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Mary Jackson
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Acting
Birthday
1910-11-22,Milford, Michigan, USA
Gender
Female
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

Filmography

Big Top Pee-wee

4.916

Big Top Pee-wee
1988-07-22

A Death in Canaan

5.3

A Death in Canaan
1978-03-01

The Exorcist III

6.252

The Exorcist III
1990-08-17

5.472

Skinned Alive
1990-02-01

Some Kind of Hero

5.6

Some Kind of Hero
1982-04-02

A Small Killing

8

A Small Killing
1981-11-24

5.6

Audrey Rose
1977-04-06

7.1

Targets
1968-08-15

A Day for Thanks on Waltons Mountain

7

A Day for Thanks on Waltons Mountain
1982-11-22

5.7

Leap of Faith
1992-12-18

7.5

Our Time
1974-04-10

0

My Town
1986-05-25

Meet the Munceys

0

Meet the Munceys
1988-05-22

The Failing of Raymond

6

The Failing of Raymond
1971-09-27

A Wedding on Waltons Mountain

8

A Wedding on Waltons Mountain
1982-02-02

Fun with Dick and Jane

6.5

Fun with Dick and Jane
1977-03-18

6.4

Airport
1970-03-25

The Two Lives of Carol Letner

0

The Two Lives of Carol Letner
1981-10-14

Between Two Brothers

0

Between Two Brothers
1982-03-09

Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night

0

Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
1967-10-17

Friendly Persuasion

6.62

Friendly Persuasion
1956-11-25

A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion

7.5

A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion
1993-11-21

Terror at Red Wolf Inn

5.5

Terror at Red Wolf Inn
1972-09-27

4.409

Ozone
1994-01-04

6.289

Wild Rovers
1971-06-23

7

Coming Home
1978-02-15

6.485

A Family Thing
1996-03-29

5.9

Blume in Love
1973-06-17

The Case of the Hillside Stranglers

5.933

The Case of the Hillside Stranglers
1989-04-02

Letters from Frank

0

Letters from Frank
1979-11-22

6.9

Kid Blue
1973-01-31

The Andy Griffith Show

7.603

The Andy Griffith Show
1960-10-03

7.264

Magnum, P.I.
1980-12-11

7.253

Family Ties
1982-09-22

The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis

5.8

The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
1959-09-29

6.8

The Rookies
1972-09-11

7.1

L.A. Law
1986-09-15

5.5

The F.B.I.
1965-09-19

The Bionic Woman

7

The Bionic Woman
1976-01-14

7.486

Quincy, M.E.
1976-10-03

7.3

The Jeffersons
1975-01-18

6.3

Route 66
1960-10-07

Highway to Heaven

7.37

Highway to Heaven
1984-09-19

The Streets of San Francisco

6.9

The Streets of San Francisco
1972-09-23

Hill Street Blues

7.6

Hill Street Blues
1981-01-15

Scarecrow and Mrs. King

6.3

Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1983-10-03

The Mary Tyler Moore Show

7.6

The Mary Tyler Moore Show
1970-09-19

6.828

Hart to Hart
1979-09-22

6.9

Cagney & Lacey
1982-03-25

General Electric Theater

6.25

General Electric Theater
1953-02-01

The Twilight Zone

8.446

The Twilight Zone
1959-10-02

6.5

Cannon
1971-09-14

8.1

Christy
1994-04-03

7.152

Hunter
1984-09-18

7.1

The Waltons
1972-09-14

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

7.7

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955-10-02

7.2

The Fugitive
1963-09-17

7.2

The Fugitive
1963-09-17

4.7

Lancer
1968-09-24

6.9

Hazel
1961-09-28

The Philco Television Playhouse

6.286

The Philco Television Playhouse
1948-10-03

5

The Manhunter
1974-09-11

7

CBS Playhouse
1966-12-08

Robert Montgomery Presents

5.6

Robert Montgomery Presents
1950-01-30

5.7

Stoney Burke
1962-10-01

3.5

Open All Night
1981-11-28

5

Parenthood
1990-08-20

When the Whistle Blows

5

When the Whistle Blows
1980-03-14

5

The Runaways
1978-04-27

7.2

The Fugitive
1963-09-17

The Barbara Stanwyck Show

6.2

The Barbara Stanwyck Show
1960-09-19

5.5

The F.B.I.
1965-09-19

5.5

The F.B.I.
1965-09-19

5.5

The F.B.I.
1965-09-19

5.5

The F.B.I.
1965-09-19

The Andy Griffith Show

7.603

The Andy Griffith Show
1960-10-03

The Outer Limits

7.762

The Outer Limits
1963-09-16

Hardcastle and McCormick

6.4

Hardcastle and McCormick
1983-09-18

Faerie Tale Theatre

8.1

Faerie Tale Theatre
1982-09-11

6.81

The Invaders
1967-01-10

6.81

The Invaders
1967-01-10

8.083

Columbo
1971-09-15