Cast & creator
Deborah Rush
Best known for Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Law & Order, The Blacklist
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.
44
film credits
15
television credits
59
1977–2018 · acting roles
6.3
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Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (59)
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Christina Harlin
1999
Law & Order
Frances Houston
1990
The Blacklist
Stella Bisset
2013
The Good Wife
Judge Sally Rigby
2009
Orange Is the New Black
Carol Chapman
2013
Billions
Ellen Rhoades
2016
Spin City
Helen
1996
You've Got Mail
Veronica Cash
1998
Strangers with Candy
Sara Blank
1999
Spenser: For Hire
1985
American Wedding
Mary Flaherty
2003
Search Party
Gertrude
2016
Julie & Julia
Avis De Voto
2009
The Jury
2004
Madigan Men
2000
Leg Work
Judy
1987
The Good Girl
Gwen Jackson
2002
Bad Company
Mrs. Peterson
2002
The Box
Clymene Steward
2009
In & Out
Ava Blazer
1997
Against the Law
1990
She-Devil
'People' Reporter
1989
The Purple Rose of Cairo
Rita
1985
The Visitor
Upper Eastside Woman
2008
Half Nelson
Jo Dunne
2006
10
Dental assistant
1979
Three to Tango
Lenore
1999
Family Business
Michele Dempsey
1989
Split Image
Judith
1982
My Blue Heaven
Linda
1990
Big Business
Binky Shelton
1988
Big Lake
Linda Franklin
2010
Strangers with Candy
Sara Blank
2006
A Night in Heaven
Patsy
1983
Passed Away
Denise Scanlan
1992
Oliver's Story
Girl in Bar
1978
Heat
D.D.
1986
Zelig
Lita Fox
1983
Honky Tonk Freeway
Sister Mary Magdalene
1981
American Pie: Revealed
Self
2004
Advice From a Caterpillar
Diner Hostess
1999
Penn & Teller's Invisible Thread
Dr. Norris
1987
Alice at the Palace
Alice's Mother
1982
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Hermia
1985
Reckless
Trish
1995
Ava's Possessions
Joanna
2015
The Good Life
Diane
2007
Parents
Mrs. Gladys Zellner
1989
Rhymes with Banana
Jane
2012
Earthly Possessions
Heidi Anderson
1999
The Next Big One: A Comedy with Three Potential Problems
Aunt Mitty
Compromising Positions
Brenda Dunck
1985
Women Who Kill
Grace
2016
Unnatural Pursuits
Stephanie Didcot
1992
Charles Ives: A Good Dissonance Like a Man
1977
Kiss Me, Petruchio
Bianca
1981
Fling
Katherine
2008Close to Nowhere
Accommodations
Victoria Maason
2018