Deborah Rush
April 10, 1954 (70 years old) in
Deborah Rush (born April 10, 1954) is an American actress. She has worked in television, film and on Broadway. In 1984, she was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play for Michael Frayn's comedy Noises Off. She also acted in Stephen Adly Guirgis' The Last Days of Judas Iscariot. In 2003 she acted in the comedy film American Wedding, as Mary Flaherty, Michelle Flaherty's mom. In December 2008, she joined the cast of the Broadway revival of Blithe Spirit.
Known For
Credits
- 2018 · Accommodations as Victoria Maason
- 2016 · Search Party as Gertrude
- 2016 · Women Who Kill as Grace
- 2016 · Billions as
- 2015 · Ava's Possessions as Joanna
- 2013 · The Blacklist as Stella Bisset
- 2013 · Orange Is the New Black as Carol Chapman
- 2012 · Rhymes with Banana as Jane
- 2010 · Big Lake as Linda Franklin
- 2009 · The Box as Clymene Steward
- 2009 · The Good Wife as Judge Sally Rigby
- 2009 · Julie & Julia as Avis De Voto
- 2008 · Fling as Katherine
- 2008 · The Visitor as Upper Eastside Woman
- 2007 · The Good Life as Diane
- 2006 · Half Nelson as Jo Dunne
- 2006 · Strangers with Candy as Sara Blank
- 2004 · The Jury as
- 2003 · American Wedding as Mary Flaherty
- 2002 · Bad Company as Mrs. Peterson
- 2002 · The Good Girl as Gwen Jackson
- 2000 · Madigan Men as
- 1999 · Three to Tango as Lenore
- 1999 · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Christina Harlin
- 1999 · Strangers with Candy as Sarah Blank
- 1999 · Strangers with Candy as Sara Blank
- 1999 · Earthly Possessions as Heidi Anderson
- 1999 · Advice From a Caterpillar as Diner Hostess
- 1998 · You've Got Mail as Veronica Cash
- 1997 · In & Out as Ava Blazer
- 1996 · Spin City as Helen
- 1995 · Reckless as Trish
- 1992 · Passed Away as Denise Scanlan
- 1992 · Unnatural Pursuits as Stephanie Didcot
- 1990 · Against the Law as
- 1990 · Law & Order as Frances Houston
- 1990 · My Blue Heaven as Linda
- 1989 · She-Devil as 'People Reporter
- 1989 · Family Business as Michele Dempsey
- 1989 · Parents as Mrs. Gladys Zellner
- 1988 · Big Business as Binky Shelton
- 1987 · Leg Work as Judy
- 1987 · Penn & Teller's Invisible Thread as Dr. Norris
- 1986 · Heat as D.D.
- 1985 · A Midsummer Night's Dream as Hermia
- 1985 · Spenser: For Hire as
- 1985 · Compromising Positions as Brenda Dunck
- 1985 · The Purple Rose of Cairo as Rita
- 1983 · A Night in Heaven as Patsy
- 1983 · Zelig as Lita Fox
- 1982 · Split Image as Judith
- 1982 · Alice at the Palace as Alice's Mother
- 1981 · Honky Tonk Freeway as Sister Mary Magdalene
- 1981 · Kiss Me, Petruchio as Bianca
- 1979 · 10 as Dental assistant
- 1978 · Oliver's Story as Girl in Bar
- 1977 · Charles Ives: A Good Dissonance Like a Man as
- Future · The Next Big One: A Comedy with Three Potential Problems as Aunt Mitty