
Valerie Mahaffey
Born: 1953-06-16
Place of birth: Sumatra, Indonesia
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.
Filmography

George & Leo
1997

Tell Me My Name
1977

The West Wing
1999

Seinfeld
1989

Grey's Anatomy
2005

Young Sheldon
2017

Quantum Leap
1989

Buddy Faro
1998

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999

Boston Legal
2004

Desperate Housewives
2004

The 8th Day
2025

ER
1994

The Powers That Be
1992

Northern Exposure
1990

Frasier
1993

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000

Cheers
1982