Mercedes Ruehl
Birthday: 1948-02-28 | Place of Birth: Queens, New York, USAMercedes 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
Acting
Role
as Nana
as Mother
as Self
as Mrs. Fefterg
as Mrs. Syd Newman
as Rosalind Banner
as Narrator
as Janice
as Sylvia Guerrero
as Terry Jeffries
as Esther
as Lorraine Gibbons
as Boss
as Dolly Rawlins
as Susan Walker
as Grace
as Elizabeth Avila
as Jane Newhall
as Rebecca
as Victoria 'Vic' Galletti
as Jane
as Tina
as Kathleen Carangi
as Florence
as Roseanna
as Lael Rubin
as Bella Kurnitz
