Valerie Mahaffey

Valerie Mahaffey

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: Acting

Born: Sumatra, Indonesia, 1953-06-16

Died: 2025-05-30

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1977	Tell Me My Name	Alexandra / Sarah	0
2	1986	The Rise and Rise of Daniel Rocket	Alice	0
3	1986	Mr. Bill's Real Life Adventures	Mrs. Bill	20
4	1986	Women of Valor	Lt. Katherine R. Grace	67
5	1987	Her Secret Life	Becky	50
6	1989	Perry Mason: The Case of the Musical Murder	D.A. Barbara August	65
7	1989	Perry Mason: The Case of the All-Star Assassin	D.A. Barbara August	64
8	1992	Till Death Us Do Part	Gail Bugliosi	67
9	1993	They	Chris Samuels	74
10	1994	Witch Hunt	Trudy	52
11	1995	National Lampoon's Senior Trip	Miss Tracy Milford	54
12	1997	Jungle 2 Jungle	Jan Kempster	53
13	1997	Dinner at Fred's	Susan	53
14	2001	No Ordinary Baby	Virginia Hytner	49
15	2002	Par 6	Pecan Hegelman	0
16	2003	Seabiscuit	Annie Howard	71
17	2006	My First Wedding	Grace	42
18	2009	A Previous Engagement	Grace	41
19	2010	Summer Eleven		47
20	2011	Jack and Jill	Bitsy Simmons	44
21	2012	Crazy Eyes	Zach's Mother	41
22	2013	If I Were You	Lydia	67
23	2016	Sully	Diane Higgins	72
24	2016	No Pay, Nudity	Lisa Zweibal	40
25	2018	The Witch Files	Claire's Mom	60
26	2021	French Exit	Mme Reynard	56
27	2024	The 8th Day	Landon Mooney	50
28		GRQ the Movie	Aunt Emily	0

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1979	Tales of the Unexpected	Jane	67
2	1982	Cheers	Valerie Hill	76
3	1982	Newhart		71
4	1986	L.A. Law	Andrea Rossoff	71
5	1986	Fresno	Tiffany Kensington	64
6	1988	Murphy's Law		50
7	1989	Quantum Leap	Mary Greely	80
8	1989	Seinfeld	Patrice	83
9	1990	Wings	Sandy Cooper	69
10	1990	Dream On	Helen Harley	69
11	1990	Northern Exposure	Eve	79
12	1991	Baby Talk		68
13	1992	The Powers That Be	Caitlyn Van Horne	83
14	1993	Frasier	Peggy	77
15	1994	ER	Joi Abbott	78
16	1995	Women of the House	Jennifer Malone	60
17	1995	Caroline in the City	Alicia Crawford-Lane	64
18	1997	Ally McBeal	Dr. Sally Muggins	66
19	1997	George & Leo		0
20	1998	Buddy Faro		0
21	1999	Judging Amy	Ms. Morlock	75
22	1999	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Brooke Thornburg	79
23	1999	The West Wing	Tawny Cryer	83
24	2000	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Dora Pomerantz	76
25	2001	That's My Bush!	Janet Rove	67
26	2001	Night Visions	Sally Osgoode (segment "Neighborhood Watch")	72
27	2002	Without a Trace	Bonnie Toland	72
28	2002	Good Morning, Miami	Sara	67
29	2004	Desperate Housewives	Alma Hodge	79
30	2004	Boston Legal	Mary Winston	79
31	2005	Grey's Anatomy	Donna Kaufman	82
32	2005	Out of Practice		75
33	2006	Crumbs		58
34	2006	Hannah Montana	Ms. Jameson	71
35	2007	Raines	Arlene	75
36	2007	Private Practice	Marilyn Sullivan	75
37	2009	United States of Tara	Dr. Ocean	71
38	2009	Glee	Rose Pillsbury	68
39	2010	Raising Hope	Margine	74
40	2010	Better With You	Ariel	65
41	2011	Franklin & Bash	Julie	72
42	2011	Hart of Dixie	Mae Ellen Waterloo	73
43	2011	The Exes	Anne	65
44	2012	The Mindy Project	Juliet	62
45	2013	Monday Mornings	Fran Horowitz	71
46	2013	Devious Maids	Olivia Rice	71
47	2013	Kirstie	Victoria	46
48	2015	The Man in the High Castle	Susan	75
49	2015	Impastor	Susie Kerry	71
50	2017	Young Sheldon	Victoria MacElroy	80
51	2019	Dead to Me	Lorna Harding	73
52	2020	Big Sky	Helen Pergman	72

Valerie Mahaffey

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