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.
Movies 44
You've Got Mail
as Veronica Grant
1998
American Wedding
as Mary Flaherty
2003
The Purple Rose of Cairo
as Rita
1985
Julie & Julia
as Avis De Voto
2009
10
as Dental assistant
1979
The Box
as Clymene Steward
2009
She-Devil
as 'People' Reporter
1989
Bad Company
as Mrs. Peterson
2002
In & Out
as Ava Blazer
1997
The Good Girl
as Gwen Jackson
2002
Zelig
as Lita Fox
1983
Half Nelson
as Jo Dunne
2006
The Visitor
as Upper Eastside Woman
2008
Big Business
as Binky Shelton
1988
My Blue Heaven
as Linda
1990
Family Business
as Michele Dempsey
1989
Split Image
as Judith
1982
Three to Tango
as Lenore
1999
Parents
as Mrs. Gladys Zellner
1989
A Night in Heaven
as Patsy
1983
Oliver's Story
as Girl in Bar
1978
Honky Tonk Freeway
as Sister Mary Magdalene
1981
American Pie: Revealed
as Self
2004
Passed Away
as Denise Scanlan
1992
Heat
as D.D.
1986
Advice From a Caterpillar
as Diner Hostess
1999
Compromising Positions
as Brenda Dunck
1985
Strangers with Candy
as Sara Blank
2006
Reckless
as Trish
1995
The Next Big One: A Comedy with Three Potential Problems
as Aunt Mitty
Earthly Possessions
as Heidi Anderson
1999
Alice at the Palace
as Alice's Mother
1982
A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Hermia
1985
Ava's Possessions
as Joanna
2015
The Good Life
as Diane
2007
Fling
as Katherine
2008
Women Who Kill
as Grace
2016
Unnatural Pursuits
as Stephanie Didcot
1992
Kiss Me, Petruchio
as Bianca
1981
Rhymes with Banana
as Jane
2012
Penn & Teller's Invisible Thread
as Dr. Norris
1987
Charles Ives: A Good Dissonance Like a Man
1977
Close to Nowhere
Accommodations
as Victoria Maason
2018TV Shows 15
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Christina Harlin
1999
Law & Order
as Frances Houston
1990
The Blacklist
as Stella Bisset
2013
Orange Is the New Black
as Carol Chapman
2013
The Good Wife
as Judge Sally Rigby
2009
Billions
as Ellen Rhoades
2016
Spin City
as Helen
1996
Spenser: For Hire
1985
Strangers with Candy
as Sara Blank
1999
Search Party
as Gertrude
2016
The Jury
2004
Leg Work
as Judy
1987
Against the Law
1990
Madigan Men
2000
Big Lake
as Linda Franklin
2010