
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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