Suzanne Shepherd
Actor
Biography
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
Requiem for a Dream
as Mrs. Scarlini 2000
Lolita
as Miss Pratt 1997
Jacob's Ladder
as Hospital Receptionist 1990
Uncle Buck
as Mrs. Hogarth 1989
Working Girl
as Trask Receptionist 1988
The Week Of
as Aunt Iris 2018
Mystic Pizza
as Aunt Tweedy 1988
Choke
as Waitress 2008
A Dirty Shame
as Big Ethel 2004
I Hate Valentine's Day
as Edie 2009
Trees Lounge
as Jackie 1996
Bullet
as Cookie Stein 1996
Where Is Kyra?
as Ruth 2018
Furlough
as Elizabeth Anderson 2018
Living Out Loud
as Mary 1998
Harold
as Maude Sellers 2008