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Suzanne Shepherd

Suzanne Shepherd

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Suzanne Shepherd is 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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2018
Furlough

as    Elizabeth Anderson

2018
Where Is Kyra?

as    Ruth

2008
Harold

as    Maude Sellers

2004
A Dirty Shame

as    Big Ethel

2000
Requiem for a Dream

as    Mrs. Scarlini

1997
Lolita

as    Miss Pratt

1996
Palookaville

as    Mother

1995
The Jerky Boys

as    Mrs. B