Mercedes Ruehl


  • 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.

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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

'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

I love Richard Greenberg's plays, and I love Chekhov's four masterpieces. Yet it floors me, sometimes, that so many other people love, or at least purport to love, these writers. ... Full Article

'American' artifice
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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

January 23, 2009 Watching "The American Plan" is a bit like reading a mysterious short story about people you don't quite believe, though you still need to know what happens to them. ... Full Article

Did you have a lot of interaction with Richard Greenberg throughout the rehearsal process?Did you know him before this? I didn't know him that well before this, but he's been very involved in the process - he and David... ... Full Article

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