Big1988
As Mrs. Baskin
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Mercedes Ruehl
Born
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.
Filmography (50)
Last Action Hero1993
As Irene Madigan
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Warriors1979
As Policewoman
TMDb 7.7 / 10
Hustlers2019
As Mother
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Fisher King1991
As Anne
TMDb 7.3 / 10
The Secret of My Success1987
As Sheila
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Gia1998
As Kathleen Carangi
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Married to the Mob1988
As Connie Russo
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Another You1991
As Elaine
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Heartburn1986
As Eve
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Radio Days1987
As Ad Man
TMDb 7.0 / 10
84 Charing Cross Road1987
As Kay
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands1976
As American girl in casino
TMDb 6.8 / 10
The Minus Man1999
As Jane
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Crimes and Misdemeanors1989
As Party Guest (uncredited)
TMDb 7.4 / 10
Crazy People1990
As Dr. Liz Baylor
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Indictment: The McMartin Trial1995
As Lael Rubin
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Disclosure2020
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 7.8 / 10
Spooky House2002
As Boss
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Bad Apple2004
As Lorraine Gibbons
TMDb 4.1 / 10
Doubt
Doubt2013
As Mrs. Syd Newman
All-American Girl: The Mary Kay Letourneau Story2000
As Jane Newhall
TMDb 4.8 / 10
Roseanna's Grave1997
As Roseanna
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Four Friends1981
As Woman in Taxi
TMDb 6.8 / 10
The Nana Project2023
As Nana
TMDb 4.5 / 10
Subway Stories1997
As Leyla (segment "Underground")
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Slaves of New York1989
As Samantha
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Loving Leah2009
As Janice
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Mom at Sixteen2005
As Terry Jeffries
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict2015
As Self
TMDb 6.5 / 10
What's Cooking?2000
As Elizabeth Avila
TMDb 5.5 / 10
A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story2006
As Sylvia Guerrero
TMDb 5.2 / 10
More Dogs Than Bones2000
As Victoria 'Vic' Galletti
TMDb 4.9 / 10
Lost in Yonkers1993
As Bella Kurnitz
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Doctors of the Dark Side2011
As Narrator
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Twisted1985
As Cybelle
TMDb 4.9 / 10
Chu and Blossom2014
As Mrs. Fefterg
TMDb 4.0 / 10
Mom's on Strike1984
As Sandy
North Shore Fish1997
As Florence
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Star Spangled Banners2013
As Rosalind Banner
TMDb 5.2 / 10
The Lost Child2000
As Rebecca
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Leader of the Band1987
As Miss Cooper
TMDb 5.0 / 10
People Not Places
People Not PlacesRelease date TBA
The Amati Girls2001
As Grace
TMDb 4.7 / 10
Guilt by Association2002
As Susan Walker
TMDb 5.1 / 10
On Hope1994
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Zeyda and the Hitman2004
As Esther
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Out of the Cold1999
As Tina
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Goldstar, Ohio2010
As Adriana Rock
Robin Williams: Behind Closed Doors
Robin Williams: Behind Closed Doors2016
As Self
Filmography and biography: TMDb