Mercedes Ruehl

Mercedes Ruehl

Birthday: 1948-02-28

Place of birth: Queens, New York, USA

Also known as:

imdb_id: nm0001689

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.

Played in movies:

Disclosure

Score: 7.9

The Warriors

Score: 7.7

Crimes and Misdemeanors

Score: 7.4

The Fisher King

Score: 7.3

Big

Score: 7.2

84 Charing Cross Road

Score: 7.1

Gia

Score: 7.1

Radio Days

Score: 7.1

Indictment: The McMartin Trial

Score: 7.1

Loving Leah

Score: 7.0

Four Friends

Score: 6.9

Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands

Score: 6.8

Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict

Score: 6.6

Roseanna's Grave

Score: 6.6

Doctors of the Dark Side

Score: 6.5

Hustlers

Score: 6.5

The Secret of My Success

Score: 6.5

Last Action Hero

Score: 6.5

Lost in Yonkers

Score: 6.4

Mom at Sixteen

Score: 6.3

Subway Stories

Score: 6.0

Heartburn

Score: 6.0

Spooky House

Score: 6.0

The Lost Child

Score: 6.0

On Hope

Score: 6.0

Married to the Mob

Score: 6.0

What's Cooking?

Score: 5.8

Crazy People

Score: 5.8

Slaves of New York

Score: 5.7

A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story

Score: 5.6

Guilt by Association

Score: 5.4

Another You

Score: 5.4

The Minus Man

Score: 5.4

Twisted

Score: 5.2

Star Spangled Banners

Score: 4.9

The Nana Project

Score: 4.5

More Dogs Than Bones

Score: 4.5

All-American Girl: The Mary Kay Letourneau Story

Score: 4.1

Chu and Blossom

Score: 4.0

Bad Apple

Score: 3.8

Leader of the Band

Score: 3.0

Zeyda and the Hitman

Score: 3.0

The Amati Girls

Score: 2.5

Robin Williams: Behind Closed Doors

Score: 0.0

Goldstar, Ohio

Score: 0.0

North Shore Fish

Score: 0.0

People Not Places

Score: 0.0

Doubt

Score: 0.0

Mom's On Strike

Score: 0.0

Out of the Cold

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Score: 8.6

New Amsterdam

Score: 8.4

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Score: 7.9

Psych

Score: 7.9

Frasier

Score: 7.7

NCIS

Score: 7.6

Accused

Score: 7.5

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Score: 7.5

Law & Order

Score: 7.4

Law & Order

Score: 7.4

Entourage

Score: 7.3

The Mysteries of Laura

Score: 7.2

2 Broke Girls

Score: 7.2

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Score: 7.1

Monday Mornings

Score: 7.1

Life in Pieces

Score: 7.1

Bull

Score: 7.1

Bull

Score: 7.1

The Cosby Show

Score: 7.0

The Oscars

Score: 6.9

ABC Afterschool Special

Score: 6.4

Kate & Allie

Score: 5.9

Widows

Score: 0.0