Mary Jackson
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 22, 1910
- Died
- December 10, 2005 (aged 95)
- Birthplace
- 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
Known For
Filmography
A Family Thing
Movie · as Carrie
Christy
TV · as Aunt Polly Teague · 1 ep
A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion
Movie · as Emily Baldwin
Ozone
Movie · as Cleaning Lady
Leap of Faith
Movie · as Emma Schlarp
The Exorcist III
Movie · as Mrs. Clelia
Skinned Alive
Movie · as Crawldaddy
Parenthood
TV · 12 eps
The Case of the Hillside Stranglers
Movie
Big Top Pee-wee
Movie · as Mrs. Dill
Meet the Munceys
Movie · as Esther Lovell-Mingott
My Town
Movie · as Mrs. McDaniel
L.A. Law
TV · as Mildred Weedon · 1 ep
The Snow Queen
Movie · as Grandmother
Highway to Heaven
TV · 2 eps
Hunter
TV · as Clara · 1 ep
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
TV · 2 eps
Hardcastle and McCormick
TV · as Sarah Wicks · 23 eps
Some Kind of Hero
Movie · as Frances
A Day for Thanks on Waltons Mountain
Movie · as Emily Baldwin
A Wedding on Waltons Mountain
Movie · as Emily Baldwin
Between Two Brothers
Movie · as Eddy Frazer
Family Ties
TV · as Edna · 1 ep
Cagney & Lacey
TV · 1 ep
Faerie Tale Theatre
TV · as Grandmother · 1 ep
A Small Killing
Movie · as Rose
The Two Lives of Carol Letner
Movie · as Grandmother Mary
Hill Street Blues
TV · 1 ep
Open All Night
TV · 1 ep
Magnum, P.I.
TV · as Grandmother MacKenzie · 1 ep
When the Whistle Blows
TV · 1 ep
Letters from Frank
Movie · as Edna Miller
Hart to Hart
TV · 1 ep
A Death in Canaan
Movie · as Sarah Biggens
Coming Home
Movie · as Fleta Wilson
The Runaways
TV · 2 eps
Audrey Rose
Movie · as Mother Veronica
Fun with Dick and Jane
Movie · as Jane's Mother
The Bionic Woman
TV · 1 ep
Quincy, M.E.
TV · 1 ep
The Jeffersons
TV · 1 ep
Our Time
Movie · as Miss Moran
The Manhunter
TV · as Mary Cotton
Blume in Love
Movie · as Louise
Kid Blue
Movie · as Mrs. Evans
Terror at Red Wolf Inn
Movie · as Evelyn Smith
The Trial of the Catonsville Nine
Movie · as Witness
The Rookies
TV · 2 eps
The Streets of San Francisco
TV · 2 eps
The Waltons
TV · as Emily Baldwin · 32 eps
The Failing of Raymond
Movie · as Latin Teacher
Wild Rovers
Movie · as Sada's Mother
Cannon
TV · 1 ep
Columbo
TV · as Annie · 1 ep
Airport
Movie · as Felice
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
TV · as Mrs. Arnell · 1 ep
Targets
Movie · as Charlotte Thompson
Lancer
TV · 2 eps
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
Movie · as Mrs. Stone
The Invaders
TV · as Nurse, Hattie Willis · 1 ep
The Second Hundred Years
TV · as Mother Superior · 1 ep
CBS Playhouse
TV · as Mrs. Stone · 1 ep
The F.B.I.
TV · as Mrs. Otto Foshay, Mrs. Howard, Mrs. Corman, Mrs. Dreiser, Nurse, 3rd Floor Desk Nurse · 1 ep
The Fugitive
TV · as Nurse Oberhansly, Carolyn Fletcher, Ellie Parker · 1 ep
The Outer Limits
TV · as Mrs. McCrae · 1 ep
Stoney Burke
TV · 1 ep
Hazel
TV · 1 ep
The Andy Griffith Show
TV · as Mrs. Rigsby, Miss Vogel · 1 ep
Route 66
TV · 1 ep
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
TV · as Mrs. Krieger · 1 ep
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
TV · as Mrs. Kenny · 3 eps
The Twilight Zone
TV · as Miss Pepper (uncredited) · 1 ep
Friendly Persuasion
Movie · as Country Woman (uncredited)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV · as Mrs. Wilson · 1 ep
General Electric Theater
TV · as Phyllis Barton · 1 ep
Robert Montgomery Presents
TV · as Mrs. Gross · 1 ep
The Philco Television Playhouse
TV · as Aunt Edna · 1 ep