Actor
Suzanne Shepherd
October 31, 1934 · United States of America
Suzanne Shepherd was an American actress and theater director. She is best known for her portrayal of Karen's overbearing mother in the film Goodfellas, Carmela Soprano's mother Mary De Angelis in the HBO television series The Sopranos, and the assistant school principal in Uncle Buck. Shepherd studied acting with Sanford Meisner, and later went on to teach Meisner's program of acting study, the first woman to do so. She was a founding member of the Compass Players in the early 1960s, along with such other actors as Alan Alda and Alan Arkin.
Notable work
8.5GoodFellas (1990)
as Karen's Mother
8Requiem for a Dream (2000)
as Mrs. Scarlini
8Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
as Old Woman
8.7The Sopranos (1999)
as Mary DeAngelis
7.1Lolita (1997)
as Miss Pratt
7.4Jacob's Ladder (1990)
as Hospital Receptionist
6.8Uncle Buck (1989)
as Mrs. Hogarth
6.6Working Girl (1988)
as Trask Receptionist
7.8Blue Bloods (2010)
as Lucille Abetemarco
5.5The Week Of (2018)
as Aunt Iris
7.3Law & Order (1990)
as Arraignment Judge Victoria Sawyer
6.3Mystic Pizza (1988)
as Aunt Tweedy
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