Valerie Mahaffey
Acting
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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.
Filmography
The 8th Day
2025
French Exit
2021
Big Sky
2020
Dead to Me
2019
The Witch Files
2018
Young Sheldon
2017
No Pay, Nudity
2016
Sully
2016
Impastor
2015
The Man in the High Castle
2015
Kirstie
2013
Devious Maids
2013
If I Were You
2013
Monday Mornings
2013
The Mindy Project
2012
Crazy Eyes
2012
The Exes
2011
Jack and Jill
2011
Hart of Dixie
2011
Franklin & Bash
2011
Workaholics
2011
Better With You
2010
Raising Hope
2010
Summer Eleven
2010
A Previous Engagement
2009
Glee
2009
United States of Tara
2009
Private Practice
2007
Raines
2007
My First Wedding
2006
Hannah Montana
2006
Crumbs
2006
Out of Practice
2005
Grey's Anatomy
2005
Desperate Housewives
2004
Boston Legal
2004
Seabiscuit
2003
Without a Trace
2002
Good Morning, Miami
2002
Par 6
2002
No Ordinary Baby
2001
Night Visions
2001
That's My Bush!
2001
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
The West Wing
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Judging Amy
1999
Buddy Faro
1998
Dinner at Fred's
1997
George & Leo
1997
Ally McBeal
1997
Jungle 2 Jungle
1997
Caroline in the City
1995
National Lampoon's Senior Trip
1995
Women of the House
1995
Witch Hunt
1994
ER
1994
They
1993
Frasier
1993
The Powers That Be
1992
Till Death Us Do Part
1992
Baby Talk
1991
Northern Exposure
1990
Dream On
1990
Wings
1990
Perry Mason: The Case of the All-Star Assassin
1989
Seinfeld
1989
Perry Mason: The Case of the Musical Murder
1989
Quantum Leap
1989
Murphy's Law
1988
Her Secret Life
1987
Women of Valor
1986
Fresno
1986
L.A. Law
1986
Mr. Bill's Real Life Adventures
1986
The Rise and Rise of Daniel Rocket
1986
Newhart
1982
Cheers
1982
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
Tell Me My Name
1977
GRQ the Movie