Loading amazing content...
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
June 16, 1953
Died
May 30, 2025
Place of Birth
Sumatra, Indonesia
Valerie Mahaffey
1.1 Popularity
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Valerie Mahaffey, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
6.7
Landon Mooney
The 8th Day
2025
5.6
Mme Reynard
French Exit
2021
7.3
Helen Pergman
Big Sky
2020
7.3
Lorna Harding
Dead to Me
2019
6.1
Claire's Mom
The Witch Files
2018
8.0
Victoria MacElroy
Young Sheldon
2017
4.0
Lisa Zweibal
No Pay, Nudity
2016
7.2
Diane Higgins
Sully
2016
7.0
Susie Kerry
Impastor
2015
7.5
Susan
The Man in the High Castle
2015
Credits
The 8th Day
as Landon Mooney
2025
6.7
French Exit
as Mme Reynard
2021
5.6
Big Sky
as Helen Pergman
2020
7.3
Dead to Me
as Lorna Harding
2019
7.3
The Witch Files
as Claire's Mom
2018
6.1
Young Sheldon
as Victoria MacElroy
2017
8.0
No Pay, Nudity
as Lisa Zweibal
2016
4.0
Sully
as Diane Higgins
2016
7.2
Impastor
as Susie Kerry
2015
7.0
The Man in the High Castle
as Susan
2015
7.5
Kirstie
as Victoria
2013
4.6
Devious Maids
as Olivia Rice
2013
7.1
If I Were You
as Lydia
2013
6.6
Monday Mornings
as Fran Horowitz
2013
7.1
The Mindy Project
as Juliet
2012
6.3
Crazy Eyes
as Zach's Mother
2012
4.2
The Exes
as Anne
2011
6.5
Jack and Jill
as Bitsy Simmons
2011
4.4
Hart of Dixie
as Mae Ellen Waterloo
2011
7.3
Franklin & Bash
as Julie
2011
7.2
Workaholics
as Celeste
2011
7.4
Better With You
as Ariel
2010
6.5
Raising Hope
as Margine
2010
7.4
Summer Eleven
2010
4.7
A Previous Engagement
as Grace
2009
3.8
Glee
as Rose Pillsbury
2009
6.8
United States of Tara
as Dr. Ocean
2009
7.1
Private Practice
as Marilyn Sullivan
2007
7.5
Raines
as Arlene
2007
7.5
My First Wedding
as Grace
2006
4.3
Hannah Montana
as Ms. Jameson
2006
7.1
Crumbs
as Carolyn Pierce
2006
5.8
Out of Practice
2005
7.4
Grey's Anatomy
as Donna Kaufman
2005
8.2
Desperate Housewives
as Alma Hodge
2004
7.9
Boston Legal
as Mary Winston
2004
7.9
Seabiscuit
as Annie Howard
2003
7.1
Without a Trace
as Bonnie Toland
2002
7.2
Good Morning, Miami
as Sara
2002
6.9
Par 6
as Pecan Hegelman
2002
0.0
No Ordinary Baby
as Virginia Hytner
2001
4.9
Night Visions
as Sally Osgoode (segment "Neighborhood Watch")
2001
7.2
That's My Bush!
as Janet Rove
2001
6.6
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Dora Pomerantz
2000
7.6
The West Wing
as Tawny Cryer
1999
8.2
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Brooke Thornburg
1999
7.9
Judging Amy
as Ms. Morlock
1999
7.5
Buddy Faro
1998
0.0
Dinner at Fred's
as Susan
1997
5.3
George & Leo
1997
0.0
Ally McBeal
as Dr. Sally Muggins
1997
6.6
Jungle 2 Jungle
as Jan Kempster
1997
5.3
Caroline in the City
as Alicia Crawford-Lane
1995
6.4
National Lampoon's Senior Trip
as Miss Tracy Milford
1995
5.4
Women of the House
as Jennifer Malone
1995
6.0
Witch Hunt
as Trudy
1994
5.1
ER
as Joi Abbott
1994
7.8
They
as Chris Samuels
1993
7.4
Frasier
as Peggy
1993
7.7
The Powers That Be
as Caitlyn Van Horne
1992
8.3
Till Death Us Do Part
as Gail Bugliosi
1992
6.7
Baby Talk
1991
6.8
Northern Exposure
as Eve
1990
7.9
Dream On
as Helen Harley
1990
6.9
Wings
as Sandy Cooper
1990
6.9
Perry Mason: The Case of the All-Star Assassin
as D.A. Barbara August
1989
6.4
Seinfeld
as Patrice
1989
8.3
Perry Mason: The Case of the Musical Murder
as D.A. Barbara August
1989
6.5
Quantum Leap
as Mary Greely
1989
8.0
Murphy's Law
1988
5.0
Her Secret Life
as Becky
1987
5.0
Women of Valor
as Lt. Katherine R. Grace
1986
6.7
Fresno
as Tiffany Kensington
1986
6.4
L.A. Law
as Andrea Rossoff
1986
7.0
Mr. Bill's Real Life Adventures
as Mrs. Bill
1986
2.0
The Rise and Rise of Daniel Rocket
as Alice
1986
0.0
Newhart
1982
7.1
Cheers
as Valerie Hill
1982
7.6
Tales of the Unexpected
as Jane
1979
6.7
Tell Me My Name
as Alexandra / Sarah
1977
0.0
🎬
GRQ the Movie
as Aunt Emily
N/A
0.0