Actor
· Acting
Suzanne Shepherd
Born 1934-10-31
Died 2023-11-17
📍 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.
Filmography 36
The Performance
as Tess
2024
Talking Sopranos
as Self
2020
The Week Of
as Aunt Iris
2018
Where Is Kyra?
as Ruth
2018
Furlough
as Elizabeth Anderson
2018
Jerome's Bouquet
as Elena Klein
2013
Blue Bloods
as Lucille Abetemarco
2010
I Hate Valentine's Day
as Edie
2009
Choke
as Waitress
2008
Harold
as Maude Sellers
2008
A Dirty Shame
as Big Ethel
2004
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Joan
2001
Never Again
as Mother
2001
Requiem for a Dream
as Mrs. Scarlini
2000
Deadline
as Connie Masucci
2000
Third Watch
as Sheats
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Old Woman
1999
On the Run
as Lady in Travel Agency
1999
The Sopranos
as Mary DeAngelis
1999
Money Kings
as Agnes
1998
Living Out Loud
as Mary
1998
American Cuisine
as Martha
1998
Illuminata
as Marco's mother
1998
Lolita
as Miss Pratt
1997
Trees Lounge
as Jackie
1996
Bullet
as Cookie Stein
1996
Palookaville
as Mother
1995
The Jerky Boys
as Mrs. B
1995
Jacob's Ladder
as Hospital Receptionist
1990
Law & Order
as Arraignment Judge Victoria Sawyer
1990
GoodFellas
as Karen's Mother
1990
Sons
as Rich's Mom
1990
Second Sight
as Marilyn Bloom
1989
Uncle Buck
as Mrs. Hogarth
1989
Working Girl
as Trask Receptionist
1988
Mystic Pizza
as Aunt Tweedy
1988