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

• 2024The Performance — Tess
• 2018Furlough — Elizabeth Anderson
• 2018The Week Of — Aunt Iris
• 2018Where Is Kyra? — Ruth
• 2013Jerome's Bouquet — Elena Klein
• 2012Delivering the Goods — Mrs. Weinbaum
• Blue Bloods — Lucille Abetemarco
• 2009I Hate Valentine's Day — Edie
• 2008Choke — Waitress
• 2008Harold — Maude Sellers
• 2004A Dirty Shame — Big Ethel
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent — Joan
• 2001Never Again — Mother
• Deadline — Connie Masucci
• 2000Requiem for a Dream — Mrs. Scarlini
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Old Woman
• 1999On the Run — Lady in Travel Agency
• The Sopranos — Mary DeAngelis
• Third Watch — Sheats
• 1998American Cuisine — Martha
• 1998Illuminata — Marco's mother
• 1998Living Out Loud — Mary
• 1998Money Kings — Agnes
• 1997Lolita — Miss Pratt
• 1996Bullet — Cookie Stein
• 1996Palookaville — Mother
• 1996Trees Lounge — Jackie
• 1995The Jerky Boys — Mrs. B
• 1990GoodFellas — Karen's Mother
• 1990Jacob's Ladder — Hospital Receptionist
• Law & Order — Arraignment Judge Victoria Sawyer
• 1990Sons — Rich's Mom
• 1989Second Sight — Marilyn Bloom
• 1989Uncle Buck — Mrs. Hogarth
• 1988Mystic Pizza — Aunt Tweedy
• 1988Working Girl — Trask Receptionist

Appearances as themselves (1)

• Talking Sopranos — Self