Mercedes Ruehl

Birthplace: Queens, New York
Birthday: February 28, 1948

Like many who achieve "overnight success,” Mercedes Ruehl had spent many years honing her craft on stage and in small roles in film and TV before breaking through in 1988 with two high profile parts. The New York native spent a somewhat peripatetic childhood, moving frequently until her FBI agent father and teacher mother finally settled in Silver Spring, Maryland. After returning to New York to attend college, Ruehl settled in Manhattan and studied acting with Uta Hagen while supporting herself with the usual battery of odd jobs (e.g., …more

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Actor

Guilt By Association
Susan
On Hope
Wendy
Widows
Dolly Rawlins
North Shore Fish
Florence
The Lost Child
Rebecca Miller

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Career Milestones

2008
Cast in the world premiere of Edward Albee's "Occupant" at Signature Theatre Company
2006
Guest-starred as Vincent Chase's (Adrian Grenier) mom in an episode of "Entourage" (HBO)
2004
Featured in the Canadian film, "Zeyda and the Hitman"
2002
Had lead in Court TV's first made-for-television movie, "Guilt by Association"
2002
Starred opposite Bill Pullman in the Broadway production of Edward Albee's play "The Goat, or, Who Is Sylvia?"