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Difference between revisions of "Mercedes Ruehl and Adoption"
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| + | {{#eimage: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Mercedes-Ruehl-eh.jpg/537px-Mercedes-Ruehl-eh.jpg |410x579px|thumb|'''Mercedes Ruehl at Animal Rescue Fund Dog Walk'''<br />Source: Wikipedia.org.}} | ||
| + | ==Biography== | ||
'''''1948 –''''' | '''''1948 –''''' | ||
'''Actress''' | '''Actress''' | ||
| − | Mercedes Ruehl was born on February 28, 1948 in Queens, New York. | + | Mercedes Ruehl was born on February 28, 1948 in Queens, [[New York]]. |
Ruehl won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in The Fisher King (1991). | Ruehl won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in The Fisher King (1991). | ||
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She has 5 children from first marriage to Ed Ruehl (4 sons, 1 daughter). She is the mother of Roxy DiCamillo. | She has 5 children from first marriage to Ed Ruehl (4 sons, 1 daughter). She is the mother of Roxy DiCamillo. | ||
| − | As a young woman, Ruehl had given birth to a son and reluctantly placed him for adoption because she didn’t have “the emotional development or the economic capability” to raise him. | + | As a young woman, Ruehl had given birth to a son and reluctantly placed him for [[adoption]] because she didn’t have “the emotional development or the economic capability” to raise him. |
| − | Several years later, the two reunited. Through trial and error and therapy, they forged a close relationship. He is the godfather to her 7-year-old adopted son, Javier. | + | Several years later, the two reunited. Through trial and error and therapy, they forged a close relationship. He is the godfather to her 7-year-old [[adopted]] son, Javier. |
[[Category: Birth Parents]] | [[Category: Birth Parents]] | ||
[[Category: Adoptive Parents]] | [[Category: Adoptive Parents]] | ||
| + | [[Category: Adoption Celebrities]] | ||
| + | [[Category: USA]] | ||
Revision as of 14:27, 2 April 2014
Source: Wikipedia.org.
Biography
1948 –
Actress
Mercedes Ruehl was born on February 28, 1948 in Queens, New York.
Ruehl won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in The Fisher King (1991).
She has 5 children from first marriage to Ed Ruehl (4 sons, 1 daughter). She is the mother of Roxy DiCamillo.
As a young woman, Ruehl had given birth to a son and reluctantly placed him for adoption because she didn’t have “the emotional development or the economic capability” to raise him.
Several years later, the two reunited. Through trial and error and therapy, they forged a close relationship. He is the godfather to her 7-year-old adopted son, Javier.