Suzanne Shepherd

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Suzanne Shepherd is an American actress and theater director.[1][2]

Education[]

Shepherd studied acting with Sanford Meisner, and later went on to teach Meisner's program of acting study, the first woman to do so.[3]

Career[]

She was a founding member of the Compass Players in the early 1960s, along with Alan Alda and Alan Arkin.

She is known for her portrayal of Karen's overbearing mother in the film Goodfellas, Carmela Soprano's mother Mary DeAngelis in the HBO television series The Sopranos, and the assistant school principal in Uncle Buck. She also played the role of Mrs. Scarlini in the film 2000 film Requiem for a Dream, and Big Ethel in A Dirty Shame. In 2016, she played the role of Lucille Abetemarco the mother of Detective Anthony Abetemarco played by former Sopranos co-star Steve Schirripa in "Good Cop Bad Cop" the second episode of the seventh season of the CBS police procedural drama Blue Bloods. In 2018, she reprised the role of Lucille Abetemarco in "Trust" the sixth episode of the ninth season of Blue Bloods.

Filmography[]

Film[]

Year Title Role Notes
1988 Mystic Pizza Aunt Tweedy
1988 Working Girl Trask Receptionist
1989 Uncle Buck Mrs. Hogarth
1989 Second Sight Marilyn Bloom
1990 Goodfellas Karen's Mother
1990 Jacob's Ladder Hospital Receptionist
1995 The Jerky Boys: The Movie Mrs. B
1995 Palookaville Mother
1996 Bullet Cookie Stein
1996 Trees Lounge Jackie
1997 Lolita Miss Pratt
1998 Illuminata Marco's mother
1998 Living Out Loud Mary
1998 American Cuisine Martha
1999 On the Run Lady in Travel Agency
2000 Requiem for a Dream Mrs. Scarlini
2001 Never Again Mother
2004 A Dirty Shame Big Ethel
2008 Choke Waitress
2008 Harold Maude Sellers
2009 I Hate Valentine's Day Edie
2012 Delivering the Goods Mrs. Weinbaum
2017 Where Is Kyra? Ruth
2018 Furlough Elizabeth Anderson
2018 The Week Of Aunt Iris

Television[]

Year Title Role Notes
1990 Law & Order Arraignment Judge Victoria Sawyer Episode: "The Reaper's Helper"
1998 Vig Agnes Television film
2000 Third Watch Sheats Episode: "Young Men and Fire..."
2000, 2004 Ed Elaine / Edna 2 episodes
2000–2007 The Sopranos Mary DeAngelis 20 episodes
2002 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Joan Episode: "Homo Homini Lupus"
2003 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Old Woman Episode: "Desperate"
2010 Gravity Scarf Woman Episode: "Dogg Day Afternoon"
2016–2018 Blue Bloods Lucille Abetemarco 2 episodes

Personal life[]

Her daughter is artist Kate Shepherd.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ Brantley, Ben (1994-02-23). "Theater in Review". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-05-16.
  2. ^ Genzlinger, Neil (2005-06-22). "From South Africa to New Jersey, Where Things Go No Better". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-05-16.
  3. ^ Suzanne Shepherd, interview with Sanford Meisner, Yale Theatre 8, nos. 2 and 3 (1977): 38–43.
  4. ^ BWW News Desk. "Photos: People Are Living There Opening Night". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 2021-05-16.

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