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"The Gentlemen" and "Slow Horses" return this fall, while the "Reacher" spin-off series "Neagley" makes its debut. See our guide of the biggest Fall TV and streaming releases.

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&quot;The Gentlemen&quot; and &quot;Slow Horses&quot; return this fall, while the &quot;Reacher&quot; spin-off series &quot;Neagley&quot; makes its debut. See our guide of the biggest Fall TV and streaming releases.

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Valerie Mahaffey was an American character actress and producer. 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 (1990). 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 appeared in a number of movies, including National Lampoon's Senior Trip (1995), Jungle 2 Jungle (1997), Jack and Jill (2011), Sully (2016), and most notably French Exit (2020), for which she received critical acclaim and an Independent Spirit Award nomination. She passed away from cancer on May 30th, 2025.

Reedy, eccentric character actress who specializes in deceptively normal-appearing ladies. She has frequented a number of off-beat series and won an Emmy for her work in <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/title/tt0098878/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Northern Exposure (1990)</a>.

Born in Sumatra, Indonesia to an American father and a Canadian mother, and moved to Austin, Texas, United States at age 16.

Valerie Mahaffey passed away from cancer on May 30, 2025, only seventeen days away from what would have been her 72nd birthday on June 16, 2025.

Attended and graduated from Austin High School in Austin, Texas (1971); received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Texas at Austin (1975).

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