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