Mercedes Ruehl
- Highest Rated: Big (1988)
- Lowest Rated: Another You (1991)
- Birthday: Feb 28, 1948
- Birthplace: Queens, New York, USA
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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
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Big
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Gia
92% -
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Radio Days
89%
Filmography
Movies
Rating |
Title |
Credit |
Box
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Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 88% | Hustlers | Mom | — | 2019 |
| Star Spangled Banners | Rosalind Banner | — | 2013 | |
| Running with the Hitman | Actor | — | 2011 | |
| Doctors Of The Dark Side | Narrator | — | 2011 | |
| Loving Leah | Janice Lever | — | 2009 | |
| A Happy Death | Actor | — | 2008 | |
| Operation Lysistrata | Actor | — | 2006 | |
| A Girl like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story | Sylvia Guerrero | — | 2006 | |
| Mom at Sixteen | Terry Jeffries | — | 2005 | |
| Zeyda and the Hitman (Running with the Hitman) | Esther Schub | — | 2004 | |
| Spooky House | Boss | — | 2004 | |
| Bad Apple | Lorraine Gibbons | — | 2004 | |
| Guilt by Association | Susan | — | 2002 | |
| Widows | Actor | — | 2002 | |
| Bailando con el Alma | Tina | — | 2001 | |
| 46% | The Amati Girls | Grace | — | 2001 |
| The Lost Child | Rebecca | — | 2000 | |
| More Dogs Than Bones | Victoria Galletti | — | 2000 | |
| 52% | What's Cooking? | Elizabeth Avila | $0.7M | 2000 |
| Mary Kay Letourneau Story: All-American Girl | Susan Howard | — | 2000 | |
| 60% | The Minus Man | Jane | — | 1999 |
| 92% | Gia | Kathleen | — | 1998 |
| Subway Stories | Leyla | — | 1997 | |
| 38% | For Roseanna | Roseanna | — | 1997 |
| North Shore Fish | Florence | — | 1997 | |
| Indictment: The McMartin Trial | Lael Rubin | — | 1995 | |
| 36% | Last Action Hero | 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 |
| 13% | Slaves of New York | Samantha | — | 1989 |
| 89% | Married to the Mob | Connie Russo | — | 1988 |
| 97% | Big | Mrs. Baskin | — | 1988 |
| 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 |
| 50% | Heartburn | Eve | — | 1986 |
| Twisted | Cybelle | — | 1986 | |
| 78% | Four Friends | Woman in Taxi | — | 1981 |
| 89% | The Warriors | Policewoman in the Park | — | 1979 |
TV
Rating |
Title |
Credit |
Year |
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Bull
2016
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Judge Tessa Hudson |
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NCIS
2003
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Marie Quinn |
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2 Broke Girls
2011-2017
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Olga |
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Life in Pieces
2015
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Mia |
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| 24% |
The Mysteries of Laura
2014-2016
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
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Guest Lucia Barba |
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| 52% |
Monday Mornings
2013
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Judge Beverly Nathenson |
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| 82% |
Luck
2011-2012
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Law & Order
1990-2010
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Zina Rybakov Judge Clara Lloyd |
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| 92% |
Psych
2006-2014
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Gooch |
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| 66% |
Entourage
2004-2011
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Guest Rita |
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Charlie Rose
2013-2017
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Guest |
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| 94% |
Frasier
1993-2004
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Guest Kate |
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The Cosby Show
1984-1992
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Bernadette Foley |
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Kate & Allie
1984-1989
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Millie |
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Inspector George Gently
2008-2017
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QUOTES FROM Mercedes Ruehl CHARACTERS
- Anne Napolitano
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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
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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
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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
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I've gone out with some bums but they were beautiful. That's the only reason to go out with a bum.