Valerie Mahaffey at the Canadian Film Centre in March 2012
Born
(1953-06-16) June 16, 1953 (age 70)
Sumatra, Indonesia
Alma mater
University of Texas at Austin (BFA)
Years active
1976–present
Spouse
Joseph Kell
Children
1
Valerie Mahaffey (born June 16, 1953)[1] is an American character actress and producer.[1] She began her career starring in the NBC daytime soap opera The Doctors (1979–81), for which in 1980 she was nominated 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 performances in television shows such as 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.
^ ab"Valerie Mahaffey". Internet Broadway Database (The Broadway League). Archived from the original on May 26, 2014. Retrieved August 30, 2013.
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