Mary Jackson (actress)

Mary Jackson
Mary Jackson in Hazel 1961
Born	(1910-11-22)November 22, 1910 Milford, Michigan, U.S.
Died	December 10, 2005(2005-12-10) (aged 95) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
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]}