Valerie Mahaffey
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1953-06-16
Place of Birth
Sumatra, Indonesia
Valerie Mahaffey
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.
Also Known For
National Lampoon's Senior Trip
Sep 08, 1995
Witch Hunt
Dec 10, 1994
Summer Eleven
Aug 09, 2010
A Previous Engagement
Oct 22, 2009
The 8th Day
Mar 14, 2025
Par 6
Apr 16, 2002
If I Were You
Mar 15, 2013
Women of Valor
Nov 23, 1986
No Ordinary Baby
Oct 08, 2001
Dinner at Fred's
Oct 02, 1997
Jack and Jill
Nov 11, 2011
They
Nov 14, 1993
Tell Me My Name
Dec 20, 1977
Seabiscuit
Jul 22, 2003
Sully
Sep 07, 2016
No Pay, Nudity
Nov 04, 2016
Till Death Us Do Part
Feb 18, 1992
Crazy Eyes
Jul 06, 2012
My First Wedding
Aug 18, 2006
Mr. Bill's Real Life Adventures
Sep 11, 1986
The Witch Files
Sep 10, 2018
Jungle 2 Jungle
Mar 04, 1997
French Exit
Feb 12, 2021
Perry Mason: The Case of the Musical Murder
Apr 09, 1989
Perry Mason: The Case of the All-Star Assassin
Nov 09, 1989
Her Secret Life
Apr 12, 1987
The Rise and Rise of Daniel Rocket
Jan 20, 1986
GRQ the Movie
L.A. Law
Sep 15, 1986
Cheers
Sep 30, 1982
Seinfeld
Jul 05, 1989
That's My Bush!
Apr 04, 2001
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Oct 06, 2000
Desperate Housewives
Oct 03, 2004
Ally McBeal
Sep 08, 1997
Crumbs
Jan 12, 2006
Judging Amy
Sep 19, 1999
Tales of the Unexpected
Mar 24, 1979
Wings
Apr 19, 1990
Without a Trace
Sep 26, 2002
Quantum Leap
Mar 26, 1989
Newhart
Oct 02, 1982
Private Practice
Sep 26, 2007
Out of Practice
Sep 19, 2005
Night Visions
Jul 12, 2001
Raines
Mar 15, 2007
ER
Sep 19, 1994
United States of Tara
Jan 18, 2009
Boston Legal
Oct 03, 2004
The Powers That Be
Mar 07, 1992
Baby Talk
Mar 08, 1991
Murphy's Law
Nov 02, 1988
The Exes
Nov 30, 2011
Buddy Faro
Sep 25, 1998
The West Wing
Sep 22, 1999
Northern Exposure
Jul 12, 1990
The Mindy Project
Sep 25, 2012
Frasier
Sep 16, 1993
Impastor
Jul 15, 2015
Fresno
Nov 16, 1986
Big Sky
Nov 17, 2020
Franklin & Bash
Jun 01, 2011
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Sep 20, 1999
Monday Mornings
Feb 04, 2013
Women of the House
Jan 04, 1995
Grey's Anatomy
Mar 27, 2005
Hannah Montana
Mar 24, 2006
Glee
May 19, 2009
Young Sheldon
Sep 25, 2017
The Man in the High Castle
Jan 15, 2015
Hart of Dixie
Sep 26, 2011
Dream On
Jul 08, 1990
Kirstie
Dec 04, 2013
Better With You
Sep 22, 2010
Dead to Me
May 03, 2019
George & Leo
Sep 15, 1997
Caroline in the City
Sep 21, 1995
Good Morning, Miami
Sep 26, 2002
Devious Maids
Jun 23, 2013
Raising Hope
Sep 21, 2010
