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Emmy Winner Who Appeared On Northern Exposure, Desperate Housewives, Young Sheldon Dies An Emmy Award-winning actress known for her roles in several popular TV series has died. Valerie Mahaffey was 71 ...
Emmy Winner Who Appeared On Northern Exposure, Desperate Housewives, Young Sheldon Dies An Emmy Award-winning actress known for her roles in several popular TV series has died. Valerie Mahaffey was 71 ...
She would go on to win the 1992 supporting actress Emmy for her work on Northern Exposure. Mahaffey played Eve in the comedy-drama, which aired on CBS from 1990-1995.
A year later in 1976, Mahaffey took the lead in a made-for-television movie, “Tell Me My Name,” as an adopted woman searching for her birth mother, opposite Barbara Barrie, another UT graduate.
Mahaffey was not a native Austinite — she was born June 16, 1953 in Indonesia — but her father, Lewis Mahaffey, was from the Texas capital. Her mother, Jean Mahaffey, hailed from Canada.
Mahaffey was not a native Austinite — she was born June 16, 1953 in Indonesia — but her father, Lewis Mahaffey, was from the Texas capital. Her mother, Jean Mahaffey, hailed from Canada.