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