21, 2015
New Amsterdam
Sep 25, 2018
NCIS
Sep 23, 2003
Bull
Sep 20, 2016
Psych
Jul 07, 2006
The Mysteries of Laura
Sep 17, 2014
Bull
Sep 20, 2016
