1990Winner
Best Performance
GoodFellas
Suzanne Shepherd
Actor
United States of America
October 31, 1934
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.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1997Nominee
Best Performance
Lolita
2000Winner
Best Performance
Requiem for a Dream
Career Highlights
1989Highlight
Best Performance
Uncle Buck
1990Highlight
Best Performance
Jacob's Ladder
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GoodFellas
Lolita
Requiem for a Dream