🎭 Acting
Suzanne Shepherd
October 31, 1934 (age 89)
November 17, 2023
United States of America
Female
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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.
Movies
29 credits
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Requiem for a Dream
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Uncle Buck
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Bullet
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Jacob's Ladder
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Working Girl
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Mystic Pizza
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A Dirty Shame
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Where Is Kyra?
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Trees Lounge
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Illuminata
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Second Sight
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Choke
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I Hate Valentine's Day
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Living Out Loud
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The Jerky Boys
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Harold
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Palookaville
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Furlough
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Money Kings
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Delivering the Goods
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Never Again
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The Performance
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Sons
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American Cuisine
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Jerome's Bouquet
TV Shows
8 credits
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Talking Sopranos
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