Name
Valerie Mahaffey
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1953-06-16
Deathday
2025-05-30 (72 years old)
Place of Birth
Sumatra, Indonesia
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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- 1995 National Lampoon's Senior Trip as Miss Tracy Milford
- 1994 Witch Hunt as Trudy
- 2010 Summer Eleven
- 2009 A Previous Engagement as Grace
- 2025 The 8th Day as Landon Mooney
- 2002 Par 6 as Pecan Hegelman
- 2013 If I Were You as Lydia
- 1986 Women of Valor as Lt. Katherine R. Grace
- 2001 No Ordinary Baby as Virginia Hytner
- 1997 Dinner at Fred's as Susan
- 2011 Jack and Jill as Bitsy Simmons
- 1993 They as Chris Samuels
- 1977 Tell Me My Name as Alexandra / Sarah
- 2003 Seabiscuit as Annie Howard
- 2016 Sully as Diane Higgins
- 2016 No Pay, Nudity as Lisa Zweibal
- 1992 Till Death Us Do Part as Gail Bugliosi
- 2012 Crazy Eyes as Zach's Mother
- 2006 My First Wedding as Grace
- 1986 Mr. Bill's Real Life Adventures as Mrs. Bill
- 2018 The Witch Files as Claire's Mom
- 1997 Jungle 2 Jungle as Jan Kempster
- 2021 French Exit as Mme Reynard
- 1989 Perry Mason: The Case of the Musical Murder as D.A. Barbara August
- 1989 Perry Mason: The Case of the All-Star Assassin as D.A. Barbara August
- 1987 Her Secret Life as Becky
- 1986 The Rise and Rise of Daniel Rocket as Alice
- Soon GRQ the Movie as Aunt Emily
- 1986 L.A. Law ( 1 episode ) as Andrea Rossoff
- 1982 Cheers ( 1 episode ) as Valerie Hill
- 1989 Seinfeld ( 1 episode ) as Patrice
- 2001 That's My Bush! ( 1 episode ) as Janet Rove
- 2000 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation ( 1 episode ) as Dora Pomerantz
- 2004 Desperate Housewives ( 8 episodes ) as Alma Hodge
- 1997 Ally McBeal ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Sally Muggins
- 2006 Crumbs ( 1 episode ) as Carolyn Pierce
- 1999 Judging Amy ( 1 episode ) as Ms. Morlock
- 1979 Tales of the Unexpected ( 1 episode ) as Jane
- 1990 Wings ( 3 episodes ) as Sandy Cooper
- 2002 Without a Trace ( 1 episode ) as Bonnie Toland
- 1989 Quantum Leap ( 1 episode ) as Mary Greely
- 1982 Newhart ( 1 episode )
- 2007 Private Practice ( 1 episode ) as Marilyn Sullivan
- 2005 Out of Practice ( 1 episode )
- 2001 Night Visions ( 1 episode ) as Sally Osgoode (segment "Neighborhood Watch")
- 2007 Raines ( 1 episode ) as Arlene
- 1994 ER ( 4 episodes ) as Joi Abbott
- 2009 United States of Tara ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Ocean
- 2004 Boston Legal ( 1 episode ) as Mary Winston
- 1992 The Powers That Be ( 15 episodes ) as Caitlyn Van Horne
- 1991 Baby Talk ( 1 episode )
- 1988 Murphy's Law ( 1 episode )
- 2011 The Exes ( 1 episode ) as Anne
- 1998 Buddy Faro ( 1 episode )
- 1999 The West Wing ( 1 episode ) as Tawny Cryer
- 1990 Northern Exposure ( 5 episodes ) as Eve
- 2012 The Mindy Project ( 1 episode ) as Juliet
- 1993 Frasier ( 1 episode ) as Peggy
- 2015 Impastor ( 1 episode ) as Susie Kerry
- 1986 Fresno ( 5 episodes ) as Tiffany Kensington
- 2020 Big Sky ( 16 episodes ) as Helen Pergman
- 2011 Franklin & Bash ( 1 episode ) as Julie
- 1999 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit ( 1 episode ) as Brooke Thornburg
- 2013 Monday Mornings ( 6 episodes ) as Fran Horowitz
- 1995 Women of the House ( 6 episodes ) as Jennifer Malone
- 2005 Grey's Anatomy ( 1 episode ) as Donna Kaufman
- 2006 Hannah Montana ( 1 episode ) as Ms. Jameson
- 2009 Glee ( 3 episodes ) as Rose Pillsbury
- 2017 Young Sheldon ( 14 episodes ) as Victoria MacElroy
- 2015 The Man in the High Castle ( 3 episodes ) as Susan
- 2011 Hart of Dixie ( 3 episodes ) as Mae Ellen Waterloo
- 1990 Dream On ( 1 episode ) as Helen Harley
- 2013 Kirstie ( 1 episode ) as Victoria
- 2010 Better With You ( 1 episode ) as Ariel
- 2019 Dead to Me ( 9 episodes ) as Lorna Harding
- 1997 George & Leo ( 1 episode )
- 1995 Caroline in the City ( 1 episode ) as Alicia Crawford-Lane
- 2002 Good Morning, Miami ( 1 episode ) as Sara
- 2013 Devious Maids ( 7 episodes ) as Olivia Rice
- 2010 Raising Hope ( 1 episode ) as Margine
- 2011 Workaholics ( 1 episode ) as Celeste
- 1982 American Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Alice
- 1982 American Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Stockman
