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.

Filmography

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

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 2004American Pie: Revealed — Self