Deborah Rush
Birthday
1954/04/10 (70 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Also know as
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Biography
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.
Acting
(2007) The Good Life
as Diane
(1989) Family Business
as Michele Dempsey
(1997) In & Out
as Ava Blazer
(1983) A Night in Heaven
as Patsy
(2006) Half Nelson
as Jo Dunne
(2003) American Wedding
as Mary Flaherty
(1979) 10
as Dental assistant
(2002) The Good Girl
as Gwen Jackson
(1989) Parents
as Mrs. Gladys Zellner
(2006) Strangers with Candy
as Sara Blank
(1986) Heat
as D.D.
(1981) Honky Tonk Freeway
as Sister Mary Magdalene
(1992) Unnatural Pursuits
as Stephanie Didcot
The Next Big One: A Comedy with Three Potential Problems
as Aunt Mitty
(2012) Rhymes with Banana
as Jane
(1982) Alice at the Palace
as Alice's Mother
(1988) Big Business
as Binky Shelton
(1999) Earthly Possessions
as Heidi Anderson
(1978) Oliver's Story
as Girl in Bar
(1985) The Purple Rose of Cairo
as Rita
(1989) She-Devil
as 'People Reporter
(2015) Ava's Possessions
as Joanna
(1985) A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Hermia
(1992) Passed Away
as Denise Scanlan
(1999) Three to Tango
as Lenore
(1981) Kiss Me, Petruchio
as Bianca
(1983) Zelig
as Lita Fox
(2008) The Visitor
as Upper Eastside Woman
(1999) Advice From a Caterpillar
as Diner Hostess
(2009) The Box
as Clymene Steward
(1998) You've Got Mail
as Veronica Cash
(1987) Penn & Teller's Invisible Thread
as Dr. Norris
(2018) Accommodations
as Victoria Maason
(1982) Split Image
as Judith
(1995) Reckless
as Trish
(1985) Compromising Positions
as Brenda Dunck
(2016) Women Who Kill
as Grace
(2009) Julie & Julia
as Avis De Voto
(1990) My Blue Heaven
as Linda
(2008) Fling
as Katherine
(1977) Charles Ives: A Good Dissonance Like a Man
as ---
(2002) Bad Company
as Mrs. Peterson
(1985) Spenser: For Hire
as ---
(1999) Strangers with Candy
as Sarah Blank
(1996) Spin City
as Helen
(1999) Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Christina Harlin
(2016) Search Party
as Gertrude
(2000) Madigan Men
as ---
(2004) The Jury
as ---
(1990) Against the Law
as ---
(2010) Big Lake
as Linda Franklin
(2016) Billions
as ---
(1999) Strangers with Candy
as Sara Blank
(1990) Law & Order
as Frances Houston
(2013) Orange Is the New Black
as Carol Chapman
(2013) The Blacklist
as Stella Bisset
(2009) The Good Wife
as Judge Sally Rigby
(1987) Leg Work
as Judy