Mary Jackson
Acting
Born: November 22, 1910 · Milford, Michigan, USA
Died: December 10, 2005 (aged 95)
Highest Rated
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
Known for
The Twilight Zone
1959
The Exorcist III
1990
Columbo
1971
Airport
1970
Magnum, P.I.
1980
The Bionic Woman
1976
Family Ties
1982
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
Targets
1968
Leap of Faith
1992
Highway to Heaven
1984
Coming Home
1978
Photos (1)
Movies (33)
The Exorcist III
Mrs. Clelia
Airport
Felice
Coming Home
Fleta Wilson
Fun with Dick and Jane
Jane's Mother
Leap of Faith
Emma Schlarp
A Family Thing
Carrie
Targets
Charlotte Thompson
Big Top Pee-wee
Mrs. Dill
Friendly Persuasion
Country Woman (uncredited)
Some Kind of Hero
Frances
Audrey Rose
Mother Veronica
Skinned Alive
Crawldaddy
Blume in Love
Louise
Kid Blue
Mrs. Evans
Wild Rovers
Sada's Mother
Ozone
Cleaning Lady
Letters from Frank
Edna Miller
The Case of the Hillside Stranglers
1989
Our Time
Miss Moran
A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion
Emily Baldwin
The Two Lives of Carol Letner
Grandmother Mary
A Wedding on Waltons Mountain
Emily Baldwin
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
Mrs. Stone
Meet the Munceys
Esther Lovell-Mingott
A Death in Canaan
Sarah Biggens
The Failing of Raymond
Latin Teacher
Between Two Brothers
Eddy Frazer
The Trial of the Catonsville Nine
Witness
A Day for Thanks on Waltons Mountain
Emily Baldwin
The Snow Queen
Grandmother
Terror at Red Wolf Inn
Evelyn Smith
My Town
Mrs. McDaniel
A Small Killing
Rose
TV Shows (52)
Columbo
Annie · 1 eps
The Andy Griffith Show
Mrs. Rigsby · 1 eps
The Andy Griffith Show
Miss Vogel · 1 eps
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Mrs. Arnell · 1 eps
Magnum, P.I.
Grandmother MacKenzie · 1 eps
Hart to Hart
1 eps
The Fugitive
Nurse Oberhansly · 1 eps
The Fugitive
Carolyn Fletcher · 1 eps
The Fugitive
Ellie Parker · 1 eps
Hill Street Blues
1 eps
L.A. Law
Mildred Weedon · 1 eps
Robert Montgomery Presents
Mrs. Gross · 1 eps
The Twilight Zone
Miss Pepper (uncredited) · 1 eps
The Waltons
Emily Baldwin · 32 eps
Quincy, M.E.
1 eps
The Philco Television Playhouse
Aunt Edna · 1 eps
Family Ties
Edna · 1 eps
Cagney & Lacey
1 eps
Hunter
Clara · 1 eps
Cannon
1 eps
The Streets of San Francisco
2 eps
Highway to Heaven
2 eps
Route 66
1 eps
The F.B.I.
Mrs. Otto Foshay · 1 eps
The F.B.I.
Mrs. Howard · 1 eps
The F.B.I.
Mrs. Corman · 1 eps
The F.B.I.
Mrs. Dreiser · 1 eps
The F.B.I.
Nurse · 1 eps
The F.B.I.
3rd Floor Desk Nurse · 1 eps
The Outer Limits
Mrs. McCrae · 1 eps
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
2 eps
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Mrs. Wilson · 1 eps
The Bionic Woman
1 eps
The Invaders
Nurse · 1 eps
The Invaders
Hattie Willis · 1 eps
The Jeffersons
1 eps
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
Mrs. Kenny · 3 eps
Hardcastle and McCormick
Sarah Wicks · 23 eps
The Rookies
2 eps
Hazel
1 eps
Faerie Tale Theatre
Grandmother · 1 eps
Lancer
2 eps
Stoney Burke
1 eps
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
Mrs. Krieger · 1 eps
The Manhunter
1 eps
Parenthood
12 eps
Christy
Aunt Polly Teague · 1 eps
General Electric Theater
Phyllis Barton · 1 eps
The Second Hundred Years
Mother Superior · 1 eps
When the Whistle Blows
1 eps
The Runaways
2 eps
Open All Night
1 eps