Mary Jackson | |
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![]() Mary Jackson in Hazel 1961 | |
Born | Milford, Michigan, U.S. | November 22, 1910
Died | December 10, 2005 Los Angeles, California, U.S. | (aged 95)
Alma mater | Western Michigan University |
Occupation | Actress |
Mary Jackson (November 22, 1910 – December 10, 2005) was an American character actress whose nearly fifty-year career began in 1950 and was spent almost entirely in television. She is best known for the role of the lovelorn Emily Baldwin in The Waltons and was the original choice to play Alice Horton in the daytime soap opera Days of Our Lives, playing the part in the unaired pilot. The role was instead given to Frances Reid.[1][better source needed]