Suzanne Shepherd
Birthday
1934/10/31
Day of death
2023/11/17 (89 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
United States of America
Also know as
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Biography
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.
Acting
(2000) Requiem for a Dream
as Mrs. Scarlini
(1990) GoodFellas
as Karen's Mother
(1990) Jacob's Ladder
as Hospital Receptionist
(2004) A Dirty Shame
as Big Ethel
(1998) American Cuisine
as Martha
(1989) Second Sight
as Marilyn Bloom
(1988) Working Girl
as Trask Receptionist
(1999) On the Run
as Lady in Travel Agency
(1995) Palookaville
as Mother
(1998) Illuminata
as Marco's mother
(1989) Uncle Buck
as Mrs. Hogarth
(1997) Lolita
as Miss Pratt
(1996) Bullet
as Cookie Stein
(1995) The Jerky Boys
as Mrs. B
(2024) The Performance
as Tess
(2008) Harold
as Maude Sellers
(2009) I Hate Valentine's Day
as Edie
(2018) Where Is Kyra?
as Ruth
(2012) Delivering the Goods
as Mrs. Weinbaum
(2008) Choke
as Waitress
(1998) Money Kings
as Agnes
(1996) Trees Lounge
as Jackie
(1988) Mystic Pizza
as Aunt Tweedy
(2018) Furlough
as Elizabeth Anderson
(1990) Sons
as Rich's Mom
(2018) The Week Of
as Aunt Iris
(2013) Jerome's Bouquet
as Elena Klein
(1990) Law & Order
as Arraignment Judge Victoria Sawyer
(1999) The Sopranos
as Mary DeAngelis
(1999) The Sopranos
as Mary de Angelis
(2010) Blue Bloods
as Lucille Abetemarco
(1999) Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Old Woman
(2001) Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Joan
(2000) Deadline
as Connie Masucci
(1999) Third Watch
as Sheats
(2020) Talking Sopranos
as Self