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Known For
Acting
Birthday
November 22, 1910
Died
December 10, 2005
Place of Birth
Milford, Michigan, USA
Mary Jackson
0.5 Popularity
Biography
One of those strikingly familiar matrons you just can't place, character actress Mary Jackson is probably best known for her recurring role as one of the delightfully eccentric bootlegging sisters, "Miss Emily" Baldwin, on the series The Waltons (1971) that ran for nine seasons. She was born November 22, 1910 in rural Milford, Michigan, and earned a bachelor's degree from West Michigan University in 1932. A Depression-era school teacher for one year before pursuing her interest in theater, she returned to college (this time Michigan State University) in a fine arts program. She started out on the Chicago stage and in summer stock before migrating to the larger stages in New York and Los Angeles. Film and TV roles did not come her way until well into middle age. Guesting on such TV shows as "The Andy Griffith Show," "The Twilight Zone," "My Three Sons," "Hazel," "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," "Barnaby Jones" and "Highway to Heaven," she usually appeared as ladylike small-town citizens. She was also part of the ensemble in Peter Bogdanovich's first low-budget film thriller Targets (1968), which was Boris Karloff's last feature. In the 70s she started gathering up character bits here and there, such as her nuns in the all-star epic Airport (1970) and the horror Audrey Rose (1977). A variety of pleasant, maternal parts came her way, including Lynn Carlin's mother in the Blake Edwards' western Wild Rovers (1971) and Jane Fonda's in the comedy caper Fun with Dick and Jane (1977). She supported Fonda again in the Vietnam-era drama Coming Home (1978), was among the cast in the cultish Big Top Pee-wee (1988) and had a noticeable role in Steve Martin's Leap of Faith (1992). As for "The Waltons" success, character actress Dorothy Stickney played the part of Emily in the initial TV pilot along with Josephine Hutchinson as older sister Mamie. When the series came to fruition, Mary and actress Helen Kleeb, another one of those "I've seen her before" character faces, took over the spinster roles. Both she and Kleeb continued their sister act periodically in several Walton "reunion" TV-movies, which included assorted weddings and holiday gatherings. Both ladies made their final TV appearances in A Walton Easter (1997). Kleeb died of natural causes in 2003 at age 96. Mary passed away two years later at age 95 of complications from Parkinson's disease. - IMDb Mini Biography
Known For
6.4
Carrie
A Family Thing
1996
8.1
Aunt Polly Teague
Christy
1994
4.4
Cleaning Lady
Ozone
1994
7.5
Emily Baldwin
A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion
1993
5.8
Emma Schlarp
Leap of Faith
1992
5.0
Parenthood
1990
6.3
Mrs. Clelia
The Exorcist III
1990
4.8
Crawldaddy
Skinned Alive
1990
6.3
The Case of the Hillside Stranglers
1989
4.9
Mrs. Dill
Big Top Pee-wee
1988
Credits
A Family Thing
as Carrie
1996
6.4
Christy
as Aunt Polly Teague
1994
8.1
Ozone
as Cleaning Lady
1994
4.4
A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion
as Emily Baldwin
1993
7.5
Leap of Faith
as Emma Schlarp
1992
5.8
Parenthood
1990
5.0
The Exorcist III
as Mrs. Clelia
1990
6.3
Skinned Alive
as Crawldaddy
1990
4.8
The Case of the Hillside Stranglers
1989
6.3
Big Top Pee-wee
as Mrs. Dill
1988
4.9
Meet the Munceys
as Esther Lovell-Mingott
1988
0.0
L.A. Law
as Mildred Weedon
1986
7.0
My Town
as Mrs. McDaniel
1986
0.0
The Snow Queen
as Grandmother
1985
0.0
Highway to Heaven
1984
7.4
Hunter
as Clara
1984
7.1
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1983
6.4
Hardcastle and McCormick
as Sarah Wicks
1983
6.4
A Day for Thanks on Waltons Mountain
as Emily Baldwin
1982
5.3
Family Ties
as Edna
1982
7.2
Faerie Tale Theatre
as Grandmother
1982
8.1
Some Kind of Hero
as Frances
1982
5.5
Cagney & Lacey
1982
7.0
Between Two Brothers
as Eddy Frazer
1982
0.0
A Wedding on Waltons Mountain
as Emily Baldwin
1982
5.0
Open All Night
1981
3.5
A Small Killing
as Rose
1981
8.0
The Two Lives of Carol Letner
as Grandmother Mary
1981
0.0
Hill Street Blues
1981
7.6
Magnum, P.I.
as Grandmother MacKenzie
1980
7.3
When the Whistle Blows
1980
5.0
Letters from Frank
as Edna Miller
1979
0.0
Hart to Hart
1979
6.9
The Runaways
1978
5.0
A Death in Canaan
as Sarah Biggens
1978
5.3
Coming Home
as Fleta Wilson
1978
7.0
Audrey Rose
as Mother Veronica
1977
5.6
Fun with Dick and Jane
as Jane's Mother
1977
6.5
Quincy, M.E.
1976
7.5
The Bionic Woman
1976
6.9
The Jeffersons
1975
7.3
The Manhunter
1974
5.0
Our Time
as Miss Moran
1974
7.5
Blume in Love
as Louise
1973
5.7
Kid Blue
as Mrs. Evans
1973
6.9
Terror at Red Wolf Inn
as Evelyn Smith
1972
5.5
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
7.0
The Waltons
as Emily Baldwin
1972
7.2
The Rookies
1972
6.8
The Failing of Raymond
as Latin Teacher
1971
6.0
Columbo
as Annie
1971
8.1
Cannon
1971
6.6
Wild Rovers
as Sada's Mother
1971
6.2
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
as Mrs. Arnell
1970
7.6
Airport
as Felice
1970
6.5
Lancer
1968
4.7
Targets
as Charlotte Thompson
1968
7.0
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
as Mrs. Stone
1967
0.0
The Second Hundred Years
as Mother Superior
1967
6.3
The Invaders
as Nurse
1967
6.8
The Invaders
as Hattie Willis
1967
6.8
🎬
CBS Playhouse
1966
7.0
The F.B.I.
as Mrs. Otto Foshay
1965
5.4
The F.B.I.
as Mrs. Howard
1965
5.4
The F.B.I.
as Mrs. Corman
1965
5.4
The F.B.I.
as Mrs. Dreiser
1965
5.4
The F.B.I.
as Nurse
1965
5.4
The F.B.I.
as 3rd Floor Desk Nurse
1965
5.4
The Fugitive
as Nurse Oberhansly
1963
7.2
The Fugitive
as Carolyn Fletcher
1963
7.2
The Fugitive
as Ellie Parker
1963
7.2
The Outer Limits
as Mrs. McCrae
1963
7.8
Stoney Burke
1962
5.7
Hazel
1961
6.8
Route 66
1960
6.3
The Andy Griffith Show
as Mrs. Rigsby
1960
7.6
The Andy Griffith Show
as Miss Vogel
1960
7.6
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
as Mrs. Krieger
1960
6.2
The Twilight Zone
as Miss Pepper (uncredited)
1959
8.5
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
as Mrs. Kenny
1959
6.0
Friendly Persuasion
as Country Woman (uncredited)
1956
6.7
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Mrs. Wilson
1955
7.8
General Electric Theater
as Phyllis Barton
1953
6.4
Robert Montgomery Presents
as Mrs. Gross
1950
5.6
The Philco Television Playhouse
as Aunt Edna
1948
6.3