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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
+5
as Karen's Mother 
Uncle Buck
+1
as Mrs. Hogarth 
Lolita
+1
as Miss Pratt 
Jacob's Ladder
+1
as Hospital Receptionist 
Choke
as Waitress 
Requiem for a Dream
+4
as Mrs. Scarlini 
Mystic Pizza
+6
as Aunt Tweedy 
A Dirty Shame
as Big Ethel 
The Week Of
as Aunt Iris 
I Hate Valentine's Day
+3
as Edie 
Palookaville
as Mother 
Trees Lounge
+3
as Jackie 
Money Kings
+1
as Agnes 
Living Out Loud
as Mary 
American Cuisine
as Martha 
Where Is Kyra?
+2
as Ruth 
Second Sight
+1
as Marilyn Bloom 
The Jerky Boys
as Mrs. B 
Furlough
+1
as Elizabeth Anderson 
Illuminata
as Marco's mother