Mary Jackson
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
Fotos
Filmes (33)
A Family Thing
1996 · Carrie
A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion
1993 · Emily Baldwin
Ozone
1993 · Cleaning Lady
Leap of Faith
1992 · Emma Schlarp
The Exorcist III
1990 · Mrs. Clelia
Skinned Alive
1990 · Crawldaddy
The Case of the Hillside Stranglers
1989
Big Top Pee-wee
1988 · Mrs. Dill
Meet the Munceys
1988 · Esther Lovell-Mingott
My Town
1986 · Mrs. McDaniel
The Snow Queen
1985 · Grandmother
A Day for Thanks on Waltons Mountain
1982 · Emily Baldwin
Some Kind of Hero
1982 · Frances
Between Two Brothers
1982 · Eddy Frazer
A Wedding on Waltons Mountain
1982 · Emily Baldwin
A Small Killing
1981 · Rose
The Two Lives of Carol Letner
1981 · Grandmother Mary
Letters from Frank
1979 · Edna Miller
A Death in Canaan
1978 · Sarah Biggens
Coming Home
1978 · Fleta Wilson
Audrey Rose
1977 · Mother Veronica
Fun with Dick and Jane
1977 · Jane's Mother
Our Time
1974 · Miss Moran
Blume in Love
1973 · Louise
Kid Blue
1973 · Mrs. Evans
Terror at Red Wolf Inn
1972 · Evelyn Smith
The Trial of the Catonsville Nine
1972 · Witness
The Failing of Raymond
1971 · Latin Teacher
Wild Rovers
1971 · Sada's Mother
Airport
1970 · Felice
Targets
1968 · Charlotte Thompson
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
1967 · Mrs. Stone
Friendly Persuasion
1956 · Country Woman (uncredited)
Séries (44)
Christy
1994 · Aunt Polly Teague
Parenthood
1990
L.A. Law
1986 · Mildred Weedon
Highway to Heaven
1984
Hunter
1984 · Clara
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1983
Hardcastle and McCormick
1983 · Sarah Wicks
Family Ties
1982 · Edna
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982 · Grandmother
Cagney & Lacey
1982
Open All Night
1981
Hill Street Blues
1981
Magnum, P.I.
1980 · Grandmother MacKenzie
When the Whistle Blows
1980
Hart to Hart
1979
The Runaways
1978
Quincy, M.E.
1976
The Bionic Woman
1976
The Jeffersons
1975
The Manhunter
1974 · Mary Cotton
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
The Waltons
1972 · Emily Baldwin
The Rookies
1972
Columbo
1971 · Annie
Cannon
1971
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
1970 · Mrs. Arnell
Lancer
1968
The Second Hundred Years
1967 · Mother Superior
The Invaders
1967 · Nurse, Hattie Willis
CBS Playhouse
1966 · Mrs. Stone
The F.B.I.
1965 · Mrs. Otto Foshay, Mrs. Howard, Mrs. Corman, Mrs. Dreiser, Nurse, 3rd Floor Desk Nurse
The Fugitive
1963 · Nurse Oberhansly, Carolyn Fletcher, Ellie Parker
The Outer Limits
1963 · Mrs. McCrae
Stoney Burke
1962
Hazel
1961
Route 66
1960
The Andy Griffith Show
1960 · Mrs. Rigsby, Miss Vogel
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
1960 · Mrs. Krieger
The Twilight Zone
1959 · Miss Pepper (uncredited)
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
1959 · Mrs. Kenny
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 · Mrs. Wilson
General Electric Theater
1953 · Phyllis Barton
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950 · Mrs. Gross
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948 · Aunt Edna