Re: Valerie Mahaffey R. I. P.

Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:

2025-05-31 3:01 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:

From the Facebook

I am sorry to report the passing of longtime actress Valerie Mahaffey.

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Wow, I thought she was a good bit younger than 72. I had no idea she'd
been alive or acting that long. I remember her from Northern Exposure
but never saw her in anything prior to that.

Her characters were often similar, harried, put upon, easily
intimidated, but she was funny as hell.

I first paid attention to her on the brilliant The Powers That Be, a
short-lived political sitcom from the early 90s that got cancelled
without airing all produced episodes. She played the anorexic daughter.
As I recall, she was playing 15 years younger. She didn't weigh
anything and could get away with it.

Pre-Frasier David Hyde Pierce was also in the cast and he too made an
impression on me as the suicidal politician. This show had a fantastic
cast and I'd love to see it again.