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.
Movie Appearances
The Good Life
as Diane
2007
Family Business
as Michele Dempsey
1989
In & Out
as Ava Blazer
1997
A Night in Heaven
as Patsy
1983
Half Nelson
as Jo Dunne
2006
American Wedding
as Mary Flaherty
2003
10
as Dental assistant
1979
The Good Girl
as Gwen Jackson
2002
Parents
as Mrs. Gladys Zellner
1989
Strangers with Candy
as Sara Blank
2006
Heat
as D.D.
1986
Honky Tonk Freeway
as Sister Mary Magdalene
1981
Unnatural Pursuits
as Stephanie Didcot
1992
The Next Big One: A Comedy with Three Potential Problems
as Aunt Mitty
TBA
Rhymes with Banana
as Jane
2012
Alice at the Palace
as Alice's Mother
1982
Big Business
as Binky Shelton
1988
Earthly Possessions
as Heidi Anderson
1999
Oliver's Story
as Girl in Bar
1978
The Purple Rose of Cairo
as Rita
1985
TV Appearances
Spenser: For Hire
1985
Spin City
as Helen
1996
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Christina Harlin
1999
Search Party
as Gertrude
2016
Madigan Men
2000
The Jury
2004
Against the Law
1990
Big Lake
as Linda Franklin
2010
Billions
as Ellen Rhoades
2016
Strangers with Candy
as Sara Blank
1999
Law & Order
as Frances Houston
1990
Orange Is the New Black
as Carol Chapman
2013