Deborah Rush
Acting • Born 1954-04-10
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.
Filmography
58 credits
The Good Life
Movie • 2007
Diane
Family Business
Movie • 1989
Michele Dempsey
In & Out
Movie • 1997
Ava Blazer
A Night In Heaven
Movie • 1983
Patsy
Half Nelson
Movie • 2006
Jo Dunne
American Wedding
Movie • 2003
Mary Flaherty
10
Movie • 1979
Dental assistant
The Good Girl
Movie • 2002
Gwen Jackson
Parents
Movie • 1989
Mrs. Gladys Zellner
Strangers with Candy
Movie • 2006
Sara Blank
Heat
Movie • 1986
D.D.
Honky Tonk Freeway
Movie • 1981
Sister Mary Magdalene
Unnatural Pursuits
Movie • 1992
Stephanie Didcot
The Next Big One: A Comedy with Three Potential Problems
Movie
Aunt Mitty
Rhymes with Banana
Movie • 2012
Jane
Alice at the Palace
Movie • 1982
Alice's Mother
Big Business
Movie • 1988
Binky Shelton
Earthly Possessions
Movie • 1999
Heidi Anderson
Oliver's Story
Movie • 1978
Girl in Bar
The Purple Rose of Cairo
Movie • 1985
Rita
She-Devil
Movie • 1989
'People Reporter
Ava's Possessions
Movie • 2015
Joanna
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Movie • 1985
Hermia
Passed Away
Movie • 1992
Denise Scanlan
Three to Tango
Movie • 1999
Lenore
Kiss Me, Petruchio
Movie • 1981
Bianca
Zelig
Movie • 1983
Lita Fox
The Visitor
Movie • 2008
Upper Eastside Woman
Advice From a Caterpillar
Movie • 1999
Diner Hostess
The Box
Movie • 2009
Clymene Steward
You've Got Mail
Movie • 1998
Veronica Cash
Penn & Teller's Invisible Thread
Movie • 1987
Dr. Norris
Accommodations
Movie • 2018
Victoria Maason
Split Image
Movie • 1982
Judith
Reckless
Movie • 1995
Trish
Compromising Positions
Movie • 1985
Brenda Dunck
Women Who Kill
Movie • 2016
Grace
Julie & Julia
Movie • 2009
Avis De Voto
My Blue Heaven
Movie • 1990
Linda
Fling
Movie • 2008
Katherine
Charles Ives: A Good Dissonance Like a Man
Movie • 1977
Bad Company
Movie • 2002
Mrs. Peterson
Close to Nowhere
Movie
Spenser: For Hire
TV • 1985
Spin City
TV • 1996
Helen
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV • 1999
Christina Harlin
Search Party
TV • 2016
Gertrude
Madigan Men
TV • 2000
The Jury
TV • 2004
Against the Law
TV • 1990
Big Lake
TV • 2010
Linda Franklin
Billions
TV • 2016
Strangers with Candy
TV • 1999
Sara Blank
Law & Order
TV • 1990
Frances Houston
Orange Is the New Black
TV • 2013
Carol Chapman
The Blacklist
TV • 2013
Stella Bisset
The Good Wife
TV • 2009
Judge Sally Rigby
Leg Work
TV • 1987
Judy