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Suzanne Shepherd
Actor
Born October 31, 1934Died November 17, 2023 (89 years)
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
| 2023 | The Performance · as Tess |
| 2018 | The Week Of · as Aunt Iris |
| 2018 | Furlough · as Elizabeth Anderson |
| 2017 | Where Is Kyra? · as Ruth |
| 2012 | Delivering the Goods · as Mrs. Weinbaum |
| 2010 | Blue Bloods (TV Series) · as Lucille Abetemarco |
| 2010 | Gravity (TV Series) · as Scarf Woman |
| 2009 | I Hate Valentine's Day · as Edie |
| 2008 | Choke · as Waitress |
| 2008 | Harold · as Maude Sellers |
| 2004 | A Dirty Shame · as Big Ethel |
| 2001 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent (TV Series) · as Joan |
| 2001 | Never Again · as Mother |
| 2000 | Requiem for a Dream · as Mrs. Scarlini |
| 2000 | Ed (TV Series) · as Edna |
| 2000 | Deadline (TV Series) · as Connie Masucci |
| 1999 | Third Watch (TV Series) · as Sheats |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series) · as Old Woman |
| 1999 | On the Run · as Lady In Travel Agency |
| 1999 | The Sopranos (TV Series) · as Mary Deangelis |
| 1998 | Vig · as Agnes |
| 1998 | Living Out Loud · as Mary |
| 1998 | American Cuisine · as Martha |
| 1998 | Illuminata · as Marco's Mother |
| 1997 | Lolita · as Miss Pratt |
| 1996 | Trees Lounge · as Jackie |
| 1996 | Bullet · as Cookie Stein |
| 1995 | Palookaville · as Mother |
| 1995 | The Jerky Boys · as Mrs. B |
| 1990 | Jacob's Ladder · as Hospital Receptionist |
| 1990 | Law & Order (TV Series) · as Arraignment Judge Victoria Sawyer |
| 1990 | Goodfellas · as Karen's Mother |
| 1989 | Sons · as Rich's Mom |
| 1989 | Second Sight · as Marilyn Bloom |
| 1989 | Uncle Buck · as Mrs. Hogarth |
| 1988 | Working Girl · as Trask Receptionist |
| 1988 | Mystic Pizza · as Aunt Tweedy |