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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.

Known For: Acting

Born: null, 1954-04-10

Died: null

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1977	Charles Ives: A Good Dissonance Like a Man		0
2	1978	Oliver's Story	Girl in Bar	48
3	1979	10	Dental assistant	57
4	1981	Kiss Me, Petruchio	Bianca	55
5	1981	Honky Tonk Freeway	Sister Mary Magdalene	52
6	1982	Alice at the Palace	Alice's Mother	55
7	1982	Split Image	Judith	59
8	1983	Zelig	Lita Fox	74
9	1983	A Night in Heaven	Patsy	47
10	1985	The Purple Rose of Cairo	Rita	74
11	1985	Compromising Positions	Brenda Dunck	55
12	1985	A Midsummer Night's Dream	Hermia	60
13	1986	Heat	D.D.	58
14	1987	Penn & Teller's Invisible Thread	Dr. Norris	64
15	1988	Big Business	Binky Shelton	63
16	1989	Parents	Mrs. Gladys Zellner	59
17	1989	Family Business	Michele Dempsey	57
18	1989	She-Devil	'People Reporter	59
19	1990	My Blue Heaven	Linda	61
20	1992	Unnatural Pursuits	Stephanie Didcot	0
21	1992	Passed Away	Denise Scanlan	51
22	1995	Reckless	Trish	64
23	1997	In & Out	Ava Blazer	65
24	1998	You've Got Mail	Veronica Cash	67
25	1999	Advice From a Caterpillar	Diner Hostess	40
26	1999	Earthly Possessions	Heidi Anderson	61
27	1999	Three to Tango	Lenore	57
28	2002	The Good Girl	Gwen Jackson	62
29	2002	Bad Company	Mrs. Peterson	55
30	2003	American Wedding	Mary Flaherty	62
31	2006	Strangers with Candy	Sara Blank	56
32	2006	Half Nelson	Jo Dunne	66
33	2007	The Good Life	Diane	65
34		The Next Big One: A Comedy with Three Potential Problems	Aunt Mitty	0
35	2008	The Visitor	Upper Eastside Woman	72
36	2008	Fling	Katherine	51
37	2009	Julie & Julia	Avis De Voto	67
38	2009	The Box	Clymene Steward	56
39	2012	Rhymes with Banana	Jane	60
40	2015	Ava's Possessions	Joanna	58
41	2016	Women Who Kill	Grace	50
42	2018	Accommodations	Victoria Maason	10

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1985	Spenser: For Hire		67
2	1987	Leg Work	Judy	50
3	1990	Law & Order	Frances Houston	74
4	1990	Against the Law		60
5	1996	Spin City	Helen	71
6	1999	Strangers with Candy	Sara Blank	77
7	1999	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Christina Harlin	79
8	2000	Madigan Men		0
9	2004	The Jury		70
10	2009	The Good Wife	Judge Sally Rigby	76
11	2010	Big Lake	Linda Franklin	0
12	2013	Orange Is the New Black	Carol Chapman	77
13	2013	The Blacklist	Stella Bisset	76
14	2016	Billions		77
15	2016	Search Party	Gertrude	68