Suzanne Shepherd
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as Karen's Mother GoodFellas 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.
Filmography
GoodFellas
as Karen's Mother
Requiem for a Dream
as Mrs. Scarlini
Lolita
as Miss Pratt
Jacob's Ladder
as Hospital Receptionist
Uncle Buck
as Mrs. Hogarth
Working Girl
as Trask Receptionist
The Week Of
as Aunt Iris
Mystic Pizza
as Aunt Tweedy
Choke
as Waitress
A Dirty Shame
as Big Ethel
I Hate Valentine's Day
as Edie
Trees Lounge
as Jackie
Bullet
as Cookie Stein
Where Is Kyra?
as Ruth
Furlough
as Elizabeth Anderson
Living Out Loud
as Mary
Harold
as Maude Sellers
Palookaville
as Mother
The Jerky Boys
as Mrs. B
Second Sight
as Marilyn Bloom