Valerie Mahaffey
Valerie Mahaffey (born June 16, 1953) is 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
Credits
- 2024 · And On The Eighth Day as
- 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 · No Pay, Nudity as Lisa
- 2016 · Sully as Diane Higgins
- 2015 · Impastor as Susie Kerry
- 2015 · The Man in the High Castle as Susan
- 2013 · Kirstie as Victoria
- 2013 · Devious Maids as Olivia Rice
- 2013 · If I Were You as Lydia
- 2013 · Monday Mornings as Fran Horowitz
- 2012 · The Mindy Project as Juliet
- 2012 · Crazy Eyes as Zach's Mother
- 2011 · The Exes as Anne
- 2011 · Jack and Jill as Bitsy Simmons
- 2011 · Hart of Dixie as Mae Ellen Waterloo
- 2011 · Franklin & Bash as Julie
- 2010 · Better With You as Ariel
- 2010 · Summer Eleven as
- 2009 · A Previous Engagement as Grace
- 2009 · Glee as Rose Pillsbury
- 2009 · United States of Tara as Dr. Ocean
- 2007 · Private Practice as Marilyn Sullivan
- 2007 · Raines as Arlene
- 2006 · My First Wedding as Grace
- 2006 · Hannah Montana as Ms. Jameson
- 2006 · Crumbs as
- 2005 · Out of Practice as
- 2005 · Grey's Anatomy as Donna Kaufman
- 2004 · Desperate Housewives as Alma Hodge
- 2004 · Boston Legal as Mary Winston
- 2003 · Seabiscuit as Annie Howard
- 2002 · Without a Trace as Bonnie Toland
- 2002 · Good Morning, Miami as Sara
- 2002 · Par 6 as Pecan Hegelman
- 2001 · No Ordinary Baby as Virginia Hytner
- 2001 · Night Visions as Sally Osgoode
- 2001 · That's My Bush! as
- 2000 · CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Dora Pomerantz
- 1999 · The West Wing as Tawny Cryer
- 1999 · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Brooke Thornburg
- 1999 · Judging Amy as Ms. Morlock
- 1998 · Buddy Faro as
- 1997 · Dinner at Fred's as Susan
- 1997 · George & Leo as
- 1997 · Ally McBeal as
- 1997 · Jungle 2 Jungle as Jan Kempster
- 1995 · Caroline in the City as Alicia Crawford-Lane
- 1995 · Senior Trip as Miss Tracy Milford
- 1995 · Women of the House as Jennifer Malone
- 1994 · Witch Hunt as Trudy
- 1994 · ER as Joi Abbott
- 1993 · They as Chris Samuels
- 1993 · Frasier as Peggy
- 1992 · The Powers That Be as Caitlyn Van Horne
- 1992 · Till Death Us Do Part as Gail Bugliosi
- 1991 · Baby Talk as
- 1990 · Northern Exposure as Eve
- 1990 · Dream On as Helen Harley
- 1990 · Wings as Sandy Cooper
- 1989 · Perry Mason: The Case of the All-Star Assassin as D.A. Barbara August
- 1989 · Seinfeld as Patrice
- 1989 · Perry Mason: The Case of the Musical Murder as D.A. Barbara August
- 1989 · Quantum Leap as Mary Greely
- 1988 · Murphy's Law as
- 1987 · Her Secret Life as Becky
- 1986 · Women of Valor as Lt. Katherine R. Grace
- 1986 · Fresno as Tiffany Kensington
- 1986 · L.A. Law as Andrea Rossoff
- 1986 · Mr. Bill's Real Life Adventures as Mrs. Bill
- 1982 · Newhart as
- 1982 · Cheers as Valerie Hill
- 1979 · Tales of the Unexpected as Jane
- 1977 · Tell Me My Name as Alexandra / Sarah