Deborah Rush

Born: 1954-04-10

Deborah Rush (born April 10, 1954) is an American actress. She has worked in television, film and on Broadway. In 1984, she was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play for Michael Frayn's comedy Noises Off. She also acted in Stephen Adly Guirgis' The Last Days of Judas Iscariot. In 2003 she acted in the comedy film American Wedding, as Mary Flaherty, Michelle Flaherty's mom. In December 2008, she joined the cast of the Broadway revival of Blithe Spirit.


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as Mary Flaherty
Released: 2003-08-01

With high school a distant memory, Jim and Michelle are getting married — and in a hurry, since...

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as Veronica Cash
Released: 1998-12-18

Book superstore magnate, Joe Fox and independent book shop owner, Kathleen Kelly fall in love in...

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In & Out

as Ava Blazer
Released: 1997-09-10

A midwestern teacher questions his sexuality after a former student makes a comment about him at...

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Julie & Julia

as Avis De Voto
Released: 2009-08-06

Julia Child and Julie Powell – both of whom wrote memoirs – find their lives intertwined. Though...

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Bad Company

as Mrs. Peterson
Released: 2002-06-07

When a Harvard-educated CIA agent is killed during an operation, the secret agency recruits his...

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Family Business

as Michele Dempsey
Released: 1989-12-06

Jessie is an aging career criminal who has been in more jails, fights, schemes, and lineups than...

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She-Devil

as 'People Reporter
Released: 1989-12-08

A cunning and resourceful housewife vows revenge on her husband when he begins an affair with a...

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10

as Dental assistant
Released: 1979-10-05

A Hollywood songwriter goes through a mid-life crisis and becomes infatuated with a sexy blonde...

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Half Nelson

as Jo Dunne
Released: 2006-08-11

Despite his dedication to the junior-high students who fill his classroom, idealistic teacher...

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Big Business

as Binky Shelton
Released: 1988-06-10

In the 1940s in the small town of Jupiter Hollow, two sets of identical twins are born in the...

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The Purple Rose of Cairo

as Rita
Released: 1985-03-01

Cecilia is a waitress in New Jersey, living a dreary life during the Great Depression. Her only...

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Zelig

as Lita Fox
Released: 1983-07-15

Fictional documentary about the life of human chameleon Leonard Zelig, a man who becomes a...

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The Good Girl

as Gwen Jackson
Released: 2002-01-12

A discount store clerk strikes up an affair with a stock boy who considers himself the...

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Split Image

as Judith
Released: 1982-10-03

An impressionable young man finds himself literally enslaved by a modern-day religious cult. In...

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Parents

as Mrs. Gladys Zellner
Released: 1989-01-27

Michael is a young boy living in a typical 1950s suburbanite home... except for his bizarre and...

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Passed Away

as Denise Scanlan
Released: 1992-04-24

Thrown for a loop by the unexpected news that Dad has suddenly gone to his reward, the grieving...

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My Blue Heaven

as Linda
Released: 1990-08-17

FBI agent Barney Coopersmith is assigned to protect former Mafia figure turned informant Vincent...

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Three to Tango

as Lenore
Released: 1999-10-22

Oscar and Peter land a career-making opportunity when a Chicago tycoon chooses them to compete...

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Heat

as D.D.
Released: 1986-10-16

Reynolds plays an ex-soldier-of-fortunish character in Vegas, taking "Chaperone" jobs, fighting...

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Reckless

as Trish
Released: 1995-11-17

On Christmas Eve, a relentlessly cheerful woman escapes from the killers hired by her husband,...

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Strangers with Candy

as Sara Blank
Released: 2006-06-28

A prequel to the critically acclaimed series featuring Jerri Blank, a 46 year old ex-junkie,...

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Fling

as Katherine
Released: 2008-11-07

An attractive young couple's open relationship is stretched to the breaking point when each...

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Ava's Possessions

as Joanna
Released: 2015-03-16

Ava is recovering from demonic possession. With no memory of the past month, she must attend a...

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Honky Tonk Freeway

as Sister Mary Magdalene
Released: 1981-08-21

Ticlaw, a small town in Florida, has only one attraction: a safari park. The government...

