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.
The Warriors
as PolicewomanProminent gang leader Cyrus calls a meeting of New York's gangs to set aside their turf wars and...
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After his father's death, a young boy finds solace in action movies featuring an indestructible...
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When a young boy makes a wish at a carnival machine to be big—he wakes up the following morning...
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Hustlers
as MotherA crew of savvy former strip club employees band together to turn the tables on their Wall...
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Gia
as Kathleen CarangiGia Carangi meteorically rises to modeling fame in the late 1970s but becomes overconsumed by...
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Two troubled men face their terrible destinies and events of their past as they join together on...
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The Secret of My Success
as SheilaBrantley Foster, a well-educated kid from Kansas, has always dreamed of making it big in New...
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Crimes and Misdemeanors
as Party Guest (uncredited)A renowned ophthalmologist is desperate to cut off an adulterous relationship…which ends up in...
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Married to the Mob
as Connie RussoAngela de Marco is fed up with her gangster husband's line of work and wants no part of the...
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Heartburn
as EveRachel is a food writer at a New York magazine who meets Washington columnist Mark at a wedding...
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Disclosure
as Self (archive footage)An investigation of how Hollywood's fabled stories have deeply influenced how Americans feel...
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Another You
as ElaineGeorge has been in a mental hospital for 3 years and is finally ready to go out into the real...
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84 Charing Cross Road
as KayWhen a humorous script-reader in her New York apartment sees an ad in the Saturday Review of...
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Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands
as American girl in casinoAfter the death of her handsome but good-for-nothing husband Vadinho, Flor, a widow, marries Dr....
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Radio Days
as Ad ManThe Narrator tells us how the radio influenced his childhood in the days before TV. In the New...
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Loving Leah
as JaniceA handsome Washington, D.C. doctor and a young New York woman fall in love at an unusual...
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Lost in Yonkers
as Bella KurnitzIn the summer of 1942 two young boys are sent to stay with their stern grandmother Kurnitz and...
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The Minus Man
as JaneWhen the quiet and amiable Vann Siegert drifts into town, no one suspects the evil that lies...
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Crazy People
as Dr. Liz BaylorA bitter ad executive, who has reached his breaking point, finds himself in a mental...
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Roseanna's Grave
as RoseannaRoseanna is dying of a heart condition, and all she wants is to be buried next to her daughter,...
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Indictment: The McMartin Trial
as Lael RubinThe McMartin family's lives are turned upside down when they are accused of serious child...
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Mom at Sixteen
as Terry JeffriesPregnant sixteen year old Jacey's well-meaning mother forces her to keep the birth a secret and...
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Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict
as SelfBouncing between Europe and the United States as often as she would between lovers, Peggy...
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What's Cooking?
as Elizabeth AvilaFour families of different ethnicities prepare for a potentially explosive Thanksgiving dinner.
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Slaves of New York
as SamanthaMeet the denizens of New York City: artists, prostitutes, saints, and seers. All are aspiring...
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More Dogs Than Bones
as Victoria 'Vic' GallettiA series of mishaps and misfortunes over $1 million in cash leads to murder, mayhem and greed.
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Subway Stories
as Leyla (segment "Underground")An anthology of 10 stories depicting real-life incidents of subway riders in New York City,...
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Four Friends
as Woman in TaxiA young immigrant comes to America in the 60s and is caught up in the counterculture movement...
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Guilt by Association
as Susan WalkerLife is good for Susan, her two children and new boyfriend Russell. But life abruptly changes...
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Spooky House
as BossA magician with a mysterious secret lives alone with his jaguar, Shadow, in the Spooky House, an...
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All-American Girl: The Mary Kay Letourneau Story
as Jane NewhallA teacher is arrested and jailed for raping her 13-year-old student, and twice gives birth to...
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Doctors of the Dark Side
as NarratorDoctors of the Dark Side is the first feature length documentary about the pivotal role of...
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A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story
as Sylvia GuerreroThe story of Gwen Araujo, a transgender teen who was murdered in California in 2002.
