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.

Filmography (58 Appearances)

Close to Nowhere

The Next Big One: A Comedy with Three Potential Problems

Accommodations

Search Party

Women Who Kill

Billions

Ava's Possessions

The Blacklist

Orange Is the New Black

Rhymes with Banana

Big Lake

The Box

The Good Wife

Julie & Julia

Fling

The Visitor

The Good Life

Half Nelson

Strangers with Candy

The Jury

American Wedding

The Good Girl

Bad Company

Madigan Men

Earthly Possessions

Three to Tango

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Strangers with Candy

Advice From a Caterpillar

You've Got Mail

In & Out

Spin City

Reckless

Passed Away

Unnatural Pursuits

Against the Law

Law & Order

My Blue Heaven

She-Devil

Family Business

Parents

Big Business

Leg Work

Penn & Teller's Invisible Thread

Heat

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Spenser: For Hire

Compromising Positions

The Purple Rose of Cairo

A Night in Heaven

Zelig

Split Image

Alice at the Palace

Honky Tonk Freeway

Kiss Me, Petruchio

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Oliver's Story

Charles Ives: A Good Dissonance Like a Man

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