
Deborah Rush
Acting
Born 1954-04-10
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

American Wedding
2003 · Movie

You've Got Mail
1998 · Movie

Julie & Julia
2009 · Movie

In & Out
1997 · Movie

10
1979 · Movie

The Purple Rose of Cairo
1985 · Movie

Half Nelson
2006 · Movie

The Box
2009 · Movie

Zelig
1983 · Movie

Bad Company
2002 · Movie

She-Devil
1989 · Movie

The Good Girl
2002 · Movie

The Visitor
2008 · Movie

Big Business
1988 · Movie

My Blue Heaven
1990 · Movie

Three to Tango
1999 · Movie

Family Business
1989 · Movie

Heat
1986 · Movie

Reckless
1995 · Movie

Alice at the Palace
1982 · Movie

Parents
1989 · Movie

Passed Away
1992 · Movie

Earthly Possessions
1999 · Movie

The Good Life
2007 · Movie

Split Image
1982 · Movie

Strangers with Candy
2006 · Movie

Penn & Teller's Invisible Thread
1987 · Movie

A Midsummer Night's Dream
1985 · Movie

Honky Tonk Freeway
1981 · Movie

Ava's Possessions
2015 · Movie

Oliver's Story
1978 · Movie

Compromising Positions
1985 · Movie

Kiss Me, Petruchio
1981 · Movie

A Night in Heaven
1983 · Movie

Rhymes with Banana
2012 · Movie

Fling
2008 · Movie

Women Who Kill
2016 · Movie

Advice From a Caterpillar
1999 · Movie

Accommodations
2018 · Movie

Unnatural Pursuits
1992 · Movie

Charles Ives: A Good Dissonance Like a Man
1977 · Movie