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Valerie Mahaffey

1953 - 2025

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Valerie Mahaffey (June 16, 1953 – May 30, 2025) was an American actress. She began her career starring in the NBC daytime soap opera The Doctors (1979–81), for which in 1980 she was nominated 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 appeared in television shows such as Wings, Desperate Housewives, Devious Maids, Young Sheldon, and Dead to Me. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Valerie Mahaffey is the 3,452nd most popular actor (up from 6,538th in 2019), the 45th most popular biography from Indonesia (up from 95th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Indonesian Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Valerie Mahaffey ranks 3,452 out of 13,578Before her are Don Murray, Milo Ventimiglia, Michael Gross, Amanda Righetti, Mark Rolston, and Ulli Lommel. After her are Eileen Heckart, Steve Cropper, John Stamos, Philip Stone, Raymond Cruz, and Patti LuPone.

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Among people born in 1953, Valerie Mahaffey ranks 243Before her are Alex Van Halen, Tamir Pardo, Norberto Alonso, Kiti Mánver, Taryn Power, and Ewald Lienen. After her are Romas Kalanta, Francis Cabrel, Boris Grebenshchikov, Aleksandr Abdulov, Dževad Karahasan, and Władysław Kozakiewicz. Among people deceased in 2025, Valerie Mahaffey ranks 176Before her are Sırrı Süreyya Önder, Calistrat Cuțov, Joan Harrison, Clem Burke, Nina Grebeshkova, and Athol Fugard. After her are Bill Byrge, Bruce Glover, John Bryson, Emmanuel Kundé, Barbie Hsu, and Baldur Preiml.

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In Indonesia

Among people born in Indonesia, Valerie Mahaffey ranks 45 out of 158Before her are I Gusti Ngurah Rai (1917), Fatmawati (1923), Chairil Anwar (1922), Anneke Grönloh (1942), Pattimura (1783), and Jusuf Kalla (1942). After her are Arie de Jong (1865), Agus Salim (1884), Xenia Stad-de Jong (1922), Adolf van der Voort van Zijp (1892), Amir Hamzah (1911), and Mohammad Natsir (1908).

Among ACTORS In Indonesia

Among actors born in Indonesia, Valerie Mahaffey ranks 3Before her are Laura Gemser (1950), and Lil Dagover (1887). After her are Ilse Werner (1921), Christine Hakim (1956), Agnez Mo (1986), Iko Uwais (1983), Joe Taslim (1981), Amara (1975), Krisdayanti (1975), Julia Perez (1980), and Olga Syahputra (1983).