Tyne Daly

Tyne Daly
Daly at the 2009 premiere of PoliWood
Born
Ellen Tyne Daly

(1946-02-21) February 21, 1946 (age 78)
Alma materBrandeis University
American Musical and Dramatic Academy
OccupationActress
Years active1967–present
Known for
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(m. 1966; div. 1990)
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Ellen Tyne Daly (/ˈtn/; born February 21, 1946)[1] is an American actress. Over her six decade career she is known for her leading roles on stage and screen. She has won six Emmy Awards for her television work,[2] 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 the CBS police drama Cagney & Lacey (1982–88), for which she won four Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. She also won Emmy Awards for her roles as Alice Henderson in the period drama series Christy (1994–95), and Maxine Gray in the legal drama series Judging Amy (1999–2005).

She starred in the Broadway revival of Gypsy (1989) earning the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical.[3] Her other Tony-nominated roles were in Rabbit Hole (2006) and Mothers and Sons (2014). She played Maria Callas, both on Broadway and in London's West End, in the play Master Class (2011–12).[4][5] Her other Broadway credits include The Seagull (1992) and It Shoulda Been You (2015).

Daly made her film debut in John and Mary (1969). She is known for her film roles in The Enforcer (1976), Hello, My Name Is Doris (2015), and The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018). She received a Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female nomination for her role in the Patrick Wang drama A Bread Factory (2018). She portrayed Anne Marie Hoag in Marvel Studios' Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017).

  1. ^ Who Sang What on Broadway, 1866–1996: The Singers. McFarland. 2006. p. 184. ISBN 9780786421893.
  2. ^ "Tyne Daly". Emmys.com. Television Academy. Retrieved February 25, 2022.
  3. ^ Beaufort, John (December 6, 1989). "Tyne Daly Triumphs in 'Gypsy'". Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved March 19, 2010. [permanent dead link]
  4. ^ " Master Class Broadway" Playbill (vault), accessed August 22, 2016
  5. ^ Shenton, Mark. "Tyne Daly Opens in West End in 'Master Class' Feb. 7" Playbill, February 7, 2012

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