- Date of Birth: 28 February, 1948
- Place of Birth: Queens, New York
- Biography: Mercedes J. Ruehl (born February 28, 1948) is an American theater, television and film actress.
Filmography
- Loving Leah (2009)
- Tropic of Angels (2009)
- A Happy Death (2008)
- A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story (2006)
- Untitled Paul Reiser Project (2006)
- Mom at Sixteen (2005)
- Widows (2004)
- Spooky House (2004)
- Bad Apple (2004)
- Zeyda and the Hitman (2004)
- Everyday Life (2004)
- Law & Order All in the Family (2004)
News
Winning an Oscar is a glorious thing for many people, at first. In time, many view Oscar winners as undergoing a curse. After several actors won an Oscar, they tended to make very bad films, or never really showed up... ... Full Article
Mercedes Ruehl is a brilliantly monolithic matriarch in The American Plan. Plus, Hedda Gabler.
nymag.com –
2009-02-01
'D efunct things," announces Eva (Mercedes Ruehl), in her sumptuous, near-Strangelovian Mitteleuropa accent, "should declare themselves defunct." A twilight Jewish aristocrat from an Old World fallen to ashes, Eva is one of those defunct things, and knows it. ... Full Article
In BAM's Cherry Orchard and MTC's American Plan, Mixed Emotions Produce Mixed Results
villagevoice.com –
2009-01-27
'American' artifice
metro.us –
2009-01-23
Lysy as Gil and Ruehl as Eva in "The American Plan" (Photo: ) Plain Catherine is now neurotic, borderline-psychotic Lili (Lily Rabe), while her disapproving father has morphed into controlling mother Eva (Mercedes Ruehl). ... Full Article
'American Plan' for thwarting love
newsday.com –
2009-01-23
The American Plan's Lily Rabe on Working With Mercedes Ruehl, and Her Next Role as a 'Mafia Princess'
nymag.com –
2009-01-22


Mercedes Ruehl Smoking #2
Mercedes Ruehl Smoking
Mercedes Ruehl interviewed by Hoda Kotb and Kathie Lee on The Today Show 2/25/2009
Mercedes Ruehl Smoking #3