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Valerie Mahaffey
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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…
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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.
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2025
The 8th Day
Movie Landon Mooney
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2021
French Exit
Movie Mme Reynard
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2020
Big Sky
TV show Helen Pergman
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2019
Dead to Me
TV show Lorna Harding
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2018
The Witch Files
Movie Claire's Mom
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2017
Young Sheldon
TV show Victoria MacElroy
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2016
No Pay, Nudity
Movie Lisa Zweibal
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2016
Sully
Movie Diane Higgins
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2015
Impastor
TV show Susie Kerry
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2015
The Man in the High Castle
TV show Susan
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2013
Kirstie
TV show Victoria
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2013
Devious Maids
TV show Olivia Rice
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2013
If I Were You
Movie Lydia
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2013
Monday Mornings
TV show Fran Horowitz
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2012
The Mindy Project
TV show Juliet
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2012
Crazy Eyes
Movie Zach's Mother
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2011
The Exes
TV show Anne
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2011
Jack and Jill
Movie Bitsy Simmons
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2011
Hart of Dixie
TV show Mae Ellen Waterloo
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2011
Franklin & Bash
TV show Julie
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2011
Workaholics
TV show Celeste
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2010
Better With You
TV show Ariel
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2010
Raising Hope
TV show Margine
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2010
Summer Eleven
Movie
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2009
A Previous Engagement
Movie Grace
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2009
Glee
TV show Rose Pillsbury
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2009
United States of Tara
TV show Dr. Ocean
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2007
Private Practice
TV show Marilyn Sullivan
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2007
Raines
TV show Arlene
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2006
My First Wedding
Movie Grace
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2006
Hannah Montana
TV show Ms. Jameson
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2006
Crumbs
TV show Carolyn Pierce
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2005
Out of Practice
TV show
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2005
Grey's Anatomy
TV show Donna Kaufman
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2004
Desperate Housewives
TV show Alma Hodge
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2004
Boston Legal
TV show Mary Winston
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2003
Seabiscuit
Movie Annie Howard
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2002
Without a Trace
TV show Bonnie Toland
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2002
Good Morning, Miami
TV show Sara
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2002
Par 6
Movie Pecan Hegelman
