- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- November 22, 1910
- Place of Birth
- Milford, Michigan, USA
- Died
- December 10, 2005
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 Sho…
Filmography
movieA Family Thing
1996 · Carrie
tvChristy
1994 · Aunt Polly Teague
movieA Walton Thanksgiving Reunion
1993 · Emily Baldwin
movieOzone
1993 · Cleaning Lady
movieLeap of Faith
1992 · Emma Schlarp
tvParenthood
1990
movieThe Exorcist III
1990 · Mrs. Clelia
movieSkinned Alive
1990 · Crawldaddy
movieThe Case of the Hillside Stranglers
1989
movieBig Top Pee-wee
1988 · Mrs. Dill
movieMeet the Munceys
1988 · Esther Lovell-Mingott
tvL.A. Law
1986 · Mildred Weedon
movieMy Town
1986 · Mrs. McDaniel
movieThe Snow Queen
1985 · Grandmother
tvHighway to Heaven
1984
tvHunter
1984 · Clara
tvScarecrow and Mrs. King
1983
tvHardcastle and McCormick
1983 · Sarah Wicks
movieA Day for Thanks on Waltons Mountain
1982 · Emily Baldwin
tvFamily Ties
1982 · Edna
tvFaerie Tale Theatre
1982 · Grandmother
movieSome Kind of Hero
1982 · Frances
tvCagney & Lacey
1982
movieBetween Two Brothers
1982 · Eddy Frazer
movieA Wedding on Waltons Mountain
1982 · Emily Baldwin
tvOpen All Night
1981
movieA Small Killing
1981 · Rose
movieThe Two Lives of Carol Letner
1981 · Grandmother Mary
tvHill Street Blues
1981
tvMagnum, P.I.
1980 · Grandmother MacKenzie
tvWhen the Whistle Blows
1980
movieLetters from Frank
1979 · Edna Miller
tvHart to Hart
1979
tvThe Runaways
1978
movieA Death in Canaan
1978 · Sarah Biggens
movieComing Home
1978 · Fleta Wilson
movieAudrey Rose
1977 · Mother Veronica
movieFun with Dick and Jane
1977 · Jane's Mother
tvQuincy, M.E.
1976
tvThe Bionic Woman
1976
tvThe Jeffersons
1975
tvThe Manhunter
1974
movieOur Time
1974 · Miss Moran
movieBlume in Love
1973 · Louise
movieKid Blue
1973 · Mrs. Evans
movieTerror at Red Wolf Inn
1972 · Evelyn Smith
tvThe Streets of San Francisco
1972
tvThe Waltons
1972 · Emily Baldwin
tvThe Rookies
1972
movieThe Failing of Raymond
1971 · Latin Teacher
tvColumbo
1971 · Annie
tvCannon
1971
movieWild Rovers
1971 · Sada's Mother
tvThe Mary Tyler Moore Show
1970 · Mrs. Arnell
movieAirport
1970 · Felice
tvLancer
1968
movieTargets
1968 · Charlotte Thompson
movieDo Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
1967 · Mrs. Stone
tvThe Second Hundred Years
1967 · Mother Superior
tvThe Invaders
1967 · Nurse, Hattie Willis
CBS Playhouse
tvCBS Playhouse
1966 · Mrs. Stone
tvThe F.B.I.
1965 · Mrs. Otto Foshay, Mrs. Corman, Mrs. Howard, Mrs. Dreiser, Nurse, 3rd Floor Desk Nurse
tvThe Fugitive
1963 · Nurse Oberhansly, Carolyn Fletcher, Ellie Parker
tvThe Outer Limits
1963 · Mrs. McCrae
tvStoney Burke
1962
tvHazel
1961
tvRoute 66
1960
tvThe Andy Griffith Show
1960 · Mrs. Rigsby, Miss Vogel
tvThe Barbara Stanwyck Show
1960 · Mrs. Krieger
tvThe Twilight Zone
1959 · Miss Pepper (uncredited)
tvThe Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
1959 · Mrs. Kenny
movieFriendly Persuasion
1956 · Country Woman (uncredited)
tvAlfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 · Mrs. Wilson
tvGeneral Electric Theater
1953 · Phyllis Barton
tvRobert Montgomery Presents
1950 · Mrs. Gross
tvThe Philco Television Playhouse
1948 · Aunt Edna