Valerie Mahaffey
Acting
- Born:
- 1953-06-16
- Died:
- 2025-05-30
- Place of birth:
- Sumatra, Indonesia
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
French Exit
Big Sky
Dead to Me
The Witch Files
Young Sheldon
No Pay, Nudity
Sully
Impastor
The Man in the High Castle
Kirstie
Devious Maids
If I Were You
Monday Mornings
The Mindy Project
Crazy Eyes
The Exes
Jack and Jill
Hart of Dixie
Franklin & Bash
Workaholics
Better With You
Raising Hope
Summer Eleven
A Previous Engagement
Glee
United States of Tara
Private Practice
Raines
My First Wedding
Hannah Montana
Crumbs
Out of Practice
Grey's Anatomy
Desperate Housewives
Boston Legal
Seabiscuit
Without a Trace
Good Morning, Miami
Par 6
No Ordinary Baby
Night Visions
That's My Bush!
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
The West Wing
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Judging Amy
Buddy Faro
Dinner at Fred's
George & Leo
Ally McBeal
Jungle 2 Jungle
Caroline in the City
National Lampoon's Senior Trip
Women of the House
Witch Hunt
ER
They
Frasier
The Powers That Be
Till Death Us Do Part
Baby Talk
Northern Exposure
Dream On
Wings
Perry Mason: The Case of the All-Star Assassin
Seinfeld
Perry Mason: The Case of the Musical Murder
Quantum Leap
Murphy's Law
Her Secret Life
Women of Valor
Fresno
L.A. Law
Mr. Bill's Real Life Adventures
The Rise and Rise of Daniel Rocket
Newhart
Cheers
American Playhouse
Tales of the Unexpected
Tell Me My Name
GRQ the Movie