1. Valerie Mahaffey was born on June 16,1953 and is an American character actress and producer.
23 Facts About Valerie Mahaffey
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Valerie Mahaffey began her career starring in the NBC daytime soap opera The Doctors, for which in 1980 she was nominated for the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series.
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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.
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Valerie Mahaffey later won fame through her performances in television shows such as Wings, Desperate Housewives, Devious Maids and Big Sky.
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Valerie Mahaffey appeared in a number of movies, including Senior Trip, Jungle 2 Jungle, Jack and Jill, Sully, and most notably French Exit, for which she received critical acclaim and an Independent Spirit Award nomination.
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Valerie Mahaffey was born in Sumatra, Indonesia, to a Canadian mother and a Texan father who met in New Brunswick, Canada.
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When Valerie Mahaffey was 16, the family moved to Austin, Texas, where she graduated from Austin High School.
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Valerie Mahaffey earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Texas at Austin in 1975 and later made her Broadway debut in the musical Rex.
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Valerie Mahaffey was a regular cast member in the soap opera The Doctors from 1979 to 1981, which earned her a nomination for Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 1980.
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Valerie Mahaffey starred in the film Women of Valor in 1986 and while the characters are fictitious, it portrayed women's roles in the Philippines during World War II.
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Also in 1986 Valerie Mahaffey co-starred in the cult satirical TV miniseries Fresno, which parodied popular TV soaps of the day.
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Valerie Mahaffey played Tracy Milford in the 1995 film National Lampoon's Senior Trip and Jan Kempster in the 1997 film Jungle 2 Jungle.
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Valerie Mahaffey won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her performance as the chronic hypochondriac Eve in the CBS series Northern Exposure in 1992.
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Valerie Mahaffey was the only actor from the series to win an Emmy Award.
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Valerie Mahaffey played Alma Hodge in season 3 of ABC comedy-drama series Desperate Housewives from 2006 to 2007.
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Valerie Mahaffey appeared on Glee as the mother of Emma Pillsbury from 2011 to 2013.
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Valerie Mahaffey co-starred as Fran Horowitz in short-lived TNT medical drama Monday Mornings in 2013.
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In 2016, Valerie Mahaffey played a supporting role as Diane Higgins in the biographical drama film Sully directed by Clint Eastwood.
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From 2019 to 2022, Valerie Mahaffey had a recurring role as Lorna Harding, Christina Applegate's mother-in-law in the Netflix comedy-drama series Dead to Me.
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In 2020, Valerie Mahaffey starred opposite Michelle Pfeiffer in the comedy-drama film French Exit playing widow Madame Reynaud.
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Valerie Mahaffey received positive reviews from critics for her scene-stealing comedic performance in film.
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Valerie Mahaffey has been listed as a contender for a nomination in the 2021 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress category.
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Later in 2020, Valerie Mahaffey was cast in a series regular role in the ABC crime drama series Big Sky.