
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.

Law & Order
TV • 1990

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV • 1999

Law & Order: Criminal Intent
TV • 2001

The Sopranos
TV • 1999

Blue Bloods
TV • 2010

Third Watch
TV • 1999

GoodFellas
MOVIE • 1990

Talking Sopranos
TV • 2020

Lolita
MOVIE • 1997

Deadline
TV • 2000

Requiem for a Dream
MOVIE • 2000

Uncle Buck
MOVIE • 1989

Jacob's Ladder
MOVIE • 1990

Working Girl
MOVIE • 1988

Mystic Pizza
MOVIE • 1988

Palookaville
MOVIE • 1995

Choke
MOVIE • 2008

Bullet
MOVIE • 1996