Suzanne Shepherd 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.
Suzanne Shepherd Movies
Suzanne Shepherd Quotes
Understanding Embarrassment and Stigma in Family Dynamics
Big Ethel:
Do you know how embarrassing this is for me? One nymphomaniac in the family is bad enough, but two?!
Vaughn:
It's a disease, Big Ethel.
Big Ethel:
Bein a whore is a disease?!
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