Valerie Mahaffey
- Acting
- June 16, 1953 · Sumatra, Indonesia
- May 30, 2025
Biography
Valerie Mahaffey (June 16, 1953 – May 30, 2025) was an American actress and producer. She began her career starring in the NBC daytime soap opera The Doctors (1979–81), for which she received a nomination for the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series. In 1992, Mahaffey won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her role in the CBS drama series Northern Exposure. She later won fame through her portrayal of extroverted and friendly but ultimately insane women on the television shows Wings, Desperate Housewives, Devious Maids and Big Sky. Mahaffey also appeared in a number of movies, including Senior Trip (1995), Jungle 2 Jungle (1997), Jack and Jill (2011), Sully (2016), and most notably French Exit (2020), for which she received critical acclaim and an Independent Spirit Award nomination. Description above from the Wikipedia article Valerie Mahaffey, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Filmography
- The 8th Day · Landon Mooney
- French Exit · Mme Reynard
- Big Sky · Helen Pergman
- Dead to Me · Lorna Harding
- The Witch Files · Claire's Mom
- Young Sheldon · Victoria MacElroy
- No Pay, Nudity · Lisa Zweibal
- Sully · Diane Higgins
- Impastor · Susie Kerry
- The Man in the High Castle · Susan
- Kirstie · Victoria
- Devious Maids · Olivia Rice
- If I Were You · Lydia
- Monday Mornings · Fran Horowitz
- The Mindy Project · Juliet
- Crazy Eyes · Zach's Mother
- The Exes · Anne
- Jack and Jill · Bitsy Simmons
- Hart of Dixie · Mae Ellen Waterloo
- Franklin & Bash · Julie
- Workaholics · Celeste
- Better With You · Ariel
- Raising Hope · Margine
- Summer Eleven
- A Previous Engagement · Grace
- Glee · Rose Pillsbury
- United States of Tara · Dr. Ocean
- Private Practice · Marilyn Sullivan
- Raines · Arlene
- My First Wedding · Grace
- Hannah Montana · Ms. Jameson
- Crumbs · Carolyn Pierce
- Out of Practice
- Grey's Anatomy · Donna Kaufman
- Desperate Housewives · Alma Hodge
- Boston Legal · Mary Winston
- Seabiscuit · Annie Howard
- Without a Trace · Bonnie Toland
- Good Morning, Miami · Sara
- Par 6 · Pecan Hegelman
- No Ordinary Baby · Virginia Hytner
- Night Visions · Sally Osgoode (segment "Neighborhood Watch")
- That's My Bush! · Janet Rove
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation · Dora Pomerantz
- The West Wing · Tawny Cryer
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit · Brooke Thornburg
- Judging Amy · Ms. Morlock
- Buddy Faro
- Dinner at Fred's · Susan
- George & Leo
- Ally McBeal · Dr. Sally Muggins
- Jungle 2 Jungle · Jan Kempster
- Caroline in the City · Alicia Crawford-Lane
- National Lampoon's Senior Trip · Miss Tracy Milford
- Women of the House · Jennifer Malone
- Witch Hunt · Trudy
- ER · Joi Abbott
- They · Chris Samuels
- Frasier · Peggy
- The Powers That Be · Caitlyn Van Horne
- Till Death Us Do Part · Gail Bugliosi
- Baby Talk
- Northern Exposure · Eve
- Dream On · Helen Harley
- Wings · Sandy Cooper
- Perry Mason: The Case of the All-Star Assassin · D.A. Barbara August
- Seinfeld · Patrice
- Perry Mason: The Case of the Musical Murder · D.A. Barbara August
- Quantum Leap · Mary Greely
- Murphy's Law
- Her Secret Life · Becky
- Women of Valor · Lt. Katherine R. Grace
- Fresno · Tiffany Kensington
- L.A. Law · Andrea Rossoff
- Mr. Bill's Real Life Adventures · Mrs. Bill
- The Rise and Rise of Daniel Rocket · Alice
- Newhart · Jolene
- Cheers · Valerie Hill
- American Playhouse · Alice, Mrs. Stockman
- Tales of the Unexpected · Jane