Mercedes Ruehl

**Mercedes Ruehl** (born February 28. 1948) is an American stage, television and motion picture actress. She was born in New York City. She is best known for her supporting role in the 1991 movie _The Fisher King_.

### Movies

|Year|Movie|Role|Other notes||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1976|_Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands_|American girl in casino|||
|1979|_The Warriors_|Policewoman in Central Park|||
|1981|_Four Friends_|Woman in Taxi|||
|rowspan=2|1986|_Twisted_|Cybelle||
|_Heartburn_|Eve||||
|rowspan=4|1987|_Leader of the Band_|Miss Cooper||
|_Radio Days_|Ad Men||||
|_84 Charing Cross Road_|Kay||||
|_The Secret of My Success_|Sheila||||
|rowspan=2|1988|_Big_|Mrs. Baskin||
|_Married to the Mob_|Connie Russo|National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress|||
|rowspan=2|1989|_Slaves of New York_|Samantha||
|_Crimes and Misdemeanors_|Party Guest|uncredited|||
|1990|_Crazy People_|Dr. Liz Baylor|||
|rowspan=2|1991|_Another You_|Elaine||
|_The Fisher King_|Anne Napolitano|Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress|||
|rowspan=2|1993|_Lost in Yonkers_|Bella Kurnitz||
|_Last Action Hero_|Irene Madigan||||
|1994|_On Hope_|Wendy|||
|1995|_Indictment: The McMartin Trial_|Lael Rubin|||
|1997|_Roseanna's Grave_|Roseanna 'Rosa'|||
|rowspan=2|1999|_The Minus Man_|Jane Durwin||
|_Out of the Cold_|Tina||||
|rowspan=4|2000|_Spooky House_|Boss||
|_What's Cooking?_|Elizabeth 'Lizzy' Avila||||
|_More Dogs Than Bones_|Victoria 'Vic' Galletti||||
|_The Amati Girls_|Grace||||
|2004|_Zeyda and the Hitman_|Esther|||
|2007|_A Happy Death_|Aunt Rosa|||
||2009|_Loving Leah_|Janice Lever||

### Television

|Year|Title|Role|class = "unsortable"|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1984|_Mom's on Strike_|Sandy|||
|1985|_Our Family Honor_|Louise Taylor|Episode: "Homecoming"||
|1986|_Kate & Allie_|Millie|Episode: "Late Bloomer"||
|1990|__|Bernadette Foley|Episode: "The Moves"||
|1995|_Indictment: The McMartin Trial_|Lael Rubin|||
|1995–1996|_Frasier_|Kate Costas|5 episodes||
|rowspan = 2|1997|_SUBWAY Stories: Tales from the Underground_|Leyla|Segment: "Underground"|
|_North Shore Fish_|Florence||||
|1998|_Gia_|Kathleen Carangi|||
|rowspan = 2|2000|_All-American Girl: The Mary Kay Letourneau Story_|Jane Newhall||
|__|Rebecca|Hallmark Hall of Fame|||
|2001|_Mr. Life_||||
|rowspan = 2|2002|_Guilt by Association_|Susan Walker||
|_Widows_|Dolly Rawlins|Miniseries|||
|rowspan = 3|2004|_1-800-Missing_|Emanuelle Baker|Episode: "These Dreams Before Me"|
|_Bad Apple_|Lorraine Gibbons||||
|_Law & Order_|Zina Rybakov|Episode: "All in the Family"|||
|2005|_Mom at Sixteen_|Terry Jeffries|Nominated — Prism Award Performance in a TV Movie or Miniseries||
|rowspan = 2|2006|_Entourage_|Rita Chase|Episodes: "Aquamom" and "Return To Queens Blvd"|
|_A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story_|Sylvia Guerrero|Nominated — Imagen Award for Best Actress - Television|||
|2007|_Psych_|Detective Goochberg|Episode: "Scary Sherry: Bianca's Toast"||
|2009|_Law & Order_|Judge Clara Lloyd|Episode: "By Perjury"||

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Mercedes Ruehl
- **image**: Mercedes-Ruehl-eh.jpg
- **imagesize**: 200px
- **caption**: Ruehl in East Hampton (town), New York, East Hampton, New York in October 2009
- **birthname**: Mercedes J. Ruehl
- **birth place**: Queens, New York, U.S.
- **yearsactive**: 1976–present
- **occupation**: Actress
- **spouse**: David Geiser