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Suzanne Shepherd

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

2000
Requiem for a Dream

as Mrs. Scarlini

Movie
1997
Lolita

as Miss Pratt

Movie
1990
Jacob's Ladder

as Hospital Receptionist

Movie
1990
GoodFellas

as Karen's Mother

Movie
1989
Uncle Buck

as Mrs. Hogarth

Movie
1999
The Sopranos

as Mary DeAngelis

TV Show