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Bad Apple
as Lorraine GibbonsBlack Comedy about a undercover FBI agent in New York who falls for his informant's sister...
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The Lost Child
as RebeccaKnowing the past changes the future. Seeking a connection to her heritage, Rebecca Hoffman sets...
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Out of the Cold
as TinaAn American entertainer and an Estonian woman are torn apart by hate and prejudice.
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Twisted
as CybelleOne evening the Collins find their maid Mrs. Murdock at the end of their steps: dead, neck...
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The Nana Project
as NanaFollows Helen "Nana" Lewis, a feisty chess master, and her grandsons, as they embark on a road...
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Star Spangled Banners
as Rosalind BannerTen years following the breakup of the family band, The Banner Project, siblings Desiree,...
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North Shore Fish
as FlorenceSal (Tony Danza) has been the foreman at North Shore Fish, a frozen fish factory, for years. He...
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The Amati Girls
as GraceFour sisters who disagree about everything... except what matters most. Family.
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Mom's On Strike
as SandyAn ABC (American Broadcasting Company) Afterschool Special, about an overworked housewife, who,...
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Chu and Blossom
as Mrs. FeftergA militant performance-artist and a tall Korean foreign-exchange student become trapped in a...
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Goldstar, Ohio
as Adriana RockFour families and a chief of police recount the day marine casualty officers came to their...
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Leader of the Band
as Miss CooperEddie is a down-on-his-luck bar pianist who has just been fired from another job. Desperate for...
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On Hope
as uncreditedOn Hope is a 1994 short film directed by JoBeth Williams, with Annette O'Toole, Mercedes Ruehl,...
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Lucia BarbaIn the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In...
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NCIS
as Marie QuinnFrom murder and espionage to terrorism and stolen submarines, a team of special agents...
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Law & Order
as Zina RybakovIn cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing...
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Law & Order
as Clara LloydIn cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing...
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Psych
as Detective GoochbergThanks to his police officer father's efforts, Shawn Spencer spent his childhood developing a...
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as SelfThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight...
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Frasier
as Kate CostasAfter many years spent at the “Cheers” bar, Frasier moves back home to Seattle to work as a...
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2 Broke Girls
as OlgaComedy about the unlikely friendship that develops between two very different young women who...
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Entourage
as Rita ChaseFilm star Vince Chase navigates the vapid terrain of Los Angeles with a close circle of friends...
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New Amsterdam
as GraceThe new medical director breaks the rules to heal the system at America's oldest public...
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The Cosby Show
as Bernadette FoleyThe Cosby Show is an American television situation comedy starring Bill Cosby, which aired for...
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Bull
as Judge Tessa HudsonDr. Jason Bull is the brilliant, brash, and charming founder of a hugely successful trial...
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Bull
as Judge HudsonDr. Jason Bull is the brilliant, brash, and charming founder of a hugely successful trial...
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ABC Afterschool Special
as SandyDramatically presented situations, often controversial, of interest to children and teenagers....
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Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - GuestStepping into the late-late slot vacated by David Letterman, Conan O'Brien stars in a show that...
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Life in Pieces
as MiaComedy about one big happy family and their sometimes awkward, often hilarious and ultimately...
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Accused
as ConnieIn this crime anthology series, viewers discover how an ordinary person got caught up in an...
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The Mysteries of Laura
as Val SantianiLaura Diamond, a brilliant NYPD homicide detective balances her “Columbo” day job with a crazy...
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The Oscars
as SelfAn annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The...
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Kate & Allie
as uncreditedKate & Allie is an American television situation comedy which ran from March 19, 1984, to May...
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Monday Mornings
as Judge Beverly NathesonMonday Mornings was an American medical drama television series that ran on TNT from February 4...
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Hallmark Hall of Fame
as RebeccaHallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark...
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Widows
as Dolly RawlinsThe widows of three men killed while trying to steal a famous painting, join forces to find...
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