Meryl Streep, Mercedes Ruehl, Christian Clemenson, Jack Gilpin, Joanna Gleason, and Maureen Stapleton in Heartburn (1986)

Jean Reno and Mercedes Ruehl in For Roseanna (1997)

Mercedes Ruehl and Polly Walker in For Roseanna (1997)

Mercedes Ruehl and Jennifer Esposito in NCIS (2003)

Mercedes Ruehl, Garrett Morris, Kat Dennings, Jonathan Kite, and Beth Behrs in 2 Broke Girls (2011)

Mercedes Ruehl, Joel Swetow, Kat Dennings, and Beth Behrs in 2 Broke Girls (2011)

Mercedes Ruehl, Kat Dennings, and Beth Behrs in 2 Broke Girls (2011)

Mercedes Ruehl and Jonathan Kite in 2 Broke Girls (2011)

Mercedes Ruehl, Jennifer Coolidge, and Jonathan Kite in 2 Broke Girls (2011)

James Woods and Mercedes Ruehl in Indictment: The McMartin Trial (1995)

Richard Dreyfuss and Mercedes Ruehl in Lost in Yonkers (1993)

Mercedes Ruehl in Guilt by Association (2002)

Jean Reno, Mercedes Ruehl, and Polly Walker in For Roseanna (1997)

Julianna Margulies, Joan Chen, Mercedes Ruehl, Kyra Sedgwick, and Alfre Woodard in What's Cooking? (2000)