Suzanne Shepherd

Born: 1934-10-31

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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as Karen's Mother
Released: 1990-09-12

The true story of Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian Brooklyn kid who is adopted by...

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Lolita

as Miss Pratt
Released: 1997-09-27

Humbert Humbert is a middle-aged British novelist who is both appalled by and attracted to the...

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Uncle Buck

as Mrs. Hogarth
Released: 1989-08-16

Buck Russell, a lovable but slovenly bachelor, suddenly becomes the temporary caretaker of his...

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as Mrs. Scarlini
Released: 2000-10-06

The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island residents are shattered when their addictions run...

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Jacob's Ladder

as Hospital Receptionist
Released: 1990-11-02

After returning home from the Vietnam War, veteran Jacob Singer struggles to maintain his...

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A Dirty Shame

as Big Ethel
Released: 2004-09-24

Sylvia Stickles runs a convenience store with her husband and mother-in-law. One day, Sylvia is...

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Working Girl

as Trask Receptionist
Released: 1988-12-20

Tess McGill is an ambitious secretary with a unique approach for climbing the ladder to success....

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Mystic Pizza

as Aunt Tweedy
Released: 1988-10-13

Three teenage girls come of age while working at a pizza parlor in Mystic, Connecticut.

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The Week Of

as Aunt Iris
Released: 2018-04-27

The parents of a soon-to-be married couple make the final preparations for the wedding ceremony.

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I Hate Valentine's Day

as Edie
Released: 2009-06-27

A love story set in Manhattan, where a florist who abides by a strict five-date-limit with any...

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Choke

as Waitress
Released: 2008-09-26

A sex-addicted con-man pays for his mother's hospital bills by playing on the sympathies of...

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as Cookie Stein
Released: 1996-03-01

A tough, Jewish ex-con just released from prison crosses a powerful drug dealer and former...

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Trees Lounge

as Jackie
Released: 1996-05-11

Tommy has lost his job, his love and his life. He lives in a small apartment above the Trees...

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Furlough

as Elizabeth Anderson
Released: 2018-03-16

In between caring for her mother, a young woman works part time at a prison. The rookie guard...

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The Jerky Boys

as Mrs. B
Released: 1995-02-03

When two unemployed telephone pranksters decide to use their vocal "talents" to impersonate a...

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Harold

as Maude Sellers
Released: 2008-07-13

A teenager with an early onset of male-pattern baldness befriends his high school's janitor.

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American Cuisine

as Martha
Released: 1998-10-21

Following his discharge from the Navy for hitting a superior officer, Loren takes a chance and...

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The Performance

as Tess
Released: 2024-12-13

Harold May, an excellent Jewish-American tap dancer, on tour in Europe with his company,...

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Illuminata

as Marco's mother
Released: 1998-05-21

It's the start of the 20th century, and Tuccio, resident playwright of a theatre repertory...

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Where Is Kyra?

as Ruth
Released: 2018-04-06

Pushed to the brink after losing her job, a woman struggles to survive. As the months pass and...

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Money Kings

as Agnes
Released: 1998-12-04

Vinnie's a bookie, happily married, running his operation for 30 years out of his bar in...

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Palookaville

as Mother
Released: 1995-09-07

Jerry and his two pals, Russ and Syd, are just looking for some easy money to help them break...

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Second Sight

as Marilyn Bloom
Released: 1989-11-03

Wills is an ex-cop who pairs up with Bobby, a wacky psychic, to form the "Second Sight Detective...

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Jerome's Bouquet

as Elena Klein
Released: 2013-10-02

82 year-old Elena Klein, a retired New York florist, can't stop arranging — only now it's not...

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On the Run

as Lady in Travel Agency
Released: 1999-01-29

Albert is an introverted travel agent living a lonely life in New York. When Louie, his best...

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Sons

as Rich's Mom
Released: 1990-01-01

A trio of stepbrothers accompany their paralysed father on a jaunt to Normandy where the old boy...

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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Old Woman
First aired: 1999-09-20

In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In...

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Law & Order

as Arraignment Judge Victoria Sawyer
First aired: 1990-09-13

In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing...

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The Sopranos

as Mary DeAngelis
First aired: 1999-01-10

The story of New Jersey-based Italian-American mobster Tony Soprano and the difficulties he...

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The Sopranos

as Mary de Angelis
First aired: 1999-01-10

The story of New Jersey-based Italian-American mobster Tony Soprano and the difficulties he...

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Blue Bloods

as Lucille Abetemarco
First aired: 2010-09-24

A drama about a multi-generational family of cops dedicated to New York City law enforcement....

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Law & Order: Criminal Intent

as Joan
First aired: 2001-09-30

The third installment of the “Law & Order” franchise takes viewers deep into the minds of its...

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Third Watch

as Sheats
First aired: 1999-09-23

The exploits of a group of men and women who serve the City of New York as police officers,...

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Deadline

as Connie Masucci
First aired: 2000-10-02

Deadline is a television series which was shown on NBC in the 2000–2001 season. It starred...

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Talking Sopranos

as Self
First aired: 2020-04-07

Cast members Michael Imperioli and Steve Schirripa host Talking Sopranos. Michael reviews the...

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