Emmy-winning actor Valerie Mahaffey has died at age 71. The Young Sheldon and Desperate Housewives star, who had been diagnosed with cancer, died May 30, her husband Joseph Kell confirmed.

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.

She later won fame through her portrayal of extroverted and friendly but ultimately insane women on the television shows Wings, Desperate Housewives, Devious Maids and Big Sky. Mahaffey also ...

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