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 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.
Known for
ActingBirthday
February 28, 1948Gender
FemaleKnown Movie Credits
50Place of birth
Queens, New York, USACast credits
The Fisher King
AnneBig
Mrs. BaskinMarried to the Mob
Connie RussoA Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story
Sylvia GuerreroThe Minus Man
JaneAnother You
ElaineLast Action Hero
Irene MadiganLost in Yonkers
Bella KurnitzLeader of the Band
Miss CooperMore Dogs Than Bones
Victoria 'Vic' Galletti84 Charing Cross Road
KayCrazy People
Dr. Liz BaylorRoseanna's Grave
RoseannaSlaves of New York
SamanthaBad Apple
Lorraine GibbonsZeyda and the Hitman
EstherOut of the Cold
TinaWhat's Cooking?
Elizabeth AvilaIndictment: The McMartin Trial
Lael RubinAll-American Girl: The Mary Kay Letourneau Story
Jane NewhallThe Amati Girls
Grace