Mercedes Ruehl
Highest Rated: 97% Big (1988)
Lowest Rated: 11% Another You (1991)
Birthday: Feb 28, 1948
Birthplace: Queens, New York, USA
American actress Mercedes Ruehl was the daughter of a much-travelled FBI agent, who finally settled in Silver Spring, Maryland. After attending Catholic College in New Rochelle, Ruehl began her career in regional theatre, taking odd jobs during the many dry spells between engagements. For several years, it looked as though she'd be a permanent employee of the Baltimore Gas and Electric Company. In the late 1970s, Ruehl began chalking up New York stage successes, notably I'm Not Rappaport. She won an Obie for the off-Broadway The Wedding of Betty and Boo and a Tony for Lost in Yonkers. In films since 1979's The Warriors, Ruehl worked steadily but in relative anonymity until winning the Best Supporting Actress award for The Fisher King (1992). Ruehl wasn't able to fill houses as star of the lukewarm film version of Lost in Yonkers (1993), though she still is a most welcome supporting presence in such films as The Last Action Hero (1993).
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Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
Movies
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 87% | Hustlers | Mom | — | 2019 |
| No Score Yet | Star Spangled Banners | Rosalind Banner | — | 2013 |
| No Score Yet | Running with the Hitman | Actor | — | 2011 |
| No Score Yet | Doctors Of The Dark Side | Narrator | — | 2011 |
| No Score Yet | Loving Leah | Janice Lever | — | 2009 |
| No Score Yet | A Happy Death | Actor | — | 2008 |
| No Score Yet | Operation Lysistrata | Actor | — | 2006 |
| No Score Yet | A Girl like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story | Sylvia Guerrero | — | 2006 |
| No Score Yet | Mom at Sixteen | Terry Jeffries | — | 2005 |
| No Score Yet | Zeyda and the Hitman (Running with the Hitman) | Esther Schub | — | 2004 |
| No Score Yet | Spooky House | Boss | — | 2004 |
| No Score Yet | Bad Apple | Lorraine Gibbons | — | 2004 |
| No Score Yet | Guilt by Association | Susan | — | 2002 |
| No Score Yet | Widows | Actor | — | 2002 |
| No Score Yet | Bailando con el Alma | Tina | — | 2001 |
| 46% | The Amati Girls | Grace | — | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | The Lost Child | Rebecca | — | 2000 |
| No Score Yet | More Dogs Than Bones | Victoria Galletti | — | 2000 |
| 52% | What's Cooking? | Elizabeth Avila | $0.7M | 2000 |
| No Score Yet | Mary Kay Letourneau Story: All-American Girl | Susan Howard | — | 2000 |
| 58% | The Minus Man | Jane | — | 1999 |
| 92% | Gia | Kathleen | — | 1998 |
| No Score Yet | Subway Stories | Leyla | — | 1997 |
| 38% | For Roseanna | Roseanna | — | 1997 |
| No Score Yet | North Shore Fish | Florence | — | 1997 |
| No Score Yet | Indictment: The McMartin Trial | Lael Rubin | — | 1995 |
| 36% | Last Action Hero | Mrs. Madigan Irene Madigan | — | 1993 |
| 71% | Lost in Yonkers | Aunt Bella | — | 1993 |
| 83% | The Fisher King | Anne Napolitano | — | 1991 |
| 11% | Another You | Elaine/Mimi | — | 1991 |
| 37% | Crazy People | Dr. Liz Baylor | — | 1990 |
| 22% | Slaves of New York | Samantha | — | 1989 |
| 90% | Married to the Mob | Connie Russo | — | 1988 |
| 97% | Big | Mrs. Baskin | — | 1988 |
| No Score Yet | Leader of the Band | Actor | — | 1987 |
| 57% | The Secret of My Success | Sheila | — | 1987 |
| 87% | 84 Charing Cross Road | Kay | — | 1987 |
| 89% | Radio Days | Ad man | — | 1987 |
| 47% | Heartburn | Eve | — | 1986 |
| No Score Yet | Twisted | Cybelle | — | 1986 |
| 78% | Four Friends | Woman in Taxi | — | 1981 |
| 89% | The Warriors | Policewoman in the Park | — | 1979 |
TV
| Credit | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet |
Bull 2016 |
Judge Tessa Hudson |
2018 |
| No Score Yet |
NCIS 2003 |
Marie Quinn |
2017 |
| No Score Yet |
2 Broke Girls 2011-2017 |
Olga |
2016 |
| No Score Yet |
Life in Pieces 2015 |
Mia |
2016 |
| 24% |
The Mysteries of Laura 2014-2016 |
2016 2015 |
|
| No Score Yet |
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 1999 |
Lucia Barba Guest |
2015 |
| 52% |
Monday Mornings 2013 |
Judge Beverly Nathenson |
2013 |
| 82% |
Luck 2011-2012 |
2012 |
|
| No Score Yet |
Law & Order 1990-2010 |
Zina Rybakov Judge Clara Lloyd |
2009 2004 |
| 89% |
Psych 2006-2014 |
Gooch |
2007 |
| 66% |
Entourage 2004-2011 |
Rita Guest |
2006 |
| No Score Yet |
Charlie Rose 2013-2017 |
Guest |
2002 |
| 94% |
Frasier 1993-2004 |
Kate Guest |
1996 1995 |
| No Score Yet |
The Cosby Show 1984-1992 |
Bernadette Foley |
1990 1989 |
| No Score Yet |
Kate & Allie 1984-1989 |
Millie |
1986 |
| No Score Yet |
Inspector George Gently 2008-2017 |
QUOTES FROM Mercedes Ruehl CHARACTERS
Anne Napolitano says: No! You don't get to be nice! I ain't gonna play a stupid game where we act like friends so you get to walk out feeling good about yourself. I'm not a modern woman. If this is over, let's just call it over.
Anne Napolitano says: Bullshit! If you're gonna hurt me, hurt me now. Not some long, drawn out hurt that takes months of my life because you don't have the balls!
Anne Napolitano says: Bullshit! If you're gonna hurt me, hurt me now. Not some long, drawn out hurt that takes months of my life because you don't have the balls!
Anne Napolitano says: I've gone out with some bums but they were beautiful. That's the only reason to go out with a bum.