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