Mercedes Ruehl lent her craft to many television and film roles before arriving to her most successfully received role: Anne Napolitano, the emotionally driven and flamboyant video-store owner, and girlfriend to a a fallen radio star (played by Jeff Bridges) in Terry Gilliam's masterpiece The Fisher King (1991).
Mercedes Ruehl is a member of Actress
💰Mercedes Ruehl Net worth and Salary
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Lost in Yonkers (1993)
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$1,500,000 |
Mercedes Ruehl lent her craft to many television and film roles before arriving to her most successfully received role: Anne Napolitano, the emotionally driven and flamboyant video-store owner, and girlfriend to a a fallen radio star (played by Jeff Bridges) in Terry Gilliam's masterpiece The Fisher King (1991). Ruehl's performance earned an an Oscar, a Golden Globe, Saturn Award, American Comedy Award, BSFC Award, CFCA Award, LAFCA Award, and a Pasinetti Award. Los Angeles Times commended the actress for her work, calling it "a bravura performance that runs from high, bantering comedy to an intense projection of pain and sorrow."
