Suzanne Shepherd useless: ‘Goodfellas’ and ‘Sopranos’ actress was once 89

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By way of Tracy Swartz

Suzanne Shepherd, who performed the moms of key feminine characters in “Goodfellas” and “The Sopranos,” died Friday. She was once 89.

Born on Oct. 31, 1934, Shepherd additionally had roles within the films “Mystic Pizza,” “Uncle Greenback,” “Requiem for a Dream,” and “A Grimy Disgrace.”

She made visitor appearances at the TV presentations “Ed,” “Regulation & Order” and “Blue Bloods.”

Shepherd, who lived at the Higher West Aspect of Long island, “passed on to the great beyond peacefully very early the day past morning,” the actor and actual property agent Tom Titone wrote Saturday on Fb.

“I studied with Suzanne as a tender actor. She noticed in me what I may now not but see in myself. She offered me to my husband,” Titone recalled. “She was once the officiant to our marriage below a lovely gazebo in Central Park with a meeting of friends and family. For this, I will be able to all the time be thankful.”

He added: “She was once an enormous presence. A BIG character. She roared with lifestyles and at it.”

Shepherd is easiest recognized for portraying the mummy of Karen Hill (performed through Lorraine Bracco) in 1990’s “Goodfellas” and the mummy of Carmela Soprano (Edie Falco) in HBO’s “The Sopranos.”

Ray Abruzzo, who performed Little Carmine Lupertazzi in “The Sopranos,” remembered Shepherd on Instagram.

“Unhappy to listen to of the passing of Suzanne Shepherd. A drive of nature. Actress, trainer. Performed Carmella’s mom on Sopranos and Karen’s mom in Goodfellas,” he wrote Saturday.

Shepherd, an established regional theater director and Sanford Meisner-trained appearing trainer, is survived through her daughter, the artist Kate Shepherd; her son-in-law, Miles; daughter-in-law Joyce; and granddaughter Isabelle, in keeping with The Solar.

Titone stated a shiva will likely be held Monday and Tuesday.