Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
6/16/1953
Place of Birth
Sumatra, Indonesia
Valerie Mahaffey
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...
Known For
Sully
as Diane Higgins
Perry Mason: The Case of the Musical Murder
as D.A. Barbara August
Jack and Jill
as Bitsy Simmons
Crazy Eyes
as Zach's Mother
French Exit
as Mme Reynard
Seabiscuit
as Annie Howard
The Rise and Rise of Daniel Rocket
as Alice
Par 6
as Pecan Hegelman
Summer Eleven
Unknown Role
The Witch Files
as Claire's Mom
Witch Hunt
as Trudy
Jungle 2 Jungle
as Jan Kempster
They
as Chris Samuels
Perry Mason: The Case of the All-Star Assassin
as D.A. Barbara August
My First Wedding
as Grace
A Previous Engagement
as Grace
Women of Valor
as Lt. Katherine R. Grace
National Lampoon's Senior Trip
as Miss Tracy Milford
If I Were You
as Lydia
Dinner at Fred's
as Susan