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Suzanne Shepherd
Known for: ActingSuzanne 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 20
GoodFellas
as Karen's Mother 
Uncle Buck
as Mrs. Hogarth 
Lolita
as Miss Pratt 
Jacob's Ladder
as Hospital Receptionist 
Choke
as Waitress 
Requiem for a Dream
as Mrs. Scarlini 
Mystic Pizza
as Aunt Tweedy 
A Dirty Shame
as Big Ethel 
The Week Of
as Aunt Iris 
I Hate Valentine's Day
as Edie 
Palookaville
as Mother 
Trees Lounge
as Jackie 
Money Kings
as Agnes 
Living Out Loud
as Mary 
American Cuisine
as Martha 
Where Is Kyra?
as Ruth 
Second Sight
as Marilyn Bloom 
The Jerky Boys
as Mrs. B 
Furlough
as Elizabeth Anderson 
Illuminata
as Marco's mother