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.
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 1953-06-16 · Sumatra, Indonesia
- Died
- 2025-05-30
Known for
- Grey's Anatomy (2005) — Donna Kaufman
- Sully (2016) — Diane Higgins
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) — Brooke Thornburg
- Young Sheldon (2017) — Victoria MacElroy
- Seinfeld (1989) — Patrice
- Jack and Jill (2011) — Bitsy Simmons
- Desperate Housewives (2004) — Alma Hodge
- The Man in the High Castle (2015) — Susan
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000) — Dora Pomerantz
- Glee (2009) — Rose Pillsbury
- Seabiscuit (2003) — Annie Howard
- ER (1994) — Joi Abbott
- Frasier (1993) — Peggy
- Quantum Leap (1989) — Mary Greely
- Hannah Montana (2006) — Ms. Jameson
- Cheers (1982) — Valerie Hill