- Valerie Mahaffey
Infobox actor
name = Valerie Mahaffey
imagesize = 220px
caption = Valerie Mahaffey after the 1992 Emmy Awards
birthdate = birth date and age|1953|6|16
birthplace =Sumatra ,Indonesia
birthname = Valerie Mahaffey
emmyawards = Outstanding Supporting Actress - Drama Series, "Northern Exposure ", 1992
spouse = Joseph Kell
(?-present) 1 childValerie Mahaffey, as born on
June 16 ,1953 inSumatra ,Indonesia , and then moved toAustin, Texas ,United States when she was 16. She is anEmmy Award winning American actress. She won her Emmy for her work on "Northern Exposure ". She later won fame through her portrayal of extroverted and friendly but ultimately insane women on the television shows "Wings" and "Desperate Housewives ".Biography
Career
Valerie Mahaffey has also starred in films including "
Jungle 2 Jungle ".She had a role in a 1991 episode of "
Seinfeld " entitled “The Truth”, where she played George Costanza’s girlfriend.Valerie appeared in a 1991 episode of "
Cheers " entitled Achilles Hill, the landlord will forfeit rent if Sam avoids his daughter (Valerie).She played the role of Sandy Cooper in three episodes of the 1990s’ sitcom "Wings". Sandy Cooper was a friend of Joe, Brian, and Helen from high school. She had an insane obsessive crush on Joe, but he was unable to convince anyone else of this because she acted completely normal except when she is left alone with Joe. She would appear at different points and carefully plan her “life with Joe” at points when he was alone. Such life points included a reenacted high school prom, wedding, and first baby.
Mahaffey originated the role of Malone in the "
Designing Women " spin-off "Women of the House ", substituting forJulie Hagerty , who was committed to another project. Hagerty eventually joined the show, taped two episodes and resigned. Mahaffey returned for one additional episode, then the character abruptly vanished without explanation.She played in "Quantum Leap", season 3, episode 5, entitled "The Boogieman, October 26, 1990", with
Scott Bakula .Mahaffey has won fame in the early 2000s playing the role of
Alma Hodge in "Desperate Housewives ", a psychotic woman who is so desperate to have a baby that she is prepared to rape her ex-husband,Orson Hodge (who has re-married), in order to get pregnant.In 2007, she guest starred on "
Private Practice ", as Marilyn Sullivan, a mother who physically abused her daughter in the episodeIn Which Charlotte Goes Down the Rabbit Hole .Personal life
She is married to Joseph Kell, with whom she has one child.
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