
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.

GoodFellas
1990 · as Karen's Mother

Lolita
1997 · as Miss Pratt

Requiem for a Dream
2000 · as Mrs. Scarlini

Uncle Buck
1989 · as Mrs. Hogarth

Jacob's Ladder
1990 · as Hospital Receptionist

Working Girl
1988 · as Trask Receptionist

Mystic Pizza
1988 · as Aunt Tweedy

A Dirty Shame
2004 · as Big Ethel

Harold
2008 · as Maude Sellers

The Week Of
2018 · as Aunt Iris

Palookaville
1996 · as Mother

Where Is Kyra?
2018 · as Ruth

Trees Lounge
1996 · as Jackie

American Cuisine
1998 · as Martha

Living Out Loud
1998 · as Mary

Bullet
1996 · as Cookie Stein

The Jerky Boys
1995 · as Mrs. B

Choke
2008 · as Waitress