Deborah Rush
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Deborah Rush | |
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Born | |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1978–present |
Spouse |
Chip Cronkite
(m. 1985) |
Children | 2 |
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.[1]
Rush has acted in a number of movies and television series, including the Woody Allen films Zelig and The Purple Rose of Cairo. She was a regular cast member of the television series Strangers with Candy. She had a recurring role on Spin City as Helen Winston, eventual ex-wife of mayor Randall Winston, and on Orange Is the New Black, as Piper's mother.
Family
She is the wife of Walter Cronkite III (born April 22, 1957) and daughter-in-law of the late television journalist Walter Cronkite. The couple has two sons, Walter Cronkite IV and the late Peter Cronkite.[2]
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1981 | Honky Tonk Freeway | Sister Mary Magdalene | |
1982 | Split Image | Judith | |
1983 | Zelig | Lita Fox | |
1983 | A Night in Heaven | Patsy | |
1985 | The Purple Rose of Cairo | Rita | |
1985 | Compromising Positions | Brenda Dunck | |
1986 | Heat | D.D. | |
1988 | Big Business | Binky Shelton | |
1989 | Parents | Mrs. Zellner | |
1989 | Family Business | Michele Dempsey | |
1990 | My Blue Heaven | Linda | |
1992 | Passed Away | Denise Scanlan | |
1995 | Reckless | Trish | |
1997 | In & Out | Ava Blazer | |
1998 | You've Got Mail | Veronica Grant | |
1999 | Three to Tango | Lenore | |
2002 | The Good Girl | Gwen Jackson | |
2003 | American Wedding | Mary Flaherty | |
2005 | Strangers with Candy | Sara Blank | |
2006 | Half Nelson | Jo Dunne | |
2007 | The Good Life | Diane | |
2008 | Fling | Katherine | |
2009 | Julie & Julia | Avis DeVoto | |
2009 | The Box | Clymene Steward | |
2012 | Rhymes with Banana | Jane | |
2015 | Ava's Possessions | Joanna | |
2016 | Women Who Kill | Grace | |
2020 | Before/During/After | Therapist #4 |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1981 | Kiss Me, Petruchio | Bianca | TV film |
1982 | Alice at the Palace | Alice's Mother | TV film |
1982 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Hermia | TV film |
1985 | Spenser: For Hire | Angela | Episode: "No Room at the Inn" |
1987 | Crime Story | Penelope Worth | Episode: "The Pinnacle" |
1987 | Leg Work | Judy | Episode: "Things That Go Bump in the Night" |
1987 | Invisible Thread | Dr. Norris | TV film |
1988 | The Dictator | Isabel Domino | Episode: "1.1" |
1990 | Against the Law | Louise Ciardi | Episode: "Pilot" |
1992 | Unnatural Pursuits | Stephanie Didcot | Episode: "I Don't Do Cuddles" |
1994 | Heaven & Hell: North & South, Book III | Isabel Hazard | TV miniseries |
1995 | The Client | Phoebe Halliwell | Episode: "Pilot" |
1996-1997 | Spin City | Helen Winston | Recurring role (4 episodes) |
1997 | Law & Order | Frances Houston | Episode: "Blood" |
1999 | Earthly Possessions | Heidi Anderson | TV film |
1999-2000 | Strangers with Candy | Sara Blank | Main role (30 episodes) |
2000 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Christina Harlin | Episode: "Russian Love Poem" |
2000 | Madigan Men | Mrs. Wolfe | Episode: "Meet the Wolves" |
2004 | The Jury | Ms. Davenport | Episode: "The Honeymoon Suite" |
2004 | Tempting Adam | Ruth Heller | TV film |
2010 | The Electric Company | Caroline Heffenbacher | Episode: "Revolutionary Doughnuts" |
2010 | Big Lake | Linda Franklin | (10 episodes) |
2012 | The Good Wife | Judge Sally Rigby | Episode: "Gloves Come Off" |
2013 | Girls | Thomas-John's Mother | Episode: "It's a Shame About Ray" |
2013-2019 | Orange Is the New Black | Carol Chapman | (11 episodes) |
2014 | Inside Amy Schumer | Amy's mother | Episode: "Slow Your Roll" |
2019 | The Blacklist | Realtor | Episode: "Orion Relocation Services" |
2021 | Search Party | Gertrude Wreck | Episode: “The Thoughtless Woman” |
Theater
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1975-1976 | Dance with Me | Goldie Pot | |
1983-1985 | Noises Off | Brooke Ashton | |
1985-1986 | Hay Fever | Jackie Coryton | |
1993-1994 | The Sisters Rosensweig | Gorgeous Teitelbaum | Replacement |
2005 | Absurd Person Singular | Marion | |
2009 | Blithe Spirit | Mrs. Bradman |
References
- ^ Gans, Andrew (December 10, 2008). "Rush Joins Starry Cast of Blithe Spirit Revival". Playbill. Archived from the original on January 14, 2009. Retrieved January 24, 2009.
- ^ "Peter Cronkite Obituary". Legacy.com.
External links
- Deborah Rush at IMDb
- Deborah Rush at the Internet Broadway Database
- Deborah Rush at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
- Deborah Rush at Broadway.com
- American film actresses
- Actresses from New Jersey
- People from Chatham Borough, New Jersey
- 1954 births
- Living people
- 20th-century American actresses
- 21st-century American actresses
- American television actresses
- American stage actresses
- American theatre actor, 20th-century birth stubs
- American screen actor, 1950s birth stubs