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.

Known For

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

The Blacklist

Law & Order

The Good Wife

Billions

Orange Is the New Black

Spin City

Search Party

All Movies (43)

• Accommodations2018 · as Victoria Maason
• Women Who Kill2016 · as Grace
• Ava's Possessions2015 · as Joanna
• Rhymes with Banana2012 · as Jane
• The Box2009 · as Clymene Steward
• Julie & Julia2009 · as Avis De Voto
• Fling2008 · as Katherine
• The Visitor2008 · as Upper Eastside Woman
• The Good Life2007 · as Diane
• Half Nelson2006 · as Jo Dunne
• Strangers with Candy2006 · as Sara Blank
• American Wedding2003 · as Mary Flaherty
• The Good Girl2002 · as Gwen Jackson
• Bad Company2002 · as Mrs. Peterson
• Earthly Possessions1999 · as Heidi Anderson
• Three to Tango1999 · as Lenore
• Advice From a Caterpillar1999 · as Diner Hostess
• You've Got Mail1998 · as Veronica Cash
• In & Out1997 · as Ava Blazer
• Reckless1995 · as Trish
• Passed Away1992 · as Denise Scanlan
• Unnatural Pursuits1992 · as Stephanie Didcot
• My Blue Heaven1990 · as Linda
• She-Devil1989 · as 'People Reporter
• Family Business1989 · as Michele Dempsey
• Parents1989 · as Mrs. Gladys Zellner
• Big Business1988 · as Binky Shelton
• Penn & Teller's Invisible Thread1987 · as Dr. Norris
• Heat1986 · as D.D.
• A Midsummer Night's Dream1985 · as Hermia
• Compromising Positions1985 · as Brenda Dunck
• The Purple Rose of Cairo1985 · as Rita
• A Night in Heaven1983 · as Patsy
• Zelig1983 · as Lita Fox
• Split Image1982 · as Judith
• Alice at the Palace1982 · as Alice's Mother
• Honky Tonk Freeway1981 · as Sister Mary Magdalene
• Kiss Me, Petruchio1981 · as Bianca
• 101979 · as Dental assistant
• Oliver's Story1978 · as Girl in Bar
• Charles Ives: A Good Dissonance Like a Man1977
• The Next Big One: A Comedy with Three Potential Problems— · as Aunt Mitty
• Close to Nowhere—

All TV Shows (15)

• Search Party2016 · as Gertrude
• Billions2016 · as Ellen Rhoades
• The Blacklist2013 · as Stella Bisset
• Orange Is the New Black2013 · as Carol Chapman
• Big Lake2010 · as Linda Franklin
• The Good Wife2009 · as Judge Sally Rigby
• The Jury2004
• Madigan Men2000
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit1999 · as Christina Harlin
• Strangers with Candy1999 · as Sara Blank
• Spin City1996 · as Helen
• Against the Law1990
• Law & Order1990 · as Frances Houston
• Leg Work1987 · as Judy
• Spenser: For Hire1985