Valerie Mahaffey

Actor Jun 16 (died age 71) Sumatra, Indonesia 1977–2025 (48 year career)

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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 a…

Known For

Film

Sully

Diane Higgins

Film

Seabiscuit

Annie Howard

Film

Big Sky

Helen Pergman

Film

Jack and Jill

Bitsy Simmons

Film

Jungle 2 Jungle

Jan Kempster

Film

French Exit

Mme Reynard

Film

National Lampoon's Senior Trip

Miss Tracy Milford

Film

If I Were You

Lydia

Filmography

Acting (81)

Movies (28)

The 8th Day

as Landon Mooney

French Exit

as Mme Reynard

The Witch Files

as Claire's Mom

Sully

as Diane Higgins

No Pay, Nudity

as Lisa Zweibal

If I Were You

as Lydia

Crazy Eyes

as Zach's Mother

Jack and Jill

as Bitsy Simmons

Summer Eleven

A Previous Engagement

as Grace

My First Wedding

as Grace

Seabiscuit

as Annie Howard

Par 6

as Pecan Hegelman

No Ordinary Baby

as Virginia Hytner

Dinner at Fred's

as Susan

Jungle 2 Jungle

as Jan Kempster

National Lampoon's Senior Trip

1995

as Miss Tracy Milford

Witch Hunt

as Trudy

They

as Chris Samuels

Till Death Us Do Part

1992

as Gail Bugliosi

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Perry Mason: The Case of the Musical Murder

1989

as D.A. Barbara August

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Perry Mason: The Case of the All-Star Assassin

1989

as D.A. Barbara August

Her Secret Life

as Becky

Women of Valor

as Lt. Katherine R. Grace

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The Rise and Rise of Daniel Rocket

1986

as Alice

Mr. Bill's Real Life Adventures

1986

as Mrs. Bill

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Tell Me My Name

1977

as Alexandra / Sarah

GRQ the Movie

as Aunt Emily

Television (53)

Big Sky

as Helen Pergman

Dead to Me

as Lorna Harding

Young Sheldon

as Victoria MacElroy

The Man in the High Castle

as Susan

Impastor

as Susie Kerry

Devious Maids

as Olivia Rice

Monday Mornings

as Fran Horowitz

Kirstie

as Victoria

The Mindy Project

as Juliet

Hart of Dixie

as Mae Ellen Waterloo

Workaholics

as Celeste

Franklin & Bash

as Julie

The Exes

as Anne

Raising Hope

as Margine

Better With You

as Ariel

Glee

as Rose Pillsbury

United States of Tara

as Dr. Ocean

Private Practice

as Marilyn Sullivan

Raines

as Arlene

Hannah Montana

as Ms. Jameson

Crumbs

as Carolyn Pierce

Grey's Anatomy

as Donna Kaufman

Out of Practice

Desperate Housewives

as Alma Hodge

Boston Legal

as Mary Winston

Without a Trace

as Bonnie Toland

Good Morning, Miami

as Sara

Night Visions

as Sally Osgoode (segment "Neighborhood Watch")

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That's My Bush!

2001

as Janet Rove

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CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

2000

as Dora Pomerantz

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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Brooke Thornburg

The West Wing

as Tawny Cryer

Judging Amy

as Ms. Morlock

Buddy Faro

Ally McBeal

as Dr. Sally Muggins

George & Leo

Caroline in the City

as Alicia Crawford-Lane

Women of the House

as Jennifer Malone

as Joi Abbott

Frasier

as Peggy

The Powers That Be

as Caitlyn Van Horne

Baby Talk

Wings

as Sandy Cooper

Northern Exposure

as Eve

Dream On

as Helen Harley

Seinfeld

as Patrice

Quantum Leap

as Mary Greely

Murphy's Law

L.A. Law

as Andrea Rossoff

Fresno

as Tiffany Kensington

Cheers

as Valerie Hill

Newhart

Tales of the Unexpected

1979

as Jane

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