Suzanne Shepherd

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Suzanne Shepherd
File:Suzanne Shepard.jpg
Suzanne in 2008
Born Suzanne Stern
(1934-10-31)October 31, 1934
New York City, New York, U.S.
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New York City, New York, U.S.
Occupation Actress
Theater director
Years active 1988–2023

Suzanne "Honey" Shepherd (née Stern; October 31, 1934 – November 17, 2023) was an American actress and theater director.[1][2]

Background

Shepherd was born in 1934. She attended Bennington College and studied acting with Sanford Meisner.[3] She later went on to teach Meisner's program of acting study, the first woman to do so.[4]

Career

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

Shepherd was known for her portrayal of Aunt Tweedy in the film Mystic Pizza, 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.[3] She also played the role of Mrs. Scarlini in the 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.[3]

Shepherd was also a theatre director, working in New York and in regional theatre.[3]

Personal life and death

Her daughter is artist Kate Shepherd.[5]

Suzanne Shepherd died in her home in New York City, on November 17, 2023, at the age of 89.[3][6]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1988 Mystic Pizza Aunt Tweedy [3]
1988 Working Girl Trask Receptionist [3]
1989 Uncle Buck Mrs. Hoargarth
1989 Second Sight Marilyn Bloom
1990 Goodfellas Karen's Mother [3]
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 [3]
1998 Illuminata Marco's mother
1998 Living Out Loud Mary [3]
1998 American Cuisine Martha
1999 On the Run Lady in Travel Agency
2000 Requiem for a Dream Mrs. Scarlini [3]
2001 Never Again Mother
2004 A Dirty Shame Big Ethel [3]
2008 Choke Waitress
2008 Harold Maude Sellers
2009 I Hate Valentine's Day Edie
2012 Delivering the Goods Mrs. Weinbaum
2013 Jerome's Bouquet Elana Klein Short film
2017 Where Is Kyra? Ruth
2018 Furlough Elizabeth Anderson
2018 The Week Of Aunt Iris
2023 The Performance Tess

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[3] Sheats Episode: "Young Men and Fire..."
2000, 2004 Ed[3] Elaine / Edna 2 episodes
2000–2007 The Sopranos[3] 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[3] Lucille Abetemarco 2 episodes

References

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  4. ↑ Suzanne Shepherd, interview with Sanford Meisner, Yale Theatre 8, nos. 2 and 3 (1977): 38–43.
  5. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  6. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

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