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...
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...
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Cast Credits
The Nana Project
as Nana
Hustlers
as Mother
Chu and Blossom
as Mrs. Fefterg
Star Spangled Banners
as Rosalind Banner
Doubt
as Mrs. Syd Newman
Goldstar, Ohio
as Adriana Rock
Loving Leah
as Janice
A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story
as Sylvia Guerrero
Mom at Sixteen
as Terry Jeffries
Zeyda and the Hitman
as Esther
Bad Apple
as Lorraine Gibbons
Spooky House
as Boss
Guilt by Association
as Susan Walker
The Amati Girls
as Grace
The Lost Child
as Rebecca
More Dogs Than Bones
as Victoria 'Vic' Galletti
What's Cooking?
as Elizabeth Avila
All-American Girl: The Mary Kay Letourneau Story
as Jane Newhall
The Minus Man
as Jane
Out of the Cold
as Tina
Gia
as Kathleen Carangi
Subway Stories
as Leyla (segment "Underground")
Roseanna's Grave
as Roseanna
North Shore Fish
as Florence
Indictment: The McMartin Trial
as Lael Rubin
Last Action Hero
as Irene Madigan
Lost in Yonkers
as Bella Kurnitz
The Fisher King
as Anne
Another You
as Elaine