Acting credits
36
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Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Suzanne Shepherd
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 28Series: 8
TMDB ID: 11484
IMDb ID: nm0791877
Known for: Acting
Born: October 31, 1934
Died: November 17, 2023
Age: 89
Place of birth: United States of America
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1988 - 2024
Years active: 37
Average TMDB rating: 6.43
Wikidata: Q516692
Also known as
Сэди Гертруда Стерн • Sadie Gertrude Stern
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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Suzanne Shepherd.
6.0
The Performance
as Tess
2024 Movie
5.5
The Week Of
as Aunt Iris
2018 Movie
5.6
Where Is Kyra?
as Ruth
2018 Movie
5.7
Furlough
as Elizabeth Anderson
2018 Movie
Jerome's Bouquet
as Elena Klein
2013 Movie
5.4
I Hate Valentine's Day
as Edie
2009 Movie
6.1
Choke
as Waitress
2008 Movie
5.5
Harold
as Maude Sellers
2008 Movie
5.3
A Dirty Shame
as Big Ethel
2004 Movie
3.6
Never Again
as Mother
2001 Movie
8.0
Requiem for a Dream
as Mrs. Scarlini
2000 Movie
5.3
On the Run
as Lady in Travel Agency
1999 Movie
5.5
Money Kings
as Agnes
1998 Movie
5.8
Living Out Loud
as Mary
1998 Movie
4.6
American Cuisine
as Martha
1998 Movie
5.4
Illuminata
as Marco's mother
1998 Movie
7.1
Lolita
as Miss Pratt
1997 Movie
6.9
Trees Lounge
as Jackie
1996 Movie
6.2
Bullet
as Cookie Stein
1996 Movie
5.8
Palookaville
as Mother
1995 Movie
4.3
The Jerky Boys
as Mrs. B
1995 Movie
7.4
Jacob's Ladder
as Hospital Receptionist
1990 Movie
8.5
GoodFellas
as Karen's Mother
1990 Movie
5.0
Sons
as Rich's Mom
1990 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Suzanne Shepherd.
Talking Sopranos
as Self • 1 eps
2020 Series
7.8
Blue Bloods
as Lucille Abetemarco • 1 eps
2010 Series
7.6
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Joan • 1 eps
2001 Series
Deadline
as Connie Masucci • 1 eps
2000 Series
7.9
Third Watch
as Sheats • 1 eps
1999 Series
7.9
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Old Woman • 1 eps
1999 Series
8.7
The Sopranos
as Mary DeAngelis • 20 eps
1999 Series
7.3
Law & Order
as Arraignment Judge Victoria Sawyer • 1 eps
1990 Series