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Earthly Possessions

as Heidi Anderson
Released: 1999-03-20

A bored homemaker planning to run away from her minister husband is taken hostage in a bank...

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Unnatural Pursuits

as Stephanie Didcot
Released: 1992-01-01

An English playwright sacrifices his health waiting for his play's make-or-break opening on...

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Compromising Positions

as Brenda Dunck
Released: 1985-08-30

An ex-newspaper woman who is now a suburban housewife can't resist getting involved in an...

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Oliver's Story

as Girl in Bar
Released: 1978-12-15

Oliver Barrett IV is emotionally devastated by the death of his wife Jenny, and, while he tries...

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Women Who Kill

as Grace
Released: 2016-07-27

Morgan and Jean work well together as true crime podcasters because they didn’t work well, at...

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The Good Life

as Diane
Released: 2007-01-20

A movie about the travails of Jason (Mark Webber), a young gas station attendant and movie...

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Accommodations

as Victoria Maason
Released: 2018-06-08

Married with children and living in downtown Manhattan, a woman decides to quit accommodating...

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A Night in Heaven

as Patsy
Released: 1983-11-18

Faye Hanlon is a community-college professor with an emotionally depressed husband and an...

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Charles Ives: A Good Dissonance Like a Man

as uncredited
Released: 1977-04-21

A thoroughly researched biopic of Charles Ives, America's greatest and most innovative composer...

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Penn & Teller's Invisible Thread

as Dr. Norris
Released: 1987-03-18

Penn Jillette and Teller are called upon to display their unique brand of humor to save...

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Rhymes with Banana

as Jane
Released: 2012-10-13

A satire about two struggling actresses who escape into a fantasy world to cope with rejection...

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A Midsummer Night's Dream

as Hermia
Released: 1985-12-19

Theseus has defeated Hippolyta in battle, and now claims her as his bride. But before the...

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Kiss Me, Petruchio

as Bianca
Released: 1981-01-07

A documentary about the 1978 stage production of The Taming of the Shrew by the New York City...

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Alice at the Palace

as Alice's Mother
Released: 1982-01-16

Meryl Streep stars as Alice in this production of Elizabeth Swados' musical, which was adapted...

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Law & Order

as Frances Houston
First aired: 1990-09-13

In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing...

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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Christina Harlin
First aired: 1999-09-20

In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In...

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Spin City

as Helen
First aired: 1996-09-17

Workaholic Mike Flaherty is the Deputy Mayor of New York City, serving as Mayor Randall...

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Orange Is the New Black

as Carol Chapman
First aired: 2013-07-11

A crime she committed in her youthful past sends Piper Chapman to a women's prison, where she...

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The Blacklist

as Stella Bisset
First aired: 2013-09-23

Raymond "Red" Reddington, one of the FBI's most wanted fugitives, surrenders in person at FBI...

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Billions

as uncredited
First aired: 2016-01-17

A complex drama about power politics in the world of New York high finance. Shrewd, savvy U.S....

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Spenser: For Hire

as uncredited
First aired: 1985-09-20

Mystery and suspense series based on Robert Parker's "Spenser" novels. Spenser, a private...

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Strangers with Candy

as Sarah Blank
First aired: 1999-04-07

Jerri Blank is a former prostitute and junkie whore who returns to high school as a 46-year-old...

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Strangers with Candy

as Sara Blank
First aired: 1999-04-07

Jerri Blank is a former prostitute and junkie whore who returns to high school as a 46-year-old...

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Search Party

as Gertrude
First aired: 2016-11-21

A dark comedy about four self-absorbed twenty-somethings who become entangled in an ominous...

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The Jury

as uncredited
First aired: 2004-06-08

Set in New York City, the series brings the viewer into the jury room to watch the deliberators...

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Against the Law

as uncredited
First aired: 1990-09-23

Against the Law is an American dramedy television series that aired on the Fox network from...

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Madigan Men

as uncredited
First aired: 2000-10-06

Madigan Men is an American television comedy that premiered on ABC in the U.S. on October 6,...

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