Skip to main content
Suzanne Shepherd

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

October 31, 1934(89)

Day of Death

November 17, 2023

Place of Birth

United States of America

Also Known As

Сэди Гертруда СтернSadie Gertrude Stern
IMDb

Suzanne Shepherd

Acting

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.

Known For

Filmography