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 Credits
The Good Life
2007-01-20
A movie about the travails of Jason (Mark Webber), a young gas station attendant and movie projectio
Family Business
1989-12-06
Jessie is an aging career criminal who has been in more jails, fights, schemes, and lineups than jus
In & Out
1997-09-10
A midwestern teacher questions his sexuality after a former student makes a comment about him at the
A Night In Heaven
1983-11-18
Faye Hanlon is a community-college professor with an emotionally depressed husband and an abundance
Half Nelson
2006-08-11
Despite his dedication to the junior-high students who fill his classroom, idealistic teacher Dan Du
American Wedding
2003-08-01
With high school a distant memory, Jim and Michelle are getting married — and in a hurry, since Jim'
10
1979-10-05
A Hollywood songwriter goes through a mid-life crisis and becomes infatuated with a sexy blonde newl
The Good Girl
2002-08-07
A discount store clerk strikes up an affair with a stock boy who considers himself the incarnation o
Parents
1989-01-27
Michael is a young boy living in a typical 1950s suburbanite home... except for his bizarre and horr
Strangers with Candy
2006-06-28
A prequel to the critically acclaimed series featuring Jerri Blank, a 46 year old ex-junkie, ex-con
Heat
1986-10-16
Reynolds plays an ex-soldier-of-fortunish character in Vegas, taking "Chaperone" jobs, fighting with
Honky Tonk Freeway
1981-08-21
Ticlaw, a small town in Florida, has only one attraction: a safari park. The government constructs a
Unnatural Pursuits
1992-01-01
An English playwright sacrifices his health waiting for his play's make-or-break opening on Broadway
The Next Big One: A Comedy with Three Potential Problems
Bee Mitty, a high-ranking employee at an omnipotent techfirm, must help Ian - her depressed, activis
Rhymes with Banana
2012-10-13
A satire about two struggling actresses who escape into a fantasy world to cope with rejection and h
Alice at the Palace
1982-01-16
Meryl Streep stars as Alice in this production of Elizabeth Swados' musical, which was adapted from
Big Business
1988-06-10
In the 1940s in the small town of Jupiter Hollow, two sets of identical twins are born in the same h
Earthly Possessions
1999-12-29
A bored homemaker planning to run away from her minister husband is taken hostage in a bank robbery.
Oliver's Story
1978-12-15
Oliver Barrett IV is emotionally devastated by the death of his wife Jenny, and, while he tries to l
The Purple Rose of Cairo
1985-03-01
Cecilia is a waitress in New Jersey, living a dreary life during the Great Depression. Her only esca
She-Devil
1989-12-08
A cunning and resourceful housewife vows revenge on her husband when he begins an affair with a weal
Ava's Possessions
2015-03-16
Ava is recovering from demonic possession. With no memory of the past month, she must attend a Spiri
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1985-12-19
Theseus has defeated Hippolyta in battle, and now claims her as his bride. But before the nuptials b
Passed Away
1992-04-24
Thrown for a loop by the unexpected news that Dad has suddenly gone to his reward, the grieving ecce
Three to Tango
1999-10-22
Oscar and Peter land a career-making opportunity when a Chicago tycoon chooses them to compete for t
Kiss Me, Petruchio
1981-01-07
A documentary about the 1978 stage production of The Taming of the Shrew by the New York City Shakes
Zelig
1983-07-15
Fictional documentary about the life of human chameleon Leonard Zelig, a man who becomes a celebrity
The Visitor
2008-02-21
A college professor travels to New York City to attend a conference and finds a young couple living
Advice From a Caterpillar
1999-02-15
When it comes to romance, Missy's attitude has always been whatever. After all, her artistic career
The Box
2009-10-29
Norma and Arthur Lewis, a suburban couple with a young child, receive a simple wooden box as a gift,
You've Got Mail
1998-12-18
Book superstore magnate, Joe Fox and independent book shop owner, Kathleen Kelly fall in love in the
Penn & Teller's Invisible Thread
1987-03-18
Penn Jillette and Teller are called upon to display their unique brand of humor to save civilization
Accommodations
2018-06-08
Married with children and living in downtown Manhattan, a woman decides to quit accommodating everyo
Split Image
1982-10-03
An impressionable young man finds himself enslaved by a modern-day religious cult. In an effort to b
Reckless
1995-11-17
On Christmas Eve, a relentlessly cheerful woman escapes from the killers hired by her husband, and e
Compromising Positions
1985-08-30
An ex-newspaper woman who is now a suburban housewife can't resist getting involved in an investigat
Women Who Kill
2016-07-27
Morgan and Jean work well together as true crime podcasters because they didn’t work well, at all, a
Julie & Julia
2009-08-06
Julia Child and Julie Powell – both of whom wrote memoirs – find their lives intertwined. Though sep
My Blue Heaven
1990-08-17
FBI agent Barney Coopersmith is assigned to protect former Mafia figure turned informant Vincent Ant
Fling
2008-11-07
An attractive young couple's open relationship is stretched to the breaking point when each partner
Charles Ives: A Good Dissonance Like a Man
1977-04-21
A thoroughly researched biopic of Charles Ives, America's greatest and most innovative composer (and
Bad Company
2002-06-07
When a Harvard-educated CIA agent is killed during an operation, the secret agency recruits his twin