Deceased

How Did Mary Jackson Die?

Life & Death

Died aged 95

GenderFemaleNationalityUnited StatesBorn22/11/1910Born inMilford, Michigan, USADied10/12/2005Died 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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Filmography60 titles

Importing filmography…

Year	Title	Character	Age at release
1996	A Family ThingMovie	Carrie	86
1994	ChristySeries	Aunt Polly Teague	84
1992	Leap of FaithMovie	Emma Schlarp	82
1990	Skinned AliveMovie	Crawldaddy	80
1990	The Exorcist IIIMovie	Mrs. Clelia	80
1990	ParenthoodSeries	—	80
1989	The Case of the Hillside StranglersMovie	—	79
1988	Big Top Pee-weeMovie	Mrs. Dill	78
1988	Meet the MunceysMovie	Esther Lovell-Mingott	78
1986	L.A. LawSeries	Mildred Weedon	76
1984	HunterSeries	Clara	74
1984	Highway to HeavenSeries	—	74
1983	Scarecrow and Mrs. KingSeries	—	73
1983	Hardcastle and McCormickSeries	Sarah Wicks	73
1982	Cagney & LaceySeries	—	72
1982	Faerie Tale TheatreSeries	Grandmother	72
1982	Family TiesSeries	Edna	72
1982	Between Two BrothersMovie	Eddy Frazer	72
1981	Hill Street BluesSeries	—	71
1981	A Small KillingMovie	Rose	71
1981	Open All NightSeries	—	71
1980	Magnum, P.I.Series	Grandmother MacKenzie	70
1980	When the Whistle BlowsSeries	—	70
1978	Coming HomeMovie	Fleta Wilson	68
1977	Fun with Dick and JaneMovie	Jane's Mother	67
1977	Audrey RoseMovie	Mother Veronica	67
1976	Quincy, M.E.Series	—	66
1976	The Bionic WomanSeries	—	66
1975	The JeffersonsSeries	—	65
1974	The ManhunterSeries	—	64
1973	Kid BlueMovie	Mrs. Evans	63
1973	Blume in LoveMovie	Louise	63
1972	The RookiesSeries	—	62
1972	The Streets of San FranciscoSeries	—	62
1972	The WaltonsSeries	Emily Baldwin	62
1971	ColumboSeries	Annie	61
1971	CannonSeries	—	61
1971	Wild RoversMovie	Sada's Mother	61
1970	The Mary Tyler Moore ShowSeries	Mrs. Arnell	60
1970	AirportMovie	Felice	60
1968	TargetsMovie	Charlotte Thompson	58
1968	LancerSeries	—	58
1967	The InvadersSeries	Hattie Willis	57
1967	The Second Hundred YearsSeries	Mother Superior	57
1966	CBS PlayhouseSeries	Mrs. Stone	56
1965	The F.B.I.Series	3rd Floor Desk Nurse	55
1963	The FugitiveSeries	Ellie Parker	53
1963	The Outer LimitsSeries	Mrs. McCrae	53
1962	Stoney BurkeSeries	—	52
1961	HazelSeries	—	51
1960	The Andy Griffith ShowSeries	Mrs. Rigsby	50
1960	The Barbara Stanwyck ShowSeries	Mrs. Krieger	50
1960	Route 66Series	—	50
1959	The Twilight ZoneSeries	Miss Pepper (uncredited)	49
1959	The Many Loves of Dobie GillisSeries	Mrs. Kenny	49
1956	Friendly PersuasionMovie	Country Woman (uncredited)	46
1955	Alfred Hitchcock PresentsSeries	Mrs. Wilson	45
1953	General Electric TheaterSeries	Phyllis Barton	43
1950	Robert Montgomery PresentsSeries	Mrs. Gross	40
1948	The Philco Television PlayhouseSeries	Aunt Edna	38