Suzanne Shepherd
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.
Acting
Movie
GoodFellas
as Karen's Mother
1990
Movie
Requiem for a Dream
as Mrs. Scarlini
2000
TV
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Old Woman
1999
TV
The Sopranos
as Mary DeAngelis
1999
Movie
Lolita
as Miss Pratt
1997
Movie
Jacob's Ladder
as Hospital Receptionist
1990
Movie
Uncle Buck
as Mrs. Hogarth
1989
Movie
Working Girl
as Trask Receptionist
1988
TV
Blue Bloods
as Lucille Abetemarco
2010
Movie
The Week Of
as Aunt Iris
2018
TV
Law & Order
as Arraignment Judge Victoria Sawyer
1990
Movie
Mystic Pizza
as Aunt Tweedy
1988
Movie
Choke
as Waitress
2008
TV
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Joan
2001
Movie
A Dirty Shame
as Big Ethel
2004
Movie
I Hate Valentine's Day
as Edie
2009
TV
Third Watch
as Sheats
1999
Movie
Trees Lounge
as Jackie
1996
Movie
Bullet
as Cookie Stein
1996
Movie
Where Is Kyra?
as Ruth
2018
Movie
Furlough
as Elizabeth Anderson
2018
Movie
Living Out Loud
as Mary
1998
Movie
Harold
as Maude Sellers
2008
Movie
Palookaville
as Mother
1995