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.
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Filmography
The 8th Day
2025
as Landon Mooney
French Exit
2021
as Mme Reynard
The Witch Files
2018
as Claire's Mom
No Pay, Nudity
2016
as Lisa Zweibal
Sully
2016
as Diane Higgins
If I Were You
2013
as Lydia
Crazy Eyes
2012
as Zach's Mother
Jack and Jill
2011
as Bitsy Simmons
Summer Eleven
2010
A Previous Engagement
2009
as Grace
My First Wedding
2006
as Grace
Seabiscuit
2003
as Annie Howard
Par 6
2002
as Pecan Hegelman
No Ordinary Baby
2001
as Virginia Hytner
Dinner at Fred's
1997
as Susan
Jungle 2 Jungle
1997
as Jan Kempster
National Lampoon's Senior Trip
1995
as Miss Tracy Milford
Witch Hunt
1994
as Trudy
They
1993
as Chris Samuels
Till Death Us Do Part
1992
as Gail Bugliosi
Perry Mason: The Case of the All-Star Assassin
1989
as D.A. Barbara August
Perry Mason: The Case of the Musical Murder
1989
as D.A. Barbara August
Her Secret Life
1987
as Becky
Women of Valor
1986
as Lt. Katherine R. Grace