frames
Mercedes Ruehl
TMDBFrom the public credits

Mercedes Ruehl

Actor

Get alerts

Tells you when a new project gets a date

1948Born, Queens
64Credits

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…

Known for

Law & Order: Special Victims UnitLucia Barba
BigMrs. Baskin
Last Action HeroIrene Madigan
HustlersMother
NCISMarie Quinn

Filmography

AllMoviesShows
2023The Nana ProjectNanaMovie
2023AccusedConnie · 1 episodeShow
2019HustlersMotherMovie
2018New AmsterdamGrace · 1 episodeShow
2016BullJudge Tessa Hudson, Judge Hudson · 2 episodesShow
2015Life in PiecesMia · 1 episodeShow
2014The Mysteries of LauraVal Santiani · 1 episodeShow
2014Chu and BlossomMrs. FeftergMovie
2013Star Spangled BannersRosalind BannerMovie
2013Monday MorningsJudge Beverly Natheson · 1 episodeShow
2013DoubtMrs. Syd NewmanMovie
20112 Broke GirlsOlga · 1 episodeShow
2011Doctors of the Dark SideNarratorMovie
2010Goldstar, OhioAdriana RockMovie
2009Loving LeahJaniceMovie
2006PsychDetective Goochberg · 1 episodeShow
2006A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo StorySylvia GuerreroMovie
2005Mom at SixteenTerry JeffriesMovie
2004EntourageRita Chase · 2 episodesShow
2004Zeyda and the HitmanEstherMovie
2004Bad AppleLorraine GibbonsMovie
2003NCISMarie Quinn · 1 episodeShow
2002WidowsDolly Rawlins · 4 episodesShow
2002Spooky HouseBossMovie
2002Guilt by AssociationSusan WalkerMovie
2001The Amati GirlsGraceMovie
2000The Lost ChildRebeccaMovie
2000More Dogs Than BonesVictoria 'Vic' GallettiMovie
2000What's Cooking?Elizabeth AvilaMovie
2000All-American Girl: The Mary Kay Letourneau StoryJane NewhallMovie
1999The Minus ManJaneMovie
1999Law & Order: Special Victims UnitLucia Barba · 1 episodeShow
1999Out of the ColdTinaMovie
1998GiaKathleen CarangiMovie
1997Subway StoriesLeyla (segment "Underground")Movie
1997Roseanna's GraveRoseannaMovie
1997North Shore FishFlorenceMovie
1995Indictment: The McMartin TrialLael RubinMovie
1994On HopeMovie
1993FrasierKate Costas · 5 episodesShow
1993Last Action HeroIrene MadiganMovie
1993Lost in YonkersBella KurnitzMovie
1991The Fisher KingAnneMovie
1991Another YouElaineMovie
1990Law & OrderZina Rybakov, Clara Lloyd · 1 episodeShow
1990Crazy PeopleDr. Liz BaylorMovie
1989Crimes and MisdemeanorsParty Guest (uncredited)Movie
1989Slaves of New YorkSamanthaMovie
1988Married to the MobConnie RussoMovie
1988BigMrs. BaskinMovie
1987Leader of the BandMiss CooperMovie
1987The Secret of My SuccessSheilaMovie
198784 Charing Cross RoadKayMovie
1987Radio DaysAd ManMovie
1986HeartburnEveMovie
1985TwistedCybelleMovie
1984Mom's on StrikeSandyMovie
1984The Cosby ShowBernadette Foley · 1 episodeShow
1984Kate & Allie1 episodeShow
1981Four FriendsWoman in TaxiMovie
1979The WarriorsPolicewomanMovie
1976Dona Flor and Her Two HusbandsAmerican girl in casinoMovie
1972ABC Afterschool SpecialSandy · 1 episodeShow
1951Hallmark Hall of FameRebecca · 1 episodeShow

Is this you?

Link these credits to your frames profile.

Link your credits