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.
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Acting History
2018
Accommodations as Victoria Maason
2016Search Party as Gertrude
2016Women Who Kill as Grace
2016Billions
2015Ava's Possessions as Joanna
2013The Blacklist as Stella Bisset
2013Orange Is the New Black as Carol Chapman
2012Rhymes with Banana as Jane
2010Big Lake as Linda Franklin
2009The Box as Clymene Steward
2009The Good Wife as Judge Sally Rigby
2009Julie & Julia as Avis De Voto
2008Fling as Katherine
2008The Visitor as Upper Eastside Woman
2007The Good Life as Diane
2006Half Nelson as Jo Dunne
2006Strangers with Candy as Sara Blank
2004The Jury
2003American Wedding as Mary Flaherty
2002The Good Girl as Gwen Jackson
2002Bad Company as Mrs. Peterson
2000Madigan Men
1999Earthly Possessions as Heidi Anderson
1999Three to Tango as Lenore
1999Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Christina Harlin
1999Strangers with Candy as Sara Blank
1999Advice From a Caterpillar as Diner Hostess
1998You've Got Mail as Veronica Cash
1997In & Out as Ava Blazer
1996Spin City as Helen
1995Reckless as Trish
1992Passed Away as Denise Scanlan
1992Unnatural Pursuits as Stephanie Didcot
1990Against the Law
1990Law & Order as Frances Houston
1990My Blue Heaven as Linda
1989She-Devil as 'People Reporter
1989Family Business as Michele Dempsey
1989Parents as Mrs. Gladys Zellner
1988Big Business as Binky Shelton
1987Leg Work as Judy
1987Penn & Teller's Invisible Thread as Dr. Norris
1986Heat as D.D.
1985A Midsummer Night's Dream as Hermia
1985Spenser: For Hire
1985Compromising Positions as Brenda Dunck
1985The Purple Rose of Cairo as Rita
1983A Night In Heaven as Patsy
1983Zelig as Lita Fox
1982Split Image as Judith
1982Alice at the Palace as Alice's Mother
1981Honky Tonk Freeway as Sister Mary Magdalene
1981Kiss Me, Petruchio as Bianca
197910 as Dental assistant
1978Oliver's Story as Girl in Bar
1977Charles Ives: A Good Dissonance Like a Man
—The Next Big One: A Comedy with Three Potential Problems as Aunt Mitty
—Close to Nowhere