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Deborah Rush

Actor

Deborah Rush

Born April 10, 195442 films

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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The Purple Rose of Cairo posterFirst watchThe Purple Rose of Cairo19857.4as RitaCecilia is a waitress in New Jersey, living a dreary life during the Great Depression. Her only escape from her mundane reality is the movie theatre.View film

Essential films

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You've Got Mail poster6.7You've Got Mail1998American Wedding poster6.2American Wedding2003Julie & Julia poster6.7Julie & Julia2009Zelig poster7.4Zelig1983Half Nelson poster6.6Half Nelson2006The Visitor poster7.1The Visitor2008In & Out poster6.5In & Out1997The Box poster5.6The Box2009

Filmography

42 films as actor
  1. TBAThe Next Big One: A Comedy with Three Potential ProblemsAunt Mitty
  2. TBAClose to Nowhere
  3. 2018AccommodationsVictoria Maason
  4. 2016Women Who KillGrace
  5. 2015Ava's PossessionsJoanna
  6. 2012Rhymes with BananaJane
  7. 2009The BoxClymene Steward
  8. 2009Julie & JuliaAvis De Voto
  9. 2008FlingKatherine
  10. 2008The VisitorUpper Eastside Woman
  11. 2007The Good LifeDiane
  12. 2006Half NelsonJo Dunne
  13. 2006Strangers with CandySara Blank
  14. 2003American WeddingMary Flaherty
  15. 2002The Good GirlGwen Jackson
  16. 2002Bad CompanyMrs. Peterson
  17. 1999Earthly PossessionsHeidi Anderson
  18. 1999Three to TangoLenore
  19. 1999Advice From a CaterpillarDiner Hostess
  20. 1998You've Got MailVeronica Cash
  21. 1997In & OutAva Blazer
  22. 1995RecklessTrish
  23. 1992Passed AwayDenise Scanlan
  24. 1992Unnatural PursuitsStephanie Didcot
  25. 1990My Blue HeavenLinda
  26. 1989She-Devil'People' Reporter
  27. 1989Family BusinessMichele Dempsey
  28. 1989ParentsMrs. Gladys Zellner
  29. 1988Big BusinessBinky Shelton
  30. 1987Penn & Teller's Invisible ThreadDr. Norris
  31. 1986HeatD.D.
  32. 1985A Midsummer Night's DreamHermia
  33. 1985Compromising PositionsBrenda Dunck
  34. 1985The Purple Rose of CairoRita
  35. 1983A Night in HeavenPatsy
  36. 1983ZeligLita Fox
  37. 1982Split ImageJudith
  38. 1982Alice at the PalaceAlice's Mother
  39. 1981Honky Tonk FreewaySister Mary Magdalene
  40. 197910Dental assistant
  41. 1978Oliver's StoryGirl in Bar
  42. 1977Charles Ives: A Good Dissonance Like a Man