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.
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Filmography
Acting (59)
Movies (43)
Accommodations
2018as Victoria Maason
Women Who Kill
2016as Grace
Ava's Possessions
2015as Joanna
Rhymes with Banana
2012as Jane
The Box
2009as Clymene Steward
Julie & Julia
2009as Avis De Voto
The Visitor
2008as Upper Eastside Woman
Fling
2008as Katherine
The Good Life
2007as Diane
Half Nelson
2006as Jo Dunne
Strangers with Candy
2006as Sara Blank
American Wedding
2003as Mary Flaherty
Bad Company
2002as Mrs. Peterson
The Good Girl
2002as Gwen Jackson
Three to Tango
1999as Lenore
Earthly Possessions
1999as Heidi Anderson
Advice From a Caterpillar
1999as Diner Hostess
You've Got Mail
1998as Veronica Cash
In & Out
1997as Ava Blazer
Reckless
1995as Trish
Passed Away
1992as Denise Scanlan
Unnatural Pursuits
1992as Stephanie Didcot
My Blue Heaven
1990as Linda
She-Devil
1989as 'People Reporter
Family Business
1989as Michele Dempsey
Parents
1989as Mrs. Gladys Zellner
Big Business
1988as Binky Shelton
Penn & Teller's Invisible Thread
1987as Dr. Norris
Heat
1986as D.D.
The Purple Rose of Cairo
1985as Rita
Compromising Positions
1985as Brenda Dunck
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1985as Hermia
Zelig
1983as Lita Fox
A Night In Heaven
1983as Patsy
Alice at the Palace
1982as Alice's Mother
Split Image
1982as Judith
Honky Tonk Freeway
1981as Sister Mary Magdalene
Kiss Me, Petruchio
1981as Bianca
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1979as Dental assistant
Oliver's Story
1978as Girl in Bar
Charles Ives: A Good Dissonance Like a Man
1977
Close to Nowhere
The Next Big One: A Comedy with Three Potential Problems
as Aunt Mitty
Television (16)
Billions
2016as Ellen Rhoades
Search Party
2016as Gertrude
The Blacklist
2013as Stella Bisset
Orange Is the New Black
2013as Carol Chapman
Big Lake
2010as Linda Franklin
The Good Wife
2009as Judge Sally Rigby
The Jury
2004
Madigan Men
2000
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999as Christina Harlin
Strangers with Candy
1999as Sarah Blank
Strangers with Candy
1999as Sara Blank
Spin City
1996as Helen
Law & Order
1990as Frances Houston
Against the Law
1990
Leg Work
1987as Judy
Spenser: For Hire
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