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Mercedes Ruehl

1948 - Today

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Mercedes J. Ruehl ( ROOL; born February 28, 1948) is an American screen, stage, and television actress. She is the recipient of several accolades, including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Tony Award, a Drama Desk Award, two Obie Awards, and two Outer Critics Circle Awards. Ruehl is known for her leading performance in the play Lost in Yonkers (1990) and supporting performance in the film The Fisher King (1991). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mercedes Ruehl has received more than 2,734,008 page views. Her biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). Mercedes Ruehl is the 2,553rd most popular actor (up from 2,917th in 2019), the 4,004th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,586th in 2019) and the 1,166th most popular American Actor.

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  • 2.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.52

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 45

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.73

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.18

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Mercedes Ruehl ranks 2,553 out of 13,578. Before her are Dorothy Dandridge, Renée Taylor, Valerie Perrine, Keir Dullea, Charles Dullin, and Gil Birmingham. After her are Anthony Delon, Kate Mulgrew, Tab Hunter, Danneel Ackles, Annabella, and Dieter Hallervorden.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Mercedes Ruehl ranks 269. Before her are Carol Potter, Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Volkov, Luis Rodríguez, Radislav Krstić, Lulu, and Olivier Blanchard. After her are Pinchas Zukerman, Yaakov Litzman, Heinz Flohe, Todd Rundgren, Andrei Linde, and Chris Squire.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Mercedes Ruehl ranks 4,004 out of 20,380. Before her are Valerie Perrine (1943), Keir Dullea (1936), Sam Francis (1923), Belinda Carlisle (1958), Gil Birmingham (1953), and William Klein (1928). After her are Anthony Delon (1964), Elihu Yale (1649), Henry Kuttner (1915), Tex Watson (1945), Kate Mulgrew (1955), and Krist Novoselic (1965).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Mercedes Ruehl ranks 1,166. Before her are Maureen Stapleton (1925), Dorothy Dandridge (1922), Renée Taylor (1933), Valerie Perrine (1943), Keir Dullea (1936), and Gil Birmingham (1953). After her are Anthony Delon (1964), Kate Mulgrew (1955), Tab Hunter (1931), Danneel Ackles (1979), Linda Harrison (1945), and Penny Marshall (1943).

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Television and Movie Roles

Hustlers
Mother
A crew of savvy former strip club employees band together to turn the tables on their Wall Street clients.
Sep 12o 20196.5 / 10
Big
Mrs. Baskin
When a young boy makes a wish at a carnival machine to be big—he wakes up the following morning to find that it has been granted and his body has grown older overnight. But he is still the same 13-year-old boy inside. Now he must learn how to cope with the unfamiliar world of grown-ups including getting a job and having his first romantic encounter with a woman.
Jun 3o 19887.175 / 10
The Fisher King
Anne
Two troubled men face their terrible destinies and events of their past as they join together on a mission to find the Holy Grail and thus to save themselves.
Sep 20o 19917.3 / 10