
Acting
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.

The Performance
as Tess

The Week Of
as Aunt Iris

Furlough
as Elizabeth Anderson

Where Is Kyra?
as Ruth

Jerome's Bouquet
as Elena Klein
Delivering the Goods
as Mrs. Weinbaum

I Hate Valentine's Day
as Edie

Choke
as Waitress

Harold
as Maude Sellers

A Dirty Shame
as Big Ethel

Talking Sopranos
as Self · 1 ep.

Blue Bloods
as Lucille Abetemarco · 1 ep.

Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Joan · 1 ep.

Deadline
as Connie Masucci · 1 ep.

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Old Woman · 1 ep.

The Sopranos
as Mary DeAngelis · 20 ep.

Third Watch
as Sheats · 1 ep.

Law & Order
as Arraignment Judge Victoria Sawyer · 1 ep.
Lolita
1997