Mary Jackson
Known for Acting · 76 credits
- Born
- 1910-11-22
- Died
- 2005-12-10
- Place of birth
- Milford, Michigan, USA
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
TV Shows (44)
Columbo
1971
as Annie
The Andy Griffith Show
1960
as Mrs. Rigsby / Miss Vogel
The Fugitive
1963
as Nurse Oberhansly / Carolyn Fletcher / Ellie Parker
Magnum, P.I.
1980
as Grandmother MacKenzie
The Waltons
1972
as Emily Baldwin
Hill Street Blues
1981
Quincy, M.E.
1976
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
as Mrs. Gross
The Twilight Zone
1959
as Miss Pepper (uncredited)
L.A. Law
1986
as Mildred Weedon
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
as Aunt Edna
Family Ties
1982
as Edna
Cannon
1971
Hart to Hart
1979
The F.B.I.
1965
as Mrs. Otto Foshay / Mrs. Corman / Mrs. Howard / Mrs. Dreiser / Nurse / 3rd Floor Desk Nurse
Hunter
1984
as Clara
Highway to Heaven
1984
Cagney & Lacey
1982
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
1970
as Mrs. Arnell
The Invaders
1967
as Nurse / Hattie Willis
Route 66
1960
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1983
The Rookies
1972
The Outer Limits
1963
as Mrs. McCrae
The Jeffersons
1975
Hazel
1961
Hardcastle and McCormick
1983
as Sarah Wicks
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Mrs. Wilson
The Bionic Woman
1976
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
1959
as Mrs. Kenny
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982
as Grandmother
Lancer
1968
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
1960
as Mrs. Krieger
Stoney Burke
1962
CBS Playhouse
1966
as Mrs. Stone
The Manhunter
1974
Christy
1994
as Aunt Polly Teague
The Second Hundred Years
1967
as Mother Superior
Parenthood
1990
When the Whistle Blows
1980
General Electric Theater
1953
as Phyllis Barton
The Runaways
1978
Open All Night
1981
Movies (32)
Airport
1970
as Felice
The Exorcist III
1990
as Mrs. Clelia
Friendly Persuasion
1956
as Country Woman (uncredited)
Fun with Dick and Jane
1977
as Jane's Mother
Leap of Faith
1992
as Emma Schlarp
Audrey Rose
1977
as Mother Veronica
Coming Home
1978
as Fleta Wilson
Targets
1968
as Charlotte Thompson
Big Top Pee-wee
1988
as Mrs. Dill
Ozone
1994
as Cleaning Lady
Some Kind of Hero
1982
as Frances
A Family Thing
1996
as Carrie
A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion
1993
as Emily Baldwin
The Case of the Hillside Stranglers
1989
Wild Rovers
1971
as Sada's Mother
Kid Blue
1973
as Mrs. Evans
Blume in Love
1973
as Louise
The Two Lives of Carol Letner
1981
as Grandmother Mary
Terror at Red Wolf Inn
1972
as Evelyn Smith
A Small Killing
1981
as Rose
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
1967
as Mrs. Stone
A Wedding on Waltons Mountain
1982
as Emily Baldwin
A Death in Canaan
1978
as Sarah Biggens
Our Time
1974
as Miss Moran
My Town
1986
as Mrs. McDaniel
A Day for Thanks on Waltons Mountain
1982
as Emily Baldwin
Skinned Alive
1990
as Crawldaddy
The Failing of Raymond
1971
as Latin Teacher
Between Two Brothers
1982
as Eddy Frazer
Meet the Munceys
1988
as Esther Lovell-Mingott
The Snow Queen
1985
as Grandmother
Letters from Frank
1979
as Edna Miller
About 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 Univ… With 76 credits spanning from 1948 to 1996, Mary Jackson has appeared in 32 films and 44 TV shows.
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- Airport (1970) — as Felice
- The Exorcist III (1990) — as Mrs. Clelia
- Friendly Persuasion (1956) — as Country Woman (uncredited)
- Fun with Dick and Jane (1977) — as Jane's Mother
- Leap of Faith (1992) — as Emma Schlarp
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