Valerie Mahaffey
Age: N/A | From: Sumatra, Indonesia
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Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Sumatra, Indonesia
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Movie Involvements: 12
TV Involvements: 17
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
(1999) Brooke Thornburg
Grey's Anatomy
(2005) Donna Kaufman
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
(2000) Dora Pomerantz
The Man in the High Castle
(2015) Susan
Without a Trace
(2002) Bonnie Toland
Quantum Leap
(1989) Mary Greely
Sully
(2016) Diane Higgins
The West Wing
(1999) Tawny CryerActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Landon Mooney | |
| 2024 | N/A | |
| 2021 | Mme Reynard | |
| 2020 | Helen Pergman | |
| 2019 | Lorna Harding | |
| 2018 | Claire's Mom | |
| 2017 | Victoria MacElroy | |
| 2016 | Lisa | |
| Diane Higgins | ||
| 2015 | Susie Kerry | |
| Susan | ||
| 2013 | Victoria | |
| Olivia Rice | ||
| Lydia | ||
| Fran Horowitz | ||
| 2012 | Juliet | |
| Zach's Mother | ||
| 2011 | Anne | |
| Bitsy Simmons | ||
| Mae Ellen Waterloo | ||
| Julie | ||
| 2010 | Ariel | |
| Margine | ||
| N/A | ||
| 2009 | Grace | |
| Rose Pillsbury | ||
| Dr. Ocean | ||
| 2007 | Marilyn Sullivan | |
| Arlene | ||
| 2006 | Grace | |
| Ms. Jameson | ||
| N/A | ||
| 2005 | N/A | |
| Donna Kaufman | ||
| 2004 | Alma Hodge | |
| Mary Winston | ||
| 2003 | Annie Howard | |
| 2002 | Bonnie Toland | |
| Sara | ||
| Pecan Hegelman | ||
| 2001 | Virginia Hytner | |
| Sally Osgoode (segment "Neighborhood Watch") | ||
| Janet Rove | ||
| 2000 | Dora Pomerantz | |
| 1999 | Tawny Cryer | |
| Brooke Thornburg | ||
| Ms. Morlock | ||
| 1998 | N/A | |
| 1997 | Susan | |
| N/A | ||
| Dr. Sally Muggins | ||
| Jan Kempster | ||
| 1995 | Alicia Crawford-Lane | |
| Miss Tracy Milford | ||
| Jennifer Malone | ||
| 1994 | Trudy | |
| Joi Abbott | ||
| 1993 | Chris Samuels | |
| Peggy | ||
| 1992 | Caitlyn Van Horne | |
| Gail Bugliosi | ||
| 1991 | N/A | |
| 1990 | Eve | |
| Helen Harley | ||
| Sandy Cooper | ||
| 1989 | D.A. Barbara August | |
| Patrice | ||
| D.A. Barbara August | ||
| Mary Greely | ||
| 1988 | N/A | |
| 1987 | Becky | |
| 1986 | Lt. Katherine R. Grace | |
| Tiffany Kensington | ||
| Andrea Rossoff | ||
| Mrs. Bill | ||
| 1982 | N/A | |
| Valerie Hill | ||
| 1979 | Jane | |
| 1977 | Alexandra / Sarah | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
