Valerie Mahaffey
Known for: Acting
Born: June 15, 1953 in Sumatra, Indonesia - Died: May 29, 2025
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.
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National Lampoon's Senior Trip
Miss Tracy Milford
Witch Hunt
Trudy
Summer Eleven
A Previous Engagement
Grace
The 8th Day
Landon Mooney
Par 6
Pecan Hegelman
If I Were You
Lydia
Women of Valor
Lt. Katherine R. Grace
No Ordinary Baby
Virginia Hytner
Dinner at Fred's
Susan
Jack and Jill
Bitsy Simmons
They
Chris Samuels
Tell Me My Name
Alexandra / Sarah
Seabiscuit
Annie Howard
Sully
Diane Higgins
No Pay, Nudity
Lisa Zweibal
Till Death Us Do Part
Gail Bugliosi
Crazy Eyes
Zach's Mother
My First Wedding
Grace
Mr. Bill's Real Life Adventures
Mrs. Bill
The Witch Files
Claire's Mom
Jungle 2 Jungle
Jan Kempster
French Exit
Mme Reynard
Perry Mason: The Case of the Musical Murder
D.A. Barbara August