Tyne Daly
Tyne Daly | |
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| File:The Rabit Hole.jpg Tyne Daly in The Rabit Hole | |
| Born | Ellen Tyne Daly |
| Spouse | Georg Stanford Brown (1966 - 1990) 3 children |
Tyne Daly (born Ellen Tyne Daly on February 21, 1946 in Madison, Wisconsin) is an Emmy Award and Tony Award-winning American stage and screen actress.
Personal life
Daly was born into a creative family; she is the daughter of actor James Daly. Her younger brother is actor Timothy Daly. She is also related to former game show host and newsman John Charles Daly. Her sister-in-law, Amy Van Nostrand, is also an actress.
She studied at Brandeis University and The American Musical and Dramatic Academy.
Daly was married to actor/director Georg Stanford Brown from 1966 to 1990. They have three daughters, Alisabeth, a potter, Alyxandra, and Kathryne Dora, who is an actress.
Career
Film roles
Daly's best known appearance in a feature film was as Inspector Harry Callahan's partner, Kate Moore, in the 1976 Dirty Harry film The Enforcer. She also made appearances in Play It As It Lays, John and Mary, The Adulteress, and Speedtrap. She received top billing for 'The Adultress' released in 1973 in which she appeared topless and making 'love' to Eric Braeden while riding a horse.
Television roles
Daly is best known for her work in television.
In the 1970s, Daly began to appear frequently as a guest on episodic primetime shows including Ironside, McMillan and Wife, The Mod Squad, The Streets of San Francisco, and Barnaby Jones. On several programs, including Medical Center, The Rookies, and Quincy, M.E., she appeared over the run of the programs several times as several different characters.
In 1981, Daly was cast as detective Mary Beth Lacey in the TV movie Cagney and Lacey, opposite Sharon Gless as Christine Cagney. The following year, CBS developed a series based on the movie, and actress Meg Foster was cast as Cagney. After a few episodes, CBS decided to let Foster go because of her resemblance to Daly, and Sharon Gless was cast. Daly is perhaps best known for her appearance in this show, which ran for seven seasons.
After the series ended, Daly continued to make additional appearances on prime-time programs, including a comedic turn on The Nanny, an appearance on the Sharon Gless program The Trials of Rosie O'Neill, and a reunion Cagney and Lacey movie in 1996. Her next continuing role was on the CBS drama Christy. Most recently, she appeared as Maxine Gray on the CBS drama Judging Amy, which ran from 1999 to 2005.
Theater roles
Daly has made several appearances on the Broadway stage. Her first appearance was in 1967, in a short-lived play, "That Summer, That Fall". She appeared in a revival of the Anton Chekhov play The Seagull, and had a nearly two-year run in a 1989 revival of Gypsy (musical) playing Mama Rose. She most recently appeared in the 2006 play Rabbit Hole, portraying the mother of the play's protagonist, played by Cynthia Nixon. [1]
Role model
Daly has been identified as a feminist role model, particularly based on her television roles in Cagney and Lacey and Judging Amy. Her role as Lacey showed a woman detective at a time where the idea was still novel; the show was also novel in presenting Lacey primarily in a work environment, rather than always showing the character at home. She has also been outspoken about maintaining a natural appearance as she ages, and for the run of Judging Amy, Daly's hair was shown in its naturally gray state. [2]
Awards and recognition
Daly has been nominated for the Emmy Award a total of 14 times; she won 6 times, for the following television performances:
- Lead Actress in a Drama Series for Cagney and Lacey in 1983, 1984, 1985, and 1988
- Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for Christy in 1996
- Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for Judging Amy in 2003
She was also recognized for the following:
- She won the 1990 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her portrayal of Mama Rose in Gypsy.
- She was nominated for a 2006 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her role in Rabbit Hole.
- Daly has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.