Valerie Mahaffey
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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 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.
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Valerie Mahaffey (16. Juni 1953 – 30. Mai 2025) war eine US-amerikanische Schauspielerin und Produzentin. Ihre Karriere begann sie mit einer Hauptrolle in der NBC-Seifenoper „The Doctors“ (1979–1981), für die sie für den Daytime Emmy Award als Beste Nebendarstellerin in einer Dramaserie nominiert wurde. 1992 gewann Mahaffey den Primetime Emmy Award als Beste Nebendarstellerin in einer Dramaserie für ihre Rolle in der CBS-Dramaserie „Northern Exposure“. Später erlangte sie Bekanntheit durch ihre Darstellung extrovertierter und freundlicher, aber letztlich geisteskranker Frauen in den Fernsehserien „Wings“, „Desperate Housewives“, „Devious Maids“ und „Big Sky“. Mahaffey wirkte außerdem in einer Reihe von Filmen mit, darunter Senior Trip (1995), Jungle 2 Jungle (1997), Jack and Jill (2011), Sully (2016) und vor allem French Exit (2020), für den sie von der Kritik gefeiert und für einen Independent Spirit Award nominiert wurde.
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- Sumatra, Indonesia
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