Valerie Mahaffey, whose profession on TV and movie spanned half a century, has died aged 71, her household has introduced.
Mahaffey had been ailing with most cancers. Her husband, Joseph Kell, mentioned in a press release, “I’ve misplaced the love of my life, and America has misplaced certainly one of its loveliest actresses. She can be missed.“
On Fb, their daughter Alice wrote, “I don’t actually have the phrases to say proper now. Most cancers sucks. I’ll search for you in all of the enjoyable moments of life. I do know that’s the place you’ll be.”
Mahaffey was greatest recognized for her function in CBS comedy-drama Northern Publicity, which ran from 1990 to 1995. She received an Emmy Award for greatest supporting comedy actress for her efficiency as hypochondriac Eve within the fish-out-of-water narrative set in a fictional Alaskan city.
Born in Indonesia and introduced up in several international locations together with the UK and Nigeria, Mahaffey first labored on the stage in New York. She obtained her breakthrough TV function on daytime drama Medical doctors, and extra not too long ago she appeared in Large Sky (ABC), Useless to Me (Netflix), Younger Sheldon (CBS) and AppleTV+’s ECHO 3.
Different work included Seinfeld, Determined Housewives and Wings. She additionally earned an Unbiased Spirit Award nomination for her function in 20202 indie movie French Exit reverse Michelle Pfeiffer and Lucas Hedges.
