Valerie Mahaffeywhose career on television and cinema took place half a century, died at the age of 71, announced his family.
Mahaffey had been sick with cancer. Her husband Joseph Kell said in a statement: “I lost the love of my life, and America lost one of his most endearing actresses. We will miss it. “
On Facebook, their daughter Alice wrote: “I don’t really have the words to say now. Cancer is zero. I will get you in all the fun moments of life. I know that is where you will be.
Mahaffey was best known for his role in CBS Comedy-Drame Northern exhibitionwhich took place from 1990 to 1995. She won an Emmy Award for the best support comedy actress for her performance as Hypochondriac Eve in the story of the water-out of water in a fictitious city of Alaska.
Born in Indonesia and raised in different countries, including the United Kingdom and Nigeria, Mahaffey first worked on stage in New York. She obtained her role of revolutionary television on daytime drama DoctorsAnd more recently, she appeared in Tall sky (ABC), Dead for me (Netflix), Young sheldon (CBS) and Appletv + Echo 3.
Other work included Seinfeld,, Desperate housewives And Wings. She also obtained an independent appointment of the Spirit Award for her role in the independent film in 20202 French outing Opposite Michelle Pfeiffer and Lucas Hedges.
