Valerie Mahaffey
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.
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Acting (27 movies)
National Lampoon's Senior Trip
1995
Witch Hunt
1994
Summer Eleven
2010
A Previous Engagement
2009
The 8th Day
2025
Par 6
2002
If I Were You
2013
Women of Valor
1986
No Ordinary Baby
2001
Dinner at Fred's
1997
Jack and Jill
2011
They
1993
Tell Me My Name
1977
Seabiscuit
2003
Sully
2016
No Pay, Nudity
2016
Till Death Us Do Part
1992
Crazy Eyes
2012
My First Wedding
2006
Mr. Bill's Real Life Adventures
1986
The Witch Files
2018
Jungle 2 Jungle
1997
French Exit
2021
Perry Mason: The Case of the Musical Murder
1989
Perry Mason: The Case of the All-Star Assassin
1989
Her Secret Life
1987
The Rise and Rise of Daniel Rocket
1986
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