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Mary Jackson
Deceased

How Did Mary Jackson Die?

Life & Death

Died aged 95
GenderFemaleNationalityUnited StatesBorn22/11/1910Born inMilford, Michigan, USADied10/12/2005 (aged 95)Died inLos AngelesCauseParkinson's diseaseWikidataQ273128 ↗Buried atOak Grove CemeteryTMDb#84631 ↗

Mary Jackson was an American character actress whose nearly fifty-year career began in 1950 and was spent almost entirely in television. She is best known for the role of the lovelorn Emily Baldwin in The Waltons and was the original choice to play Alice Horton in the daytime soap opera Days of Our Lives, playing the part in the unaired pilot. The role was instead given to Frances Reid.

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Filmography73 titles

YearTitleCharacterAge at
release
1996A Family ThingMovieCarrie86
1994ChristySeriesAunt Polly Teague84
1993A Walton Thanksgiving ReunionMovieEmily Baldwin83
1993OzoneMovieCleaning Lady83
1992Leap of FaithMovieEmma Schlarp82
1990Skinned AliveMovieCrawldaddy80
1990The Exorcist IIIMovieMrs. Clelia80
1990ParenthoodSeries—80
1989The Case of the Hillside StranglersMovie—79
1988Big Top Pee-weeMovieMrs. Dill78
1988Meet the MunceysMovieEsther Lovell-Mingott78
1986L.A. LawSeriesMildred Weedon76
1986My TownMovieMrs. McDaniel76
1985The Snow QueenMovieGrandmother75
1984HunterSeriesClara74
1984Highway to HeavenSeries—74
1983Scarecrow and Mrs. KingSeries—73
1983Hardcastle and McCormickSeriesSarah Wicks73
1982Cagney & LaceySeries—72
1982Faerie Tale TheatreSeriesGrandmother72
1982Family TiesSeriesEdna72
1982Between Two BrothersMovieEddy Frazer72
1982A Day for Thanks on Waltons MountainMovieEmily Baldwin72
1982A Wedding on Waltons MountainMovieEmily Baldwin72
1981Hill Street BluesSeries—71
1981A Small KillingMovieRose71
1981Open All NightSeries—71
1981The Two Lives of Carol LetnerMovieGrandmother Mary71
1980Magnum, P.I.SeriesGrandmother MacKenzie70
1980When the Whistle BlowsSeries—70
1979Hart to HartSeries—69
1978Coming HomeMovieFleta Wilson68
1978The RunawaysSeries—68
1977Fun with Dick and JaneMovieJane's Mother67
1977Audrey RoseMovieMother Veronica67
1976Quincy, M.E.Series—66
1976The Bionic WomanSeries—66
1975The JeffersonsSeries—65
1974The ManhunterSeries—64
1974Our TimeMovieMiss Moran64
1973Kid BlueMovieMrs. Evans63
1973Blume in LoveMovieLouise63
1972The RookiesSeries—62
1972The Streets of San FranciscoSeries—62
1972The WaltonsSeriesEmily Baldwin62
1972The Trial of the Catonsville NineMovieWitness62
1972Terror at Red Wolf InnMovieEvelyn Smith62
1971ColumboSeriesAnnie61
1971CannonSeries—61
1971Wild RoversMovieSada's Mother61
1970The Mary Tyler Moore ShowSeriesMrs. Arnell60
1970AirportMovieFelice60
1968TargetsMovieCharlotte Thompson58
1968LancerSeries—58
1967The InvadersSeriesHattie Willis57
1967The Second Hundred YearsSeriesMother Superior57
1967Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good NightMovieMrs. Stone57
1966CBS PlayhouseSeriesMrs. Stone56
1965The F.B.I.Series3rd Floor Desk Nurse55
1963The FugitiveSeriesEllie Parker53
1963The Outer LimitsSeriesMrs. McCrae53
1962Stoney BurkeSeries—52
1961HazelSeries—51
1960The Andy Griffith ShowSeriesMrs. Rigsby50
1960The Barbara Stanwyck ShowSeriesMrs. Krieger50
1960Route 66Series—50
1959The Twilight ZoneSeriesMiss Pepper (uncredited)49
1959The Many Loves of Dobie GillisSeriesMrs. Kenny49
1956Friendly PersuasionMovieCountry Woman (uncredited)46
1955Alfred Hitchcock PresentsSeriesMrs. Wilson45
1953General Electric TheaterSeriesPhyllis Barton43
1950Robert Montgomery PresentsSeriesMrs. Gross40
1948The Philco Television PlayhouseSeriesAunt Edna38