Deborah Rush

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1954-04-10 (71 years old)

Place of Birth

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Deborah Rush

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.

Acting

2007

1989

Family Business

as Michele Dempsey

1997

In & Out

as Ava Blazer

1983

2006

Half Nelson

as Jo Dunne

2003

American Wedding

as Mary Flaherty

1979

10

as Dental assistant

2002

The Good Girl

as Gwen Jackson

1989

Parents

as Mrs. Gladys Zellner

2006

1986

Heat

as D.D.

1981

Honky Tonk Freeway

as Sister Mary Magdalene

1992

Unnatural Pursuits

as Stephanie Didcot

1982

Alice at the Palace

as Alice's Mother

1988

Big Business

as Binky Shelton

1999

Earthly Possessions

as Heidi Anderson

1978

Oliver's Story

as Girl in Bar

1989

She-Devil

as 'People Reporter

2015

1992

Passed Away

as Denise Scanlan

1999

1981

1983

Zelig

as Lita Fox

2008

The Visitor

as Upper Eastside Woman

1999

2009

The Box

as Clymene Steward

1998

You've Got Mail

as Veronica Cash

2018

Accommodations

as Victoria Maason

1982

Split Image

as Judith

1995

Reckless

as Trish

1985

Compromising Positions

as Brenda Dunck

2016

2009

Julie & Julia

as Avis De Voto

1990

2008

Fling

as Katherine

2002

Bad Company

as Mrs. Peterson

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