Acting

Deborah Rush

Born 1954-04-10

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.

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