Deborah Rush

Personal Info

Birthday

April 10, 1954

(71 years old)

Place of Birth

Deborah Rush

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.

Known For

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order

The Blacklist

The Good Wife

Orange Is the New Black

Spin City

Strangers with Candy

Search Party

Filmography

2018
Accommodations
as Victoria Maason
2016
Women Who Kill
as Grace
2015
Ava's Possessions
as Joanna
2012
Rhymes with Banana
as Jane
2009
The Box
as Clymene Steward
Julie & Julia
as Avis De Voto
2008
Fling
as Katherine
The Visitor
as Upper Eastside Woman
2007
The Good Life
as Diane
2006
Half Nelson
as Jo Dunne
2003
American Wedding
as Mary Flaherty
2002
The Good Girl
as Gwen Jackson
Bad Company
as Mrs. Peterson
1999
Three to Tango
as Lenore
Earthly Possessions
as Heidi Anderson
Advice From a Caterpillar
as Diner Hostess
1998
You've Got Mail
as Veronica Cash
1997
In & Out
as Ava Blazer
1995
Reckless
as Trish
1992
Passed Away
as Denise Scanlan
Unnatural Pursuits
as Stephanie Didcot
1990
My Blue Heaven
as Linda
1989
She-Devil
as 'People Reporter
Family Business
as Michele Dempsey
Parents
as Mrs. Gladys Zellner
1988
Big Business
as Binky Shelton
1987
Penn & Teller's Invisible Thread
as Dr. Norris
1986
Heat
as D.D.
1985
A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Hermia
Compromising Positions
as Brenda Dunck
The Purple Rose of Cairo
as Rita
1983
A Night in Heaven
as Patsy
Zelig
as Lita Fox
1982
Split Image
as Judith
Alice at the Palace
as Alice's Mother
1981
Honky Tonk Freeway
as Sister Mary Magdalene
Kiss Me, Petruchio
as Bianca
1979
10
as Dental assistant
1978
Oliver's Story
as Girl in Bar