Valerie Mahaffey (born June 16, 1953) is 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.
Senior Trip
(Miss Tracy Milford)
Witch Hunt
(Trudy)
Summer Eleven
A Previous Engagement
(Grace)
And On The Eighth Day
Par 6
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If I Were You
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Women of Valor
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No Ordinary Baby
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Dinner at Fred's
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Jack and Jill
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They
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Tell Me My Name
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Seabiscuit
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Sully
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No Pay, Nudity
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Till Death Us Do Part
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Crazy Eyes
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My First Wedding
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Mr. Bill's Real Life Adventures
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The Witch Files
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Jungle 2 Jungle
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French Exit
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Musical Murder
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Perry Mason: The Case of the All-Star Assassin
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Her Secret Life
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L.A. Law
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Cheers
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Seinfeld
(Patrice)
That's My Bush!
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
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Desperate Housewives
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Ally McBeal
Crumbs
Judging Amy
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Tales of the Unexpected
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Wings
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Without a Trace
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Quantum Leap
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Newhart
Private Practice
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Out of Practice
Night Visions
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Raines
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ER
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United States of Tara
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Boston Legal
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The Powers That Be
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Baby Talk
Murphy's Law
The Exes
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Buddy Faro
The West Wing
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Northern Exposure
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The Mindy Project
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Frasier
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Impastor
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Fresno
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Big Sky
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Franklin & Bash
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
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Monday Mornings
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Women of the House
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Grey's Anatomy
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Hannah Montana
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Glee
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Young Sheldon
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The Man in the High Castle
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Hart of Dixie
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Dream On
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Kirstie
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Better With You
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Dead to Me
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George & Leo
Caroline in the City
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Good Morning, Miami
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Devious Maids
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