Early years

Daly was born in Madison, Wisconsin, to actor James Daly and his wife, Mary Hope (née Newell). Her younger brother is actor Tim Daly, and she has two sisters, Mary Glynn and Pegeen Michael.

She was raised in Westchester County, New York, where she started her career by performing in summer stock with her family; she earned her Equity Card at age 15. She studied at Brandeis University and the American Musical and Dramatic Academy.

Career

Television

Daly portrayed one of the two title characters in the CBS police-procedural crime drama Cagney & Lacey as Mary Beth Lacey, the married working mother. She won the Emmy Award, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, four times, in 1983, 1984, 1985, 1988, and was a nominee in 1986 and 1987. Between co-star Sharon Gless and herself, they won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series six years in a row.

In 1991, Daly guest-starred on her brother Tim's series Wings, playing a woman who dates Brian Hackett (Steven Weber), brother of Tim's character Joe. She appeared as social worker Maxine Gray, who was also the mother to the show's title character on the CBS drama Judging Amy, which ran from 1999 to 2005. Addressing a conference of the National Association of Social Workers in 2000, Daly said she had learned from social workers and social work texts to improve her portrayal of her character, and she added: "I take from you because you are the ones dealing with all the bad institutions of our society: institutionalized poverty, institutionalized racism, institutionalized cynicism."

Daly appeared in a made-for-TV movie for Lifetime in 2003 titled Undercover Christmas, as Anne Cunningham. She played the role of a traditional mother and peacemaker at Christmas time in a wealthy family of lawyers, who initially disapproves of her FBI agent son's girlfriend.

Among her later television roles, Daly reunited with Cagney & Lacy costar Sharon Gless in a 2010 guest role on the series Burn Notice.

Theatre

Daly's first Broadway role was in 1967 in a short-lived play, That Summer, That Fall. In April 1989, she starred as "Rose" in a 14-city U.S. tour of the musical Gypsy, which then was presented on Broadway in November 1989. This production was the second revival of the show to play Broadway (the first was in 1974 with Angela Lansbury). She won the 1990 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her performance in Gypsy. Daly left Gypsy in July 1990, with Linda Lavin playing Rose, and returned in April 1991 through closing in July 1991. She appeared in the Broadway revival of the Anton Chekhov play The Seagull in 1992 as Madame Arkadina. She appeared as Sally Adams in the City Center Encores! staged concert of Call Me Madam in February 1995. In regional theatre, she played Lola in Come Back, Little Sheba at the Los Angeles Theatre Center, Los Angeles, in April 1997.

She appeared on Broadway in the 2006 play, Rabbit Hole, portraying the mother of the play's protagonist, played by Cynthia Nixon.

In January 2008, she played the role of Mother in the world premiere production of Edward Albee's Me, Myself & I at the McCarter Theatre, Princeton, New Jersey. In 2009, she appeared in the original cast of Love, Loss, and What I Wore.

She debuted the role of Judy Steinberg in It Shoulda Been You, at the George Street Playhouse, New Brunswick, New Jersey, which ran from October 4 to November 6, 2011. The musical ran on Broadway in 2015.

In 2011, she starred as Maria Callas in Master Class at the Manhattan Theater Club on Broadway. Daly reprised her role as Maria Callas in the West End production of Master Class, which opened at the Vaudeville Theatre on February 7, 2012 (after previews from January 21) in a limited engagement to April 28, 2012.

Cabaret

Daly performed a cabaret act, Second Time Around, in January 2010 at Feinstein's at Loews Regency, New York City. She had previously performed at Feinstein's in May 2009.

Film

Daly appeared in John and Mary (1969), the biker movie Angel Unchained (1970), the movie adaptation of Play It As It Lays (1972), and The Adulteress. She was cast as Inspector Harry Callahan's first female partner, Kate Moore, in the 1976 Dirty Harry film The Enforcer. Although her performance was not widely praised, the concept was later used as the basis for the television show Hunter.

Role model

Daly has been identified as a feminist icon in the media, particularly based on her television role in Cagney and Lacey. 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.

Personal life

Tyne Daly was married to Georg Stanford Brown from 1966 to 1990. They have three daughters, including actress Kathryne Dora Brown.

Daly and her brother endorsed Democratic U.S President Barack Obama for re-election in 2012.

Filmography

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Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1954	Foreign Intrigue	Girl	Episode: "International Finance"
1963	General Hospital	Caroline Beale	TV series
1968	Virginian, TheThe Virginian	Faith Bradbury	Episode: "The Orchard"
1969	Judd, for the Defense	Sandy	Episode: "The View from the Ivory Tower"
1969	CBS Playhouse	Sarah	Episode: "Sadbird"
1969	Mod Squad, TheThe Mod Squad	Dolores Abernathy	Episode: "The Death of Wild Bill Hannachek"
1970	New People, TheThe New People	Kathy	Episode: "On the Horizon"
1970	Ironside	Joanna Leigh	Episode: "The People Against Judge McIntire"
1970	Medical Center	Jennifer Lochner	Episode: "Moment of Decision"
1971	In Search of America	Anne	Movie
1971	A Howling in the Woods	Sally Bixton	Movie
1971	Longstreet	Marcella	Episode: "One in the Reality Column"
1971	McMillan & Wife	Janet Benton	Episode: "Husbands, Wives, and Killers"
1971	Mission: Impossible	Saretta Lane	Episode: "Nerves"
1972	Heat of Anger	Jean Carson	Movie
1972	Young Dr. Kildare		Episode: "The Thing with Feathers"
1972	Mod Squad, TheThe Mod Squad	Prudence Gordon	Episode: "Good Times Are Just Memories"
1972	Medical Center	Barbara	Episode: "The Choice"
1973	Medical Center	April	Episode: "Deadly Game"
1973	Ghost Story	Anna Freeman	Episode: "Earth, Air, Fire and Water"
1973	Hawkins	Ellen Hamilton	Episode: "A Life for a Life"
1973	Rookies, TheThe Rookies	Marly Devon	Episode: "A Farewell Tree from Marly"
1973	The Man Who Could Talk to Kids	Susie Datweiler	Movie
1974	Larry	Nancy Hockworth	Movie
1974	Rookies, TheThe Rookies	Lucille Baker	Episode: "Time Lock"
1974	Streets of San Francisco, TheThe Streets of San Francisco	Mrs. Carlino	Episode: "Commitment"
1974	Doc Elliot	Beth Ann Blackner	Episode: "The Touch of God"
1974	Barnaby Jones	Madge Winston	Episode: "A Gathering of Thieves"
1974	Wide World of Mystery, TheThe Wide World of Mystery	Laurie	Episode: "The Haunting of Penthouse D"
1975	Lucas Tanner	Jenny Milo	Episode: "Collision"
1975	Law, TheThe Law	Lucy	3 episodes
1975	Medical Center	Liz Lathem	Episode: "Gift from a Killer"
1975	Rookies, TheThe Rookies	Mary	Episode: "Cliffy"
1976	Entertainer, TheThe Entertainer	Jean	Movie
1976	Enforcer, TheThe Enforcer	Inspector Kate Moore	Movie
1976	Rookies, TheThe Rookies	Amy Kennedy	Episode: "From Out the Darkness"
1977	Intimate Strangers	Karen Renshaw	Nominated—Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie
1977	Visions	Ann	Episode: "The Dancing Bear"
1978	Greatest Heroes of the Bible	Abishag	Episode: "The Judgment of Solomon"
1979	Shirley	Athena	Episode: "Twenty Years to Life"
1979	Better Late Than Never	Ms. Davis	Movie
1980	Women's Room, TheThe Women's Room	Adele	Movie
1980	Quincy, M.E.	Madeline Estes	Episode: "The Night Killer"
1981	Matter of Life and Death, AA Matter of Life and Death	Donna	Movie
1981	Quincy, M.E.	Kay Silver	Episode: "Gentle Into That Good Night"
1981	CBS Afternoon Playhouse	Catherine Ellis	Episode: "The Great Gilly Hopkins"
1981	Lou Grant	Melissa Cummings	Episode: "Violence"
1981-1988	Cagney & Lacey	Det. Mary Beth Lacey	Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Television Series Drama Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
1982	Magnum, P.I.	Kate Sullivan	Episode: "The Jororo Kill"
1982	Quincy, M.E.	Anna Krushevitz	Episode: "For Love of Joshua"
1983	Your Place... or Mine	Karen	Movie
1983	Mississippi, TheThe Mississippi		Episode: "The Shooting"
1987	Kids Like These	Joanna Goodman	Movie
1988	Dolly	Genevieve	Episode: "1.20"
1989	Stuck with Each Other	Sylvia Cass	Movie
1991	Last to Go, TheThe Last to Go	Mary Ellen	Movie
1991	Face of a Stranger	Dollie Madison	Movie
1991	Trials of Rosie O'Neill, TheThe Trials of Rosie O'Neill	Vicki Lindman	Episode: "The Reunion"
1991	Wings	Mimsy Borogroves	Episode: "My Brother's Keeper" Nominated—Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series
1992	Swamp Thing	Carla Jeffries	Episode: "Lesser of Two Evils"
1992	Ray Bradbury Theater, TheThe Ray Bradbury Theater	Cora Gibbs	Episode: "Great Wide World Over There"
1992	Columbo	Dolores	Episode: "A Bird in the Hand..."
1993	No Room for Opal	Glorene	Movie
1993	Scattered Dreams	Kathryn Messenger	Movie
1994	Forget-Me-Not Murders, TheThe Forget-Me-Not Murders	Dr. Archer	Movie
1994	Cagney & Lacey: The Return	Mary Beth Lacey	Movie
1994	Christy	Alice Henderson	Movie
1994	Columbo	Dorothea McNally	Episode: "Undercover"
1994	Magic School Bus, TheThe Magic School Bus	Dr. Tennelli (voice)	Episode: "Inside Ralphie"
1994-1995	Christy	Alice Henderson	Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Series, Miniseries or Television Film Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
1995	Nanny, TheThe Nanny	Mona	Episode: "Strange Bedfellows"
1995	Magic School Bus, TheThe Magic School Bus	Dr. Tennelli (voice)	Episode: "Going Batty"
1995	Cagney & Lacey: Together Again	Mary Beth Lacey	Movie
1995	Cagney & Lacey: The View Through the Glass Ceiling	Mary Beth Lacey	Movie
1995	Bye Bye Birdie	Mae Peterson	Movie
1996	Cagney & Lacey: True Convictions	Mary Beth Lacey	Movie
1997	Perfect Mother, TheThe Perfect Mother	Elanie Podaras	Movie
1997	Tricks	Sarah	Movie
1998	Vig	Ellen	Movie
1998	For Your Love	Mary Winston	Episode: "The Mother of All Visits"
1999	Three Secrets	Shelley	Movie
1999	Absence of the Good	Dr. Marcia Lyons	Movie
1999	Execution of Justice	Goldie Judge	Movie
1999	Veronica's Closet	Emily Blair	Episode: "Veronica's from Venus/Josh's Parents Are from Mars"
1999	Magnificent Seven, TheThe Magnificent Seven	Ma Nichols	Episode: "Vendetta"
1999-2005	Judging Amy	Maxine Gray	Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Viewers for Quality Television Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Quality Drama Series Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Satellite Award for Best Actress - Television Series Drama Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
2001	Wedding Dress, TheThe Wedding Dress	Joan Delano	Movie
2003	Undercover Christmas	Anne Cunningham	Movie
2009	Georgia O'Keeffe	Mabel Dodge Stern	Movie
2009	Grey's Anatomy	Carolyn Shepherd	Episode: "Sympathy for the Devil"
2010	Burn Notice	Tina	Episode: "A Dark Road"
2013	Jacked Up	TBD	Movie; in post-production
2014	Modern Family	Mrs. Plank	Season 6, episode 5, "Won't You Be Our Neighbor"

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1969	John and Mary	Hillary
1970	Angel Unchained	Merilee
1972	Play It As It Lays	Journalist
1973	Adulteress, TheThe Adulteress	Inez Steiner
1976	Enforcer, TheThe Enforcer	Kate Moore
1977	Speedtrap	Niffty Nolan
1977	Telefon	Dorothy Putterman
1981	Zoot Suit	Alice Bloomfield
1985	Aviator, TheThe Aviator	Evelyn Stiller
1985	Movers & Shakers	Nancy Derman
1997	Lay of the Land, TheThe Lay of the Land	Dr. Guttmacher
1999	Autumn Heart, TheThe Autumn Heart	Ann
2000	Simian Line, TheThe Simian Line	Arnita
2000	Piece of Eden, AA Piece of Eden	Aunt Aurelia
2014	Basmati Blues	Evelyn
2015	Hello, My Name Is Doris	Roz

Theatre work

Broadway

Year	Production	Playwright	Role	Notes and awards
1967	That Summer - That Fall			Broadway debut Performances: Helen Hayes Theatre
1989	Gypsy		Rose	1990 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical Performances: Broadway and also US National tour, 1989
1992	The Seagull	Anton Chekhov	Madame Arkadina
2006	Rabbit Hole	David Lindsay-Abaire	Nat	Performances: Biltmore Theatre Nