Valerie Mahaffey
28 movies · 54 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jun 16, 1953
- Died
- May 30, 2025 (age 71)
- Place of birth
- Sumatra, Indonesia
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.
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Known for
Valerie Mahaffey: movies and TV shows
Acting (82)
- Upcoming GRQ the Movie
as Aunt Emily
- 2025 The 8th Day
as Landon Mooney
- 2021 French Exit
as Mme Reynard
- 2020
- 2019
- 2018 The Witch Files
as Claire's Mom
- 2017
- 2016 No Pay, Nudity
as Lisa Zweibal
- 2016 Sully
as Diane Higgins
- 2015
- 2015
- 2013
- 2013
- 2013 If I Were You
as Lydia
- 2013
- 2012
- 2012 Crazy Eyes
as Zach's Mother
- 2011
- 2011 Jack and Jill
as Bitsy Simmons
- 2011
- 2011
- 2011
- 2010
- 2010
- 2010
- 2009 A Previous Engagement
as Grace
- 2009
- 2009
- 2007
- 2007
- 2006 My First Wedding
as Grace
- 2006
- 2006
- 2005
- 2005
- 2004
- 2004
- 2003 Seabiscuit
as Annie Howard
- 2002
- 2002
- 2002 Par 6
as Pecan Hegelman
- 2001 No Ordinary Baby
as Virginia Hytner
- 2001
- 2001
- 2000
- 1999
- 1999
- 1999
- 1998
- 1997 Dinner at Fred's
as Susan
- 1997
- 1997
- 1997 Jungle 2 Jungle
as Jan Kempster
- 1995
- 1995 National Lampoon's Senior Trip
as Miss Tracy Milford
- 1995
- 1994 Witch Hunt
as Trudy
- 1994
- 1993 They
as Chris Samuels
- 1993
- 1992
- 1992 Till Death Us Do Part
as Gail Bugliosi
- 1991
- 1990
- 1990
- 1990
- 1989 Perry Mason: The Case of the All-Star Assassin
as D.A. Barbara August
- 1989
- 1989 Perry Mason: The Case of the Musical Murder
as D.A. Barbara August
- 1989
- 1988
- 1987 Her Secret Life
as Becky
- 1986 Women of Valor
as Lt. Katherine R. Grace
- 1986
- 1986
- 1986 Mr. Bill's Real Life Adventures
as Mrs. Bill
- 1986 The Rise and Rise of Daniel Rocket
as Alice
- 1982
- 1982
- 1982
- 1979
- 1977 Tell Me My Name
as Alexandra / Sarah