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Known For
Actor
Occupations
Film actor, Television actor, Actor, Stage actor
Birthday
(Saturday)
Nationality
Citizenship
United States
Languages
English
Education
College of New Rochelle, HB Studio
Zodiac Sign
♓ Pisces
Chinese Zodiac
鼠 Rat
Name Origin
English < Spanish
Popularity
Tier B -- 26,204 Wikipedia views/month
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Screen debut
First screen credit at age 30
Career
Career spanning 34 years (1979-2013)
Year context
Born in 1948 -- State of Israel established; Berlin Blockade begins; Harry S. Truman was US president
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Zodiac
Born in the Year of the Rat
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Cultural Uplift
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Filmography (21)
AWARDS (3)
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Academy Awards
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
1992
WON
G
Golden Globe Awards
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Tony Awards
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Biography
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.
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Mercedes Ruehl was born in Queens, New York, USA.
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Mercedes Ruehl has 21 credits in our database. Notable titles include Star Spangled Banners (2013), A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story (2006), The Amati Girls (2001), All-American Girl: The Mary Kay Letourneau Story (2000), What's Cooking? (2000).
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