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Deborah Rush

Acting

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.

Born: April 10, 1954

Filmography

2018
Accommodations

as Victoria Maason

2016
Search Party

as Gertrude

2016
2015
2013
The Blacklist

as Stella Bisset

2013
Orange Is the New Black

as Carol Chapman

2010
Big Lake

as Linda Franklin

2009
The Box

as Clymene Steward

2009
The Good Wife

as Judge Sally Rigby

2009
Julie & Julia

as Avis De Voto

2008
Fling

as Katherine

2008
The Visitor

as Upper Eastside Woman

2007
2006
Half Nelson

as Jo Dunne

2006
2003
American Wedding

as Mary Flaherty

2002
The Good Girl

as Gwen Jackson

2002
Bad Company

as Mrs. Peterson

1999
Earthly Possessions

as Heidi Anderson

1999
1999
1999
1999
1998
You've Got Mail

as Veronica Cash

1997
In & Out

as Ava Blazer

1996
Spin City

as Helen

1995
Reckless

as Trish

1992
Passed Away

as Denise Scanlan

1992
Unnatural Pursuits

as Stephanie Didcot

1990
Law & Order

as Frances Houston

1990
1989
She-Devil

as 'People Reporter

1989
Family Business

as Michele Dempsey

1989
Parents

as Mrs. Gladys Zellner

1988
Big Business

as Binky Shelton

1987
Leg Work

as Judy

1986
Heat

as D.D.

1985
Compromising Positions

as Brenda Dunck

1983
1983
Zelig

as Lita Fox

1982
Split Image

as Judith

1982
Alice at the Palace

as Alice's Mother

1981
Honky Tonk Freeway

as Sister Mary Magdalene

1981
1979
10

as Dental assistant

1978
Oliver's Story

as Girl in Bar

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