Suzanne Shepherd
Known for Acting
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
1990
as Karen's Mother
Lolita
1997
as Miss Pratt
Jacob's Ladder
1990
as Hospital Receptionist
Uncle Buck
1989
as Mrs. Hogarth
Working Girl
1988
as Trask Receptionist
Requiem for a Dream
2000
as Mrs. Scarlini
Bullet
1996
as Cookie Stein
Mystic Pizza
1988
as Aunt Tweedy
Choke
2008
as Waitress
A Dirty Shame
2004
as Big Ethel
Living Out Loud
1998
as Mary
Trees Lounge
1996
as Jackie
Palookaville
1995
as Mother
The Week Of
2018
as Aunt Iris
I Hate Valentine's Day
2009
as Edie
The Jerky Boys
1995
as Mrs. B
Furlough
2018
as Elizabeth Anderson
Money Kings
1998
as Agnes
Second Sight
1989
as Marilyn Bloom
Where Is Kyra?
2018
as Ruth