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Deborah Rush

Acting

Born April 10, 1954 · Chatham Borough

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.

Awards & recognition

  • Tony AwardBest Featured Actress in a Play · 1984 · nominated

Filmography37 titles

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999as Christina Harlin

Billions

2016as Ellen Rhoades

Orange Is the New Black

2013as Carol Chapman

The Blacklist

2013as Stella Bisset

The Good Wife

2009as Judge Sally Rigby

Strangers with Candy

1999as Sara Blank

The Purple Rose of Cairo

1985as Rita

Zelig

1983as Lita Fox

Law & Order

1990as Frances Houston

The Visitor

2007as Upper Eastside Woman

Search Party

2016as Gertrude

Spenser: For Hire

1985

Julie & Julia

2009as Avis De Voto

You've Got Mail

1998as Veronica Cash

Half Nelson

2006as Jo Dunne

In & Out

1997as Ava Blazer

Big Business

1988as Binky Shelton

American Wedding

2003as Mary Flaherty

My Blue Heaven

1990as Linda

She-Devil

1989as 'People Reporter

Split Image

1982as Judith

Parents

1989as Mrs. Gladys Zellner

Ava's Possessions

2015as Joanna

Heat

1986as D.D.

10

1979as Dental assistant

Three to Tango

1999as Lenore

Family Business

1989as Michele Dempsey

The Box

2009as Clymene Steward

Strangers with Candy

2005as Sara Blank

Bad Company

2002as Mrs. Peterson

Passed Away

1992as Denise Scanlan

Compromising Positions

1985as Brenda Dunck

Honky Tonk Freeway

1981as Sister Mary Magdalene

Fling

2008as Katherine

Women Who Kill

2016as Grace

Oliver's Story

1978as Girl in Bar

Accommodations

2018as Victoria Maason