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Making “French Exit” was a magnifique experience for Valerie Mahaffey. The Emmy-winning actress stars in the movie as a widow living in Paris who’s eager to befriend Michelle Pfeiffer’s character, an ostentatious heiress who moves to the City of Light once she loses her fortune. “In such a wonderful way, as opposed to Michelle’s character Frances, she is a person who in spite of being a widow (is) not ready to give up on life,” Mahaffey told the Daily News. “She’s enthusiastic and grabbing at life with both hands, and I kind of loved that about her.”
Making “French Exit” was a magnifique experience for Valerie Mahaffey. The Emmy-winning actress stars in the movie as a widow living in Paris who’s eager to befriend Michelle Pfeiffer’s character, an ostentatious heiress who moves to the City of Light once she loses her fortune. “In such a wonderful way, as opposed to Michelle’s character Frances, she is a person who in spite of being a widow .