Valerie Mahaffey
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.
81 acting credits
Acting · 81
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Grey's Anatomy
2005
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
Desperate Housewives
2004
Seinfeld
1989
Young Sheldon
2017
Private Practice
2007
ER
1994
Frasier
1993
Without a Trace
2002
The West Wing
1999
Cheers
1982
Glee
2009
Boston Legal
2004
Franklin & Bash
2011
Judging Amy
1999
Quantum Leap
1989
L.A. Law
1986
Wings
1990
The Man in the High Castle
2015
Hannah Montana
2006
The Mindy Project
2012
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
Northern Exposure
1990
Hart of Dixie
2011
Newhart
1982
Raising Hope
2010
Caroline in the City
1995
Big Sky
2020
Ally McBeal
1997
Workaholics
2011
Devious Maids
2013
Dead to Me
2019
The Exes
2011
Dream On
1990
Good Morning, Miami
2002
United States of Tara
2009
Sully
2016
Night Visions
2001
Better With You
2010
George & Leo
1997
Impastor
2015
Raines
2007
Monday Mornings
2013
Out of Practice
2005
Jack and Jill
2011
Women of the House
1995
Fresno
1986
Kirstie
2013
Crumbs
2006
Seabiscuit
2003
The Powers That Be
1992
Buddy Faro
1998
That's My Bush!
2001
Murphy's Law
1988
French Exit
2021
Jungle 2 Jungle
1997
Perry Mason: The Case of the Musical Murder
1989
National Lampoon's Senior Trip
1995
Witch Hunt
1994
Perry Mason: The Case of the All-Star Assassin
1989
Till Death Us Do Part
1992
No Ordinary Baby
2001
Par 6
2002
If I Were You
2013
They
1993
Her Secret Life
1987
My First Wedding
2006
Women of Valor
1986
Crazy Eyes
2012
No Pay, Nudity
2016
Dinner at Fred's
1997
Mr. Bill's Real Life Adventures
1986
The Witch Files
2018
Tell Me My Name
1977
Summer Eleven
2010
Baby Talk
1991
The Rise and Rise of Daniel Rocket
1986
A Previous Engagement
2009
The 8th Day
2025
GRQ the Movie
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