Name
Mary Jackson
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1910-11-22
Deathday
2005-12-10 (95 years old)
Place of Birth
Milford, Michigan, USA
Biography
One of those strikingly familiar matrons you just can't place, character actress Mary Jackson is probably best known for her recurring role as one of the delightfully eccentric bootlegging sisters, "Miss Emily" Baldwin, on the series The Waltons (1971) that ran for nine seasons. She was born November 22, 1910 in rural Milford, Michigan, and earned a bachelor's degree from West Michigan University in 1932. A Depression-era school teacher for one year before pursuing her interest in theater, she returned to college (this time Michigan State University) in a fine arts program. She started out on the Chicago stage and in summer stock before migrating to the larger stages in New York and Los Angeles.
Film and TV roles did not come her way until well into middle age. Guesting on such TV shows as "The Andy Griffith Show," "The Twilight Zone," "My Three Sons," "Hazel," "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," "Barnaby Jones" and "Highway to Heaven," she usually appeared as ladylike small-town citizens. She was also part of the ensemble in Peter Bogdanovich's first low-budget film thriller Targets (1968), which was Boris Karloff's last feature. In the 70s she started gathering up character bits here and there, such as her nuns in the all-star epic Airport (1970) and the horror Audrey Rose (1977). A variety of pleasant, maternal parts came her way, including Lynn Carlin's mother in the Blake Edwards' western Wild Rovers (1971) and Jane Fonda's in the comedy caper Fun with Dick and Jane (1977). She supported Fonda again in the Vietnam-era drama Coming Home (1978), was among the cast in the cultish Big Top Pee-wee (1988) and had a noticeable role in Steve Martin's Leap of Faith (1992).
As for "The Waltons" success, character actress Dorothy Stickney played the part of Emily in the initial TV pilot along with Josephine Hutchinson as older sister Mamie. When the series came to fruition, Mary and actress Helen Kleeb, another one of those "I've seen her before" character faces, took over the spinster roles. Both she and Kleeb continued their sister act periodically in several Walton "reunion" TV-movies, which included assorted weddings and holiday gatherings. Both ladies made their final TV appearances in A Walton Easter (1997). Kleeb died of natural causes in 2003 at age 96. Mary passed away two years later at age 95 of complications from Parkinson's disease. - IMDb Mini Biography
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- 1988 Big Top Pee-wee as Mrs. Dill
- 1978 A Death in Canaan as Sarah Biggens
- 1990 The Exorcist III as Mrs. Clelia
- 1990 Skinned Alive as Crawldaddy
- 1982 Some Kind of Hero as Frances
- 1981 A Small Killing as Rose
- 1977 Audrey Rose as Mother Veronica
- 1968 Targets as Charlotte Thompson
- 1982 A Day for Thanks on Waltons Mountain as Emily Baldwin
- 1992 Leap of Faith as Emma Schlarp
- 1974 Our Time as Miss Moran
- 1986 My Town as Mrs. McDaniel
- 1988 Meet the Munceys as Esther Lovell-Mingott
- 1971 The Failing of Raymond as Latin Teacher
- 1982 A Wedding on Waltons Mountain as Emily Baldwin
- 1977 Fun with Dick and Jane as Jane's Mother
- 1970 Airport as Felice
- 1981 The Two Lives of Carol Letner as Grandmother Mary
- 1982 Between Two Brothers as Eddy Frazer
- 1967 Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night as Mrs. Stone
- 1956 Friendly Persuasion as Country Woman (uncredited)
- 1993 A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion as Emily Baldwin
- 1972 Terror at Red Wolf Inn as Evelyn Smith
- 1993 Ozone as Cleaning Lady
- 1971 Wild Rovers as Sada's Mother
- 1978 Coming Home as Fleta Wilson
- 1996 A Family Thing as Carrie
- 1973 Blume in Love as Louise
- 1989 The Case of the Hillside Stranglers
- 1979 Letters from Frank as Edna Miller
- 1973 Kid Blue as Mrs. Evans
- 1985 The Snow Queen as Grandmother
- 1972 The Trial of the Catonsville Nine as Witness
- 1960 The Andy Griffith Show ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Rigsby
- 1980 Magnum, P.I. ( 1 episode ) as Grandmother MacKenzie
- 1982 Family Ties ( 1 episode ) as Edna
- 1959 The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis ( 3 episodes ) as Mrs. Kenny
- 1972 The Rookies ( 2 episodes )
- 1986 L.A. Law ( 1 episode ) as Mildred Weedon
- 1965 The F.B.I. ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Otto Foshay
- 1976 The Bionic Woman ( 1 episode )
- 1976 Quincy, M.E. ( 1 episode )
- 1975 The Jeffersons ( 1 episode )
- 1960 Route 66 ( 1 episode )
- 1984 Highway to Heaven ( 2 episodes )
- 1972 The Streets of San Francisco ( 2 episodes )
- 1981 Hill Street Blues ( 1 episode )
- 1983 Scarecrow and Mrs. King ( 2 episodes )
- 1970 The Mary Tyler Moore Show ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Arnell
- 1979 Hart to Hart ( 1 episode )
- 1982 Cagney & Lacey ( 1 episode )
- 1953 General Electric Theater ( 1 episode ) as Phyllis Barton
- 1959 The Twilight Zone ( 1 episode ) as Miss Pepper (uncredited)
- 1971 Cannon ( 1 episode )
- 1994 Christy ( 1 episode ) as Aunt Polly Teague
- 1984 Hunter ( 1 episode ) as Clara
- 1972 The Waltons ( 32 episodes ) as Emily Baldwin
- 1955 Alfred Hitchcock Presents ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Wilson
- 1963 The Fugitive ( 1 episode ) as Nurse Oberhansly
- 1963 The Fugitive ( 1 episode ) as Carolyn Fletcher
- 1968 Lancer ( 2 episodes )
- 1961 Hazel ( 1 episode )
- 1948 The Philco Television Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Aunt Edna
- 1974 The Manhunter ( 1 episode )
- 1950 Robert Montgomery Presents ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Gross
- 1962 Stoney Burke ( 1 episode )
- 1981 Open All Night ( 1 episode )
- 1990 Parenthood ( 12 episodes )
- 1980 When the Whistle Blows ( 1 episode )
- 1978 The Runaways ( 2 episodes )
- 1963 The Fugitive ( 1 episode ) as Ellie Parker
- 1960 The Barbara Stanwyck Show ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Krieger
- 1965 The F.B.I. ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Howard
- 1965 The F.B.I. ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Corman
- 1965 The F.B.I. ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Dreiser
- 1965 The F.B.I. ( 1 episode ) as Nurse
- 1960 The Andy Griffith Show ( 1 episode ) as Miss Vogel
- 1963 The Outer Limits ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. McCrae
- 1983 Hardcastle and McCormick ( 23 episodes ) as Sarah Wicks
- 1982 Faerie Tale Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Grandmother
- 1967 The Invaders ( 1 episode ) as Nurse
- 1967 The Invaders ( 1 episode ) as Hattie Willis
- 1971 Columbo ( 1 episode ) as Annie
- 1967 The Second Hundred Years ( 1 episode ) as Mother Superior
- 1965 The F.B.I. ( 1 episode ) as 3rd Floor Desk Nurse
- 1966 CBS Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Stone
