Suzanne Shepherd

Suzanne Shepherd

1934-10-31 United States of America 28 Credits

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...

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The Performance

The Performance

2024

as Tess

Acting

Harold May, an excellent Jewish-American tap dancer, on tour in Europe with his company, receives an offer from a German that is difficult to pass up:...

The Week Of

The Week Of

2018

as Aunt Iris

5.5
Acting

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

Where Is Kyra?

Where Is Kyra?

2018

as Ruth

5.6
Acting

Pushed to the brink after losing her job, a woman struggles to survive. As the months pass and her troubles deepen, she embarks on a perilous and myst...

Furlough

Furlough

2018

as Elizabeth Anderson

5.7
Acting

In between caring for her mother, a young woman works part time at a prison. The rookie guard gets a chance to prove her mettle when she's tasked with...

Jerome's Bouquet

Jerome's Bouquet

2013

as Elena Klein

Acting

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

Delivering the Goods

2012

as Mrs. Weinbaum

Acting

In New York City, a young Italian-American guy sets out to become a chef, much to the chagrin of his father.

I Hate Valentine's Day

I Hate Valentine's Day

2009

as Edie

5.4
Acting

A love story set in Manhattan, where a florist who abides by a strict five-date-limit with any man finds herself wanting more with the new restaurateu...

Choke

Choke

2008

as Waitress

6.1
Acting

A sex-addicted con-man pays for his mother's hospital bills by playing on the sympathies of those who rescue him from choking to death.

Harold

Harold

2008

as Maude Sellers

5.5
Acting

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

A Dirty Shame

A Dirty Shame

2004

as Big Ethel

5.3
Acting

Sylvia Stickles runs a convenience store with her husband and mother-in-law. One day, Sylvia is hit on the head and transforms from an uptight prude t...

Never Again

Never Again

2001

as Mother

3.9
Acting

A man and a woman who have pledged never to fall in love again meet in a gay bar.

Requiem for a Dream

Requiem for a Dream

2000

as Mrs. Scarlini

8.0
Acting

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

On the Run

On the Run

1999

as Lady in Travel Agency

5.3
Acting

Albert is an introverted travel agent living a lonely life in New York. When Louie, his best friend from childhood, appears having just escaped from p...

Money Kings

Money Kings

1998

as Agnes

6.1
Acting

Vinnie's a bookie, happily married, running his operation for 30 years out of his bar in Brooklyn. Times change, the boys up the chain want a bigger p...

American Cuisine

American Cuisine

1998

as Martha

4.8
Acting

Following his discharge from the Navy for hitting a superior officer, Loren takes a chance and moves to France, to learn haute cuisine under a four st...

Illuminata

Illuminata

1998

as Marco's mother

5.5
Acting

It's the start of the 20th century, and Tuccio, resident playwright of a theatre repertory company offers the owners of the company his new play, "Ill...

Lolita

Lolita

1997

as Miss Pratt

7.1
Acting

Humbert Humbert is a middle-aged British novelist who is both appalled by and attracted to the vulgarity of American culture. When he comes to stay at...

Trees Lounge

Trees Lounge

1996

as Jackie

6.9
Acting

Tommy has lost his job, his love and his life. He lives in a small apartment above the Trees Lounge, a bar which he frequents along with a few other r...

Bullet

Bullet

1996

as Cookie Stein

6.1
Acting

A tough, Jewish ex-con just released from prison crosses a powerful drug dealer and former prison rival in his return to a life of crime.

Palookaville

Palookaville

1995

as Mother

5.8
Acting

Jerry and his two pals, Russ and Syd, are just looking for some easy money to help them break out of their nowhere lives in their nowhere town. Despit...

The Jerky Boys

The Jerky Boys

1995

as Mrs. B

4.2
Acting

When two unemployed telephone pranksters decide to use their vocal "talents" to impersonate a Chicago mob boss and curry favor with organized crime in...

Jacob's Ladder

Jacob's Ladder

1990

as Hospital Receptionist

7.4
Acting

After returning home from the Vietnam War, veteran Jacob Singer struggles to maintain his sanity. Plagued by hallucinations and flashbacks, Singer rap...

GoodFellas

GoodFellas

1990

as Karen's Mother

8.5
Acting

The true story of Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian Brooklyn kid who is adopted by neighbourhood gangsters at an early age and climbs the ranks ...

Sons

Sons

1990

as Rich's Mom

5.0
Acting

A trio of stepbrothers accompany their paralysed father on a jaunt to Normandy where the old boy saw combat and romantic action during the war.

Second Sight

Second Sight

1989

as Marilyn Bloom

4.2
Acting

Wills is an ex-cop who pairs up with Bobby, a wacky psychic, to form the "Second Sight Detective Agency." Bobby's clairvoyant abilities come in handy ...

Uncle Buck

Uncle Buck

1989

as Mrs. Hogarth

6.8
Acting

Buck Russell, a lovable but slovenly bachelor, suddenly becomes the temporary caretaker of his nephew and nieces after a family emergency. His freewhe...

Working Girl

Working Girl

1988

as Trask Receptionist

6.6
Acting

Tess McGill is an ambitious secretary with a unique approach for climbing the ladder to success. When her classy, but villainous boss breaks a leg ski...

Mystic Pizza

Mystic Pizza

1988

as Aunt Tweedy

6.3
Acting

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