Suzanne Shepherd
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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.
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Credits
GoodFellas (1990)
as Karen's Mother
Lolita (1997)
as Miss Pratt
Requiem for a Dream (2000)
as Mrs. Scarlini
Jacob's Ladder (1990)
as Hospital Receptionist
Uncle Buck (1989)
as Mrs. Hogarth
Working Girl (1988)
as Trask Receptionist
The Week Of (2018)
as Aunt Iris
Mystic Pizza (1988)
as Aunt Tweedy
Trees Lounge (1996)
as Jackie
A Dirty Shame (2004)
as Big Ethel
I Hate Valentine's Day (2009)
as Edie
Choke (2008)
as Waitress
Living Out Loud (1998)
as Mary
Harold (2008)
as Maude Sellers
Where Is Kyra? (2018)
as Ruth
Palookaville (1996)
as Mother
American Cuisine (1998)
as Martha
Bullet (1996)
as Cookie Stein
Furlough (2018)
as Elizabeth Anderson
The Jerky Boys (1995)
as Mrs. B
The Performance (2024)
as Tess
Money Kings (1998)
as Agnes
Second Sight (1989)
as Marilyn Bloom
On the Run (1999)
as Lady in Travel Agency
Never Again (2001)
as Mother
Illuminata (1998)
as Marco's mother
Delivering the Goods (2012)
as Mrs. Weinbaum
Sons (1990)
as Rich's Mom
Jerome's Bouquet (2013)
as Elena Klein