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
Complete Filmography
The 8th Day
2024
as Landon Mooney
Two small-time thugs, an old woman living with a dark secret, a young woman desperate to get out, and a check cashing store full of money will all int...
French Exit
2021
as Mme Reynard
“My plan was to die before the money ran out,” says 60-year-old penniless Manhattan socialite Frances Price, but things didn’t go as planned. Her husb...
The Witch Files
2018
as Claire's Mom
A coven of young women with incredible powers and difficult pasts discovers that they are able to make their every wish come true. Things, however, ta...
No Pay, Nudity
2016
as Lisa Zweibal
Aging actor Lester Rosenthal (Gabriel Byrne), who has lost his way with his career, with his family, and with his friends (Nathan Lane, Frances Conroy...
Sully
2016
as Diane Higgins
On 15 January 2009, the world witnessed the 'Miracle on the Hudson' when Captain 'Sully' Sullenberger glided his disabled plane onto the Hudson River,...
If I Were You
2013
as Lydia
When a woman tries to outwit her husband's sexy young mistress, the unexpected consequences include starring as King Lear in a very amateur production...
Crazy Eyes
2012
as Zach's Mother
Zack is a young, divorced father who starts to develop romantic feelings towards his friend Rebecca, whom he refers to as "Crazy Eyes". He spends a lo...
Jack and Jill
2011
as Bitsy Simmons
Jack Sadelstein, a successful advertising executive in Los Angeles with a beautiful wife and kids, dreads one event each year: the Thanksgiving visit ...
Summer Eleven
2010
The poignant, coming of age story about a group of eleven year old girls in their final summer before middle school.
A Previous Engagement
2009
as Grace
When Julia Reynolds talks her husband into a family vacation in Malta she has a secret agenda: a date made twenty-five years earlier with her first lo...
My First Wedding
2006
as Grace
A young lady about to get married realizes that she has a problem: she fantasizes about every man she sees. She goes to confess at church but unknowin...
Seabiscuit
2003
as Annie Howard
True story of the undersized Depression-era racehorse whose victories lifted not only the spirits of the team behind it but also those of their nation...
Par 6
2002
as Pecan Hegelman
A cynical man returns to his family's homestead in Texas and starts up a golf course with his brothers and sisters.
No Ordinary Baby
2001
as Virginia Hytner
A reporter gets the scoop on the first ever human cloning, but the furor surrounding the event jeopardizes the baby's birth and the career of the resp...
Dinner at Fred's
1997
as Susan
A young businessman with a skill for magic tricks breaks down en route to his fiancee's parents' house on Christmas and ends up spending the holiday w...
Jungle 2 Jungle
1997
as Jan Kempster
Uptight New York City executive, Michael Cromwell, pursues his soon-to-be ex-wife to South America and returns home with the son he never knew he had—...
National Lampoon's Senior Trip
1995
as Miss Tracy Milford
While on detention, a group of misfits and slackers have to write a letter to the President explaining what is wrong with the education system. There ...
Witch Hunt
1994
as Trudy
Magic and murder connect an actress, a private eye, a senator and a witch in 1950s Hollywood.
They
1993
as Chris Samuels
A father experiences strange apparitions after his daughter is killed in a car accident.
Till Death Us Do Part
1992
as Gail Bugliosi
This is a true crime story based on the book of the same title by prosecuting attorney, Vincent Bugliosi. (Bugliosi is the L.A. prosecutor that put Ch...
Perry Mason: The Case of the All-Star Assassin
1989
as D.A. Barbara August
A hockey player of friend of Ken Malansky's is accused of murdering a team owner. Perry takes the case.
Perry Mason: The Case of the Musical Murder
1989
as D.A. Barbara August
A young theatre director is accused of killing a more famous Broadway director. Perry takes his case.
Her Secret Life
1987
as Becky
Kate Capshaw plays a schoolteacher and suburban housewife who happens to be an ex-spy. Nobody knows of Capshaw's previous espionage activities, least ...
Women of Valor
1986
as Lt. Katherine R. Grace
A group of American Army nurses are captured by the Japanese in April 1942 and spend three years in a prisoner-of-war camp in Bataan. Lt Margaret Ann ...
Mr. Bill's Real Life Adventures
1986
as Mrs. Bill
Based on the "Saturday Night Live" shorts, Mr. Bill stars in his own show, but this time he's played by a human actor.
The Rise and Rise of Daniel Rocket
1986
as Alice
A young boy is ridiculed by his school mates for his eccentric behavior and assertions that he can fly. Little do they know..... All parts are perform...
Tell Me My Name
1977
as Alexandra / Sarah
Based on the book by Mary Carter, "Tell Me My Name" is about a girl's visit to the woman who gave her up for adoption 19 years earlier. The adoption w...
GRQ the Movie
N/A
as Aunt Emily
Eight hours to save his world. Surely investing all he has in a shaky enterprise is a good idea?