Mercedes Ruehl
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| Nickname: |
Mercedes Ruehl / Mercedes Reuhle / |
| Known for: |
The Fisher King, Big, Last Action Hero |
| Birth name: |
Mercedes J. Ruehl |
| Birthday: |
28 February 1948, Queens, New York, USA |
| Height: |
5' 11" (1.80 m) |
| Available Photos |
11 |
Trivia

Of Irish and Cuban extraction.

Graduated college in 1969.

Won Broadway's 1991 Tony Award as Best Actress (Play) for "Lost in Yonkers." She was nominated on two other occasions: in 1995 as Best Actress (Featured Role - Play) for a revival of "The Shadow Box," and in 2002 as Best Actress (Play) for
Edward Albee' s "The Goat or Who Is Sylvia?"

Won a 2005 Obie Award for her performance in "Woman Before A Glass."

She and
Irene Worth both won Tony Awards for their roles in the Broadway production of
Neil Simon's "Lost in Yonkers." She and Worth reprise their respective roles in Simon's film version,
Lost in Yonkers.

She and her husband have adopted a son, Jake Xavier Ruehl Geiser, born in May 1997.

One son, Christopher, given up for adoption when she was 28. Reunited in the late 90s when he was 21 and godfather to his half-brother Jake.

Graduated from the College of New Rochelle.
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