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Tyne Daly

Tyne Daly

Acting1946Madison, Wisconsin, USA

Biography

Ellen Tyne Daly (born February 21, 1946) is an American stage and screen actress, widely known for her work as Detective Lacey in the television series Cagney & Lacey. She has won six Emmy Awards for her television work and a Tony Award, and is a 2011 American Theatre Hall of Fame inductee.

Daly began her career on stage in summer stock in New York, and made her Broadway debut in the play That Summer – That Fall in 1967. She is best known for her television role as Detective Mary Beth Lacey in Cagney & Lacey, for which she is a four-time Emmy Award winner as Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. In 1989, she starred in the Broadway revival of Gypsy and won the 1990 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical.

Her other TV roles include Alice Henderson in Christy, for which she won an Emmy in 1996 and Maxine Gray in Judging Amy, which won her a sixth Emmy in 2003. Her other Broadway credits include The Seagull, her Tony-nominated role in Rabbit Hole and her Tony-nominated role in Mothers and Sons. She played Maria Callas, both on Broadway and in London's West End, in the play Master Class. She portrayed Anne Marie Hoag in Marvel Studios' Spider-Man: Homecoming.

Acting History

2021
Mom
TVas Barbara1 eps
2019
Madam Secretary
TVas Senator Amy Ross1 eps
2018
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
as Lady (segment "The Mortal Remains")
Murphy Brown
TVas Phyllis
2017
Spider-Man: Homecoming
as Anne Marie Hoag
Basmati Blues
as Evelyn
2014
Modern Family
TVas Mrs. Plank1 eps
2010
2009
Grey's Anatomy
TVas Carolyn Shepherd2 eps
2007
The Graham Norton Show
TVas Self1 eps
2006
2004
The Tony Danza Show
TVas Tyne Daly1 eps
2001
The Wedding Dress
as Joan Delano
1999
Absence of the Good
as Dr. Marcia Lyons
Judging Amy
TVas Maxine Gray138 eps
Veronica's Closet
TVas Emily Blair1 eps
Intimate Portrait
TVas Self3 eps
The Magnificent Seven
TVas Ma Nichols1 eps
1998
Money Kings
as Ellen
1997
The Perfect Mother
as Elanie Podaras
Tricks
as Sarah
The View
TVas Self - Guest
1995
The Magic School Bus
TVas Dr. Tennelli (voice) / Ralphie's Mom (voice)1 eps
The Nanny
TVas Mona1 eps
1994
Christy
TVas Alice Henderson
1993
Scattered Dreams
as Kathryn Messenger
On the Town
as Brunhilde "Hildy" Esterhazy
Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration
as Self (segment "Monster in the Mirror")
Great Performances
TVas Brunhilde 'Hildy' Esterhazy1 eps
Reading Rainbow
TVas Self - Narrator (voice)1 eps
1992
Columbo
TVas Dolores / Dorothea McNally1 eps
1991
Face of a Stranger
as Dollie Madison
Wings
TVas Mimsy Borogroves1 eps
1990
Tony Awards
TVas Self - Presenter/Winner1 eps
1985
The Aviator
as Evelyn Stiller
Movers & Shakers
as Nancy Derman
1984
Golden Globe Awards
TVas Self - Nominee5 eps
1982
Cagney & Lacey
TVas Mary Beth Lacey125 eps
Magnum, P.I.
TVas Kate Sullivan1 eps
1981
Zoot Suit
as Alice Bloomfield
Quincy, M.E.
TVas Kay Silver1 eps
1977
Telefon
as Dorothy Putterman
Speedtrap
as Niffty Nolan
1974
Barnaby Jones
TVas Madge Winston1 eps
The Streets of San Francisco
TVas Mrs. Carlino1 eps
1973
Hawkins
TVas Ellen Hamilton1 eps
1972
Play It as It Lays
as Journalist
Ghost Story
TVas Anna Freeman
1970
Angel Unchained
as Merilee
Ironside
TVas Joanna Leigh1 eps
1968
The Virginian
TVas Faith Bradbury1 eps

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
2/21/1946(80 years old)
Place of Birth
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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