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Mercedes Ruehl
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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.
Known For
NCIS
2003
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Law & Order
1990
Law & Order
1990
Frasier
1993
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
Psych
2006
Entourage
2004
2 Broke Girls
2011
New Amsterdam
2018
The Cosby Show
1984
Bull
2016
Bull
2016
The Oscars
1953
Life in Pieces
2015
Accused
2023
The Mysteries of Laura
2014
Big
1988
The Warriors
1979
Hustlers
2019
Gia
1998
Last Action Hero
1993
The Fisher King
1991
The Secret of My Success
1987
Married to the Mob
1988
Disclosure
2020
Heartburn
1986
Crimes and Misdemeanors
1989
Another You
1991
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