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.
Known for
★8.5GoodFellas
★8.0Requiem for a Dream
★8.0Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
★8.7The Sopranos
★7.1Lolita
★7.4Jacob's Ladder
★6.8Uncle Buck
★6.6Working Girl
★7.8Blue Bloods
★5.5The Week Of
★7.3Law & Order
★6.3Mystic Pizza
★6.1Choke
★7.6Law & Order: Criminal Intent
★5.4A Dirty Shame
★5.4I Hate Valentine's Day
★7.9Third Watch
★6.9Trees Lounge
★6.2Bullet
★5.6Where Is Kyra?
★5.7Furlough
★6.0Living Out Loud