Suzanne Shepherdactress known for her appearances in iconic productions such as The Sopranos y One of ours, has died. The interpreter was 89 years old.
As confirmed by his representative to The Hollywood Reporterthe actress died “peacefully” at her home in New York last Friday, November 17.
Born on October 31, 1934 in Garfield (New Jersey, United States), Shepherd made her debut on the big screen in Mystic Pizza, 1988 film directed by Donald Petrie and starring Julia Roberts. She appeared in other major productions such as women’s weapons de Mike Nichols; Lolita of Adrian Lyne; Requiem for a Dreamdirected by Darren Aronofsky, the The sex addicts under the orders of John Waters.
However, her most memorable role on the big screen was that of Karen’s mother (Lorraine Bracco) in One of ours, under the command of Martin Scorsese.
On the small screen, her role as Mary DeAngelis, Tony Soprano’s mother-in-law, stands out in The Sopranos, fiction for which he filmed 20 episodes. She reprized the role of Ray Liotta’s character’s mother-in-law in One of ours.