Mary Jackson (November , - December , ) was an American character
actress whose nearly fifty-year career began in 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.Jackson was born in the village of Milford, Michigan on November
, . She attended Western Michigan University where she earned a
bachelor's degree . She worked for one year as a schoolteacher during
the Great Depression before pursuing her interest in theatre.She
returned to college, enrolling in Michigan State University's fine
arts program and subsequently beginning her performing career in
summer stock theatre in Chicago. She embarked on a television career
in New York City in the s, during the first Golden Age of Television,
before beginning work in Hollywood in the s.Always close to her
Michigan roots, Jackson was a charter member of the Milford Historical
Society. In , Jackson was instrumental in raising money to rebuild the
Oak Grove Cemetery Bridge over the Huron River - a bridge that
connects her hometown of Milford to its oldest burial grounds. Jackson
was buried there following her death from Parkinson's disease in Los
Angeles, two-and-a-half weeks after her th birthday. She was survived
by her husband of years, Griffin Bancroft Jr., to whom she was
married from July , .
actress whose nearly fifty-year career began in 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.Jackson was born in the village of Milford, Michigan on November
, . She attended Western Michigan University where she earned a
bachelor's degree . She worked for one year as a schoolteacher during
the Great Depression before pursuing her interest in theatre.She
returned to college, enrolling in Michigan State University's fine
arts program and subsequently beginning her performing career in
summer stock theatre in Chicago. She embarked on a television career
in New York City in the s, during the first Golden Age of Television,
before beginning work in Hollywood in the s.Always close to her
Michigan roots, Jackson was a charter member of the Milford Historical
Society. In , Jackson was instrumental in raising money to rebuild the
Oak Grove Cemetery Bridge over the Huron River - a bridge that
connects her hometown of Milford to its oldest burial grounds. Jackson
was buried there following her death from Parkinson's disease in Los
Angeles, two-and-a-half weeks after her th birthday. She was survived
by her husband of years, Griffin Bancroft Jr., to whom she was
married from July , .
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