Mary Jackson

Mary Jackson

Acting 1910-11-22 Milford, Michigan, USA

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

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1996 Carrie
1994 Cleaning Lady
1994 Aunt Polly Teague
1993 Emily Baldwin
1992 Emma Schlarp
1990 Mrs. Clelia
1990 Crawldaddy
1990
1988 Mrs. Dill
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1988 Esther Lovell-Mingott
1986 Mrs. McDaniel
1986 Mildred Weedon
1985 Grandmother
1984 Clara
1983 Sarah Wicks
1982 Frances
1982 Emily Baldwin
1982 Emily Baldwin
1982 Eddy Frazer
1982 Edna
1982 Grandmother
1981 Rose
1981 Grandmother Mary
1980 Grandmother MacKenzie
1979 Edna Miller
1978 Sarah Biggens
1978 Fleta Wilson
1977 Mother Veronica
1977 Jane's Mother
1974 Miss Moran
1973 Louise
1973 Mrs. Evans
1972 Evelyn Smith
1972 Emily Baldwin
1971 Latin Teacher
1971 Sada's Mother
1971
1971 Annie
1970 Felice
1970 Mrs. Arnell
1968 Charlotte Thompson
1968
1967 Nurse
1967 Hattie Willis
1967 Mother Superior
1965 Mrs. Otto Foshay
1965 Mrs. Howard
1965 Mrs. Corman
1965 Mrs. Dreiser
1965 Nurse
1965 3rd Floor Desk Nurse
1963 Nurse Oberhansly
1963 Carolyn Fletcher
1963 Ellie Parker
1963 Mrs. McCrae
1961
1960 Mrs. Rigsby
1960 Mrs. Krieger
1960 Miss Vogel
1959 Mrs. Kenny
1959 Miss Pepper (uncredited)
1956 Country Woman (uncredited)
1955 Mrs. Wilson
1953 Phyllis Barton
1950 Mrs. Gross