Actor profile

Deborah Rush

10th April 1954 Acting

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.

43 Movies 15 TV Shows 58 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Accommodations poster

Accommodations 8th June 2018 as Victoria Maason

Women Who Kill poster

Women Who Kill 27th July 2016 as Grace

Ava's Possessions poster

Ava's Possessions 16th March 2015 as Joanna

Rhymes with Banana poster

Rhymes with Banana 13th October 2012 as Jane

The Box poster

The Box 29th October 2009 as Clymene Steward

Julie & Julia poster

Julie & Julia 6th August 2009 as Avis De Voto

Fling poster

Fling 7th November 2008 as Katherine

The Visitor poster

The Visitor 21st February 2008 as Upper Eastside Woman

The Good Life poster

The Good Life 20th January 2007 as Diane

Half Nelson poster

Half Nelson 11th August 2006 as Jo Dunne

Strangers with Candy poster

Strangers with Candy 28th June 2006 as Sara Blank

American Wedding poster

American Wedding 1st August 2003 as Mary Flaherty

The Good Girl poster

The Good Girl 7th August 2002 as Gwen Jackson

Bad Company poster

Bad Company 7th June 2002 as Mrs. Peterson

Earthly Possessions poster

Earthly Possessions 29th December 1999 as Heidi Anderson

Three to Tango poster

Three to Tango 22nd October 1999 as Lenore

Advice From a Caterpillar poster

Advice From a Caterpillar 15th February 1999 as Diner Hostess

You've Got Mail poster

You've Got Mail 18th December 1998 as Veronica Cash

In & Out poster

In & Out 10th September 1997 as Ava Blazer

Reckless poster

Reckless 17th November 1995 as Trish

Passed Away poster

Passed Away 24th April 1992 as Denise Scanlan

Unnatural Pursuits poster

Unnatural Pursuits 1st January 1992 as Stephanie Didcot

My Blue Heaven poster

My Blue Heaven 17th August 1990 as Linda

She-Devil poster

She-Devil 8th December 1989 as 'People Reporter

Family Business poster

Family Business 6th December 1989 as Michele Dempsey

Parents poster

Parents 27th January 1989 as Mrs. Gladys Zellner

Big Business poster

Big Business 10th June 1988 as Binky Shelton

Penn & Teller's Invisible Thread poster

Penn & Teller's Invisible Thread 18th March 1987 as Dr. Norris

Heat poster

Heat 16th October 1986 as D.D.

A Midsummer Night's Dream poster

A Midsummer Night's Dream 19th December 1985 as Hermia

Compromising Positions poster

Compromising Positions 30th August 1985 as Brenda Dunck

The Purple Rose of Cairo poster

The Purple Rose of Cairo 1st March 1985 as Rita

A Night in Heaven poster

A Night in Heaven 18th November 1983 as Patsy

Zelig poster

Zelig 15th July 1983 as Lita Fox

Split Image poster

Split Image 3rd October 1982 as Judith

Alice at the Palace poster

Alice at the Palace 16th January 1982 as Alice's Mother

Honky Tonk Freeway poster

Honky Tonk Freeway 21st August 1981 as Sister Mary Magdalene

Kiss Me, Petruchio poster

Kiss Me, Petruchio 7th January 1981 as Bianca

10 poster

10 5th October 1979 as Dental assistant

Oliver's Story poster

Oliver's Story 15th December 1978 as Girl in Bar

Charles Ives: A Good Dissonance Like a Man poster

Charles Ives: A Good Dissonance Like a Man 21st April 1977

Close to Nowhere

The Next Big One: A Comedy with Three Potential Problems as Aunt Mitty

Search Party poster

Search Party 21st November 2016 as Gertrude

Billions poster

Billions 17th January 2016 as Ellen Rhoades

The Blacklist poster

The Blacklist 23rd September 2013 as Stella Bisset

Orange Is the New Black poster

Orange Is the New Black 11th July 2013 as Carol Chapman

Big Lake poster

Big Lake 17th August 2010 as Linda Franklin

The Good Wife poster

The Good Wife 22nd September 2009 as Judge Sally Rigby

The Jury poster

The Jury 8th June 2004

Madigan Men poster

Madigan Men 6th October 2000

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit poster

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 20th September 1999 as Christina Harlin

Strangers with Candy poster

Strangers with Candy 7th April 1999 as Sara Blank

Spin City poster

Spin City 17th September 1996 as Helen

Against the Law poster

Against the Law 23rd September 1990

Law & Order poster

Law & Order 13th September 1990 as Frances Houston

Leg Work poster

Leg Work 3rd October 1987 as Judy

Spenser: For Hire poster

Spenser: For Hire 20th September 1985