Description:
Ruehl received her first Academy Award nomination and win for her performance as Anne Napolitano, the emotionally driven girlfriend to fallen radio personality, (played by Jeff Bridges), in Terry Gilliam's masterpiece, The Fisher King (1991). In addition to an Oscar, and a Golden Globe, Ruehl's performance garnered several accolades. Los Angeles Times commended the performance, calling it "a bravura performance that runs from high, bantering comedy to an intense projection of pain and sorrow."
Notable film credits include The Fisher King (1991), Lost in Yonkers (1993) and Roseanna's Grave (1997).
Birthday
February 28, 1948
Born In
Queens, New York City, New York, USA
Alternative names
Mercedes Reuhle
Height
178 cm
Spouse/Ex-
David Geiser 1999 - October 14, 2020 (his death)
Parents
Vincent Ruehl
Trivia
Her father was of German and Irish descent and her mother was of Cuban and Irish ancestry.
Quotes
[accepting her Best Supporting Actress Oscar for The Fisher King (1991)] I went to New York to study acting the summer I was 21 and like thousands of actors before me and thousands of actors after me, I went through the usual scores of moonlighting jobs and the usual scores of rejection and the usual legions of prophets of doom who were always there and always at the ready to give you the up-to-minute odds against you ever making anything of yourself in this business. And at this moment, all of those doleful memories have suddenly transformed themselves into nothing more than the sort of charming and amusing anecdotes from my memoirs!
Salaries
$1,500,000
