Valerie Mahaffey
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 16, 1953
- Died
- May 30, 2025 (aged 71)
- Birthplace
- 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Valerie Mahaffey, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
GRQ the Movie
Movie · as Aunt Emily
The 8th Day
Movie · as Landon Mooney
French Exit
Movie · as Mme Reynard
Big Sky
TV · as Helen Pergman · 16 eps
Dead to Me
TV · as Lorna Harding · 9 eps
The Witch Files
Movie · as Claire's Mom
Young Sheldon
TV · as Victoria MacElroy · 14 eps
Sully
Movie · as Diane Higgins
No Pay, Nudity
Movie · as Lisa Zweibal
Impastor
TV · as Susie Kerry · 1 ep
The Man in the High Castle
TV · as Susan · 3 eps
If I Were You
Movie · as Lydia
Monday Mornings
TV · as Fran Horowitz · 6 eps
Kirstie
TV · as Victoria · 1 ep
Devious Maids
TV · as Olivia Rice · 7 eps
Crazy Eyes
Movie · as Zach's Mother
The Mindy Project
TV · as Juliet · 1 ep
Jack and Jill
Movie · as Bitsy Simmons
The Exes
TV · as Anne · 1 ep
Franklin & Bash
TV · as Julie · 1 ep
Hart of Dixie
TV · as Mae Ellen Waterloo · 3 eps
Workaholics
TV · as Celeste · 1 ep
Summer Eleven
Movie
Better With You
TV · as Ariel · 1 ep
Raising Hope
TV · as Margine · 1 ep
A Previous Engagement
Movie · as Grace
United States of Tara
TV · as Dr. Ocean · 1 ep
Glee
TV · as Rose Pillsbury · 3 eps
Private Practice
TV · as Marilyn Sullivan · 1 ep
Raines
TV · as Arlene · 1 ep
My First Wedding
Movie · as Grace
Crumbs
TV · as Carolyn Pierce · 1 ep
Hannah Montana
TV · as Ms. Jameson · 1 ep
Out of Practice
TV · 1 ep
Grey's Anatomy
TV · as Donna Kaufman · 1 ep
Desperate Housewives
TV · as Alma Hodge · 8 eps
Boston Legal
TV · as Mary Winston · 1 ep
Seabiscuit
Movie · as Annie Howard
Par 6
Movie · as Pecan Hegelman
Without a Trace
TV · as Bonnie Toland · 1 ep
Good Morning, Miami
TV · as Sara · 1 ep
No Ordinary Baby
Movie · as Virginia Hytner
That's My Bush!
TV · as Janet Rove · 1 ep
Night Visions
TV · as Sally Osgoode (segment "Neighborhood Watch") · 1 ep
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TV · as Dora Pomerantz · 1 ep
Judging Amy
TV · as Ms. Morlock · 1 ep
The West Wing
TV · as Tawny Cryer · 1 ep
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV · as Brooke Thornburg · 1 ep
Buddy Faro
TV · 1 ep
Dinner at Fred's
Movie · as Susan
Jungle 2 Jungle
Movie · as Jan Kempster
Ally McBeal
TV · as Dr. Sally Muggins · 1 ep
George & Leo
TV · 1 ep
National Lampoon's Senior Trip
Movie · as Miss Tracy Milford
Women of the House
TV · as Jennifer Malone · 6 eps
Caroline in the City
TV · as Alicia Crawford-Lane · 1 ep
Witch Hunt
Movie · as Trudy
ER
TV · as Joi Abbott · 4 eps
They
Movie · as Chris Samuels
Frasier
TV · as Peggy · 1 ep
Till Death Us Do Part
Movie · as Gail Bugliosi
The Powers That Be
TV · as Caitlyn Van Horne · 20 eps
Baby Talk
TV · 1 ep
Wings
TV · as Sandy Cooper · 3 eps
Northern Exposure
TV · as Eve · 5 eps
Dream On
TV · as Helen Harley · 1 ep
Perry Mason: The Case of the Musical Murder
Movie · as D.A. Barbara August
Perry Mason: The Case of the All-Star Assassin
Movie · as D.A. Barbara August
Seinfeld
TV · as Patrice · 1 ep
Quantum Leap
TV · as Mary Greely · 1 ep
Murphy's Law
TV · 1 ep
Her Secret Life
Movie · as Becky
Women of Valor
Movie · as Lt. Katherine R. Grace
Mr. Bill's Real Life Adventures
Movie · as Mrs. Bill
The Rise and Rise of Daniel Rocket
Movie · as Alice
L.A. Law
TV · as Andrea Rossoff · 1 ep
Fresno
TV · as Tiffany Kensington · 5 eps
Cheers
TV · as Valerie Hill · 1 ep
Newhart
TV · as Jolene
American Playhouse
TV · as Alice, Mrs. Stockman · 1 ep
Tales of the Unexpected
TV · as Jane · 1 ep
Tell Me My Name
Movie · as Alexandra / Sarah