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Mary Jackson‌

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1910-11-22

Popularity

star2.3

Mary Jackson

Milford, Michigan, USA

Mary Jackson

Milford, Michigan, USA

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1910-11-22

Popularity

star2.3

Biography

One of those strikingly familiar matrons you just can't place, character actress Mary Jackson is probably best known for her recurring role as one of the delightfully eccentric bootlegging sisters, "Miss Emily" Baldwin, on the series The Waltons (1971) that ran for nine seasons. She was born November 22, 1910 in rural Milford, Michigan, and earned a bachelor's degree from West Michigan University in 1932. A Depression-era school teacher for one year before pursuing her interest in theater, she returned to college (this time Michigan State University) in a fine arts program. She started out on the Chicago stage and in summer stock before migrating to the larger stages in New York and Los Angeles. Film and TV roles did not come her way until well into middle age. Guesting on such TV shows as "The Andy Griffith Show," "The Twilight Zone," "My Three Sons," "Hazel," "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," "Barnaby Jones" and "Highway to Heaven," she usually appeared as ladylike small-town citizens. She was also part of the ensemble in Peter Bogdanovich's first low-budget film thriller Targets (1968), which was Boris Karloff's last feature. In the 70s she started gathering up character bits here and there, such as her nuns in the all-star epic Airport (1970) and the horror Audrey Rose (1977). A variety of pleasant, maternal parts came her way, including Lynn Carlin's mother in the Blake Edwards' western Wild Rovers (1971) and Jane Fonda's in the comedy caper Fun with Dick and Jane (1977). She supported Fonda again in the Vietnam-era drama Coming Home (1978), was among the cast in the cultish Big Top Pee-wee (1988) and had a noticeable role in Steve Martin's Leap of Faith (1992). As for "The Waltons" success, character actress Dorothy Stickney played the part of Emily in the initial TV pilot along with Josephine Hutchinson as older sister Mamie. When the series came to fruition, Mary and actress Helen Kleeb, another one of those "I've seen her before" character faces, took over the spinster roles. Both she and Kleeb continued their sister act periodically in several Walton "reunion" TV-movies, which included assorted weddings and holiday gatherings. Both ladies made their final TV appearances in A Walton Easter (1997). Kleeb died of natural causes in 2003 at age 96. Mary passed away two years later at age 95 of complications from Parkinson's disease. - IMDb Mini Biography

Movie Credits

Big Top Pee-wee

Big Top Pee-wee‌
star4.9
calendar 1988

A Death in Canaan

A Death in Canaan‌
star6.5
calendar 1978

The Exorcist III

The Exorcist III‌
star6.2
calendar 1990

Skinned Alive

Skinned Alive‌
star5.7
calendar 1990

Some Kind of Hero

Some Kind of Hero‌
star5.5
calendar 1982

A Small Killing

A Small Killing‌
star8.0
calendar 1981

Audrey Rose

Audrey Rose‌
star5.6
calendar 1977

Targets

Targets‌
star7.0
calendar 1968

A Day for Thanks on Waltons Mountain

A Day for Thanks on Waltons Mountain‌
star7.0
calendar 1982

Leap of Faith

Leap of Faith‌
star5.7
calendar 1992

Our Time

Our Time‌
star7.5
calendar 1974

My Town

My Town‌
star0.0
calendar 1986

Meet the Munceys

Meet the Munceys‌
star0.0
calendar 1988

The Failing of Raymond

The Failing of Raymond‌
star6.0
calendar 1971

A Wedding on Waltons Mountain

A Wedding on Waltons Mountain‌
star8.0
calendar 1982

Fun with Dick and Jane

Fun with Dick and Jane‌
star6.5
calendar 1977

Airport

Airport‌
star6.4
calendar 1970

The Two Lives of Carol Letner

The Two Lives of Carol Letner‌
star0.0
calendar 1981

Between Two Brothers

Between Two Brothers‌
star0.0
calendar 1982

Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night

Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night‌
star0.0
calendar 1967

Friendly Persuasion

Friendly Persuasion‌
star6.6
calendar 1956

A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion

A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion‌
star7.5
calendar 1993

Terror at Red Wolf Inn

Terror at Red Wolf Inn‌
star5.7
calendar 1972

Ozone

Ozone‌
star4.7
calendar 1994

Wild Rovers

Wild Rovers‌
star6.3
calendar 1971

Coming Home

Coming Home‌
star7.0
calendar 1978

A Family Thing

A Family Thing‌
star6.4
calendar 1996

Blume in Love

Blume in Love‌
star5.9
calendar 1973

The Case of the Hillside Stranglers

The Case of the Hillside Stranglers‌
star6.3
calendar 1989

Letters from Frank

Letters from Frank‌
star0.0
calendar 1979

Kid Blue

Kid Blue‌
star6.9
calendar 1973

Tv Credits

The Andy Griffith Show

The Andy Griffith Show‌
star7.6
calendar 1960

Magnum, P.I.

Magnum, P.I.‌
star7.3
calendar 1980

Family Ties

Family Ties‌
star7.3
calendar 1982

The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis

The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis‌
star5.9
calendar 1959

The Rookies

The Rookies‌
star6.9
calendar 1972

L.A. Law

L.A. Law‌
star7.0
calendar 1986

The F.B.I.

The F.B.I.‌
star5.4
calendar 1965

The Bionic Woman

The Bionic Woman‌
star7.0
calendar 1976

Quincy, M.E.

Quincy, M.E.‌
star7.5
calendar 1976

The Jeffersons

The Jeffersons‌
star7.3
calendar 1975

Route 66

Route 66‌
star6.4
calendar 1960

Highway to Heaven

Highway to Heaven‌
star7.4
calendar 1984

The Streets of San Francisco

The Streets of San Francisco‌
star7.0
calendar 1972

Hill Street Blues

Hill Street Blues‌
star7.6
calendar 1981

Scarecrow and Mrs. King

Scarecrow and Mrs. King‌
star6.4
calendar 1983

The Mary Tyler Moore Show

The Mary Tyler Moore Show‌
star7.5
calendar 1970

Hart to Hart

Hart to Hart‌
star6.9
calendar 1979

Cagney & Lacey

Cagney & Lacey‌
star6.9
calendar 1982

General Electric Theater

General Electric Theater‌
star5.5
calendar 1953

The Twilight Zone

The Twilight Zone‌
star8.4
calendar 1959

Cannon

Cannon‌
star6.5
calendar 1971

Christy

Christy‌
star8.1
calendar 1994

Hunter

Hunter‌
star7.2
calendar 1984

The Waltons

The Waltons‌
star7.1
calendar 1972

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents‌
star7.7
calendar 1955

The Fugitive

The Fugitive‌
star7.2
calendar 1963

The Fugitive

The Fugitive‌
star7.2
calendar 1963

Lancer

Lancer‌
star4.7
calendar 1968

Hazel

Hazel‌
star7.0
calendar 1961

The Philco Television Playhouse

The Philco Television Playhouse‌
star5.6
calendar 1948

The Manhunter

The Manhunter‌
star5.0
calendar 1974

CBS Playhouse

CBS Playhouse‌
star0.0
calendar 1966

Robert Montgomery Presents

Robert Montgomery Presents‌
star4.3
calendar 1950

Stoney Burke

Stoney Burke‌
star5.7
calendar 1962

Open All Night

Open All Night‌
star3.5
calendar 1981

Parenthood

Parenthood‌
star5.3
calendar 1990

When the Whistle Blows

When the Whistle Blows‌
star5.0
calendar 1980

The Runaways

The Runaways‌
star5.0
calendar 1978

The Fugitive

The Fugitive‌
star7.2
calendar 1963

The Barbara Stanwyck Show

The Barbara Stanwyck Show‌
star6.2
calendar 1960

The F.B.I.

The F.B.I.‌
star5.4
calendar 1965

The F.B.I.

The F.B.I.‌
star5.4
calendar 1965

The F.B.I.

The F.B.I.‌
star5.4
calendar 1965

The F.B.I.

The F.B.I.‌
star5.4
calendar 1965

The Andy Griffith Show

The Andy Griffith Show‌
star7.6
calendar 1960

The Outer Limits

The Outer Limits‌
star7.8
calendar 1963

Hardcastle and McCormick

Hardcastle and McCormick‌
star6.4
calendar 1983

Faerie Tale Theatre

Faerie Tale Theatre‌
star8.4
calendar 1982

The Invaders

The Invaders‌
star6.8
calendar 1967

The Invaders

The Invaders‌
star6.8
calendar 1967

Columbo

Columbo‌
star8.1
calendar 1971