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Valerie Mahaffey

Valerie Mahaffey

Valerie Mahaffey (born June 16, 1953) is 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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French Exit

2021

as Mme Reynard

Big Sky

2020

as Helen Pergman

Dead to Me

2019

as Lorna Harding

The Witch Files

2018

as Claire's Mom

Young Sheldon

2017

as Victoria MacElroy

No Pay, Nudity

2016

as Lisa

Sully

2016

as Diane Higgins

Impastor

2015

as Susie Kerry

The Man in the High Castle

2015

as Susan

Kirstie

2013

as Victoria

Devious Maids

2013

as Olivia Rice

If I Were You

2013

as Lydia

Monday Mornings

2013

as Fran Horowitz

The Mindy Project

2012

as Juliet

Crazy Eyes

2012

as Zach's Mother

The Exes

2011

as Anne

Jack and Jill

2011

as Bitsy Simmons

Hart of Dixie

2011

as Mae Ellen Waterloo

Franklin & Bash

2011

as Julie

Better With You

2010

as Ariel

Summer Eleven

2010

A Previous Engagement

2009

as Grace

Glee

2009

as Rose Pillsbury

United States of Tara

2009

as Dr. Ocean

Private Practice

2007

as Marilyn Sullivan

Raines

2007

as Arlene

My First Wedding

2006

as Grace

Hannah Montana

2006

as Ms. Jameson

Crumbs

2006

Out of Practice

2005

Grey's Anatomy

2005

as Donna Kaufman

Desperate Housewives

2004

as Alma Hodge

Boston Legal

2004

as Mary Winston

Seabiscuit

2003

as Annie Howard

Without a Trace

2002

as Bonnie Toland

Good Morning, Miami

2002

as Sara

Par 6

2002

as Pecan Hegelman

No Ordinary Baby

2001

as Virginia Hytner

Night Visions

2001

as Sally Osgoode

That's My Bush!

2001

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

2000

as Dora Pomerantz

The West Wing

1999

as Tawny Cryer

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999

as Brooke Thornburg

Judging Amy

1999

as Ms. Morlock

Buddy Faro

1998

Dinner at Fred's

1997

as Susan

George & Leo

1997

Ally McBeal

1997

Jungle 2 Jungle

1997

as Jan Kempster

Caroline in the City

1995

as Alicia Crawford-Lane

Senior Trip

1995

as Miss Tracy Milford

Women of the House

1995

as Jennifer Malone

Witch Hunt

1994

as Trudy

ER

1994

as Joi Abbott

They

1993

as Chris Samuels

Frasier

1993

as Peggy

The Powers That Be

1992

as Caitlyn Van Horne

Till Death Us Do Part

1992

as Gail Bugliosi

Baby Talk

1991

Northern Exposure

1990

as Eve

Dream On

1990

as Helen Harley

Wings

1990

as Sandy Cooper

Perry Mason: The Case of the All-Star Assassin

1989

as D.A. Barbara August

Seinfeld

1989

as Patrice

Perry Mason: The Case of the Musical Murder

1989

as D.A. Barbara August

Quantum Leap

1989

as Mary Greely

Murphy's Law

1988

Her Secret Life

1987

as Becky

Women of Valor

1986

as Lt. Katherine R. Grace

Fresno

1986

as Tiffany Kensington

L.A. Law

1986

as Andrea Rossoff

Mr. Bill's Real Life Adventures

1986

as Mrs. Bill

Newhart

1982

Cheers

1982

as Valerie Hill

Tales of the Unexpected

1979

as Jane

Tell Me My Name

1977

as Alexandra / Sarah

And On The Eighth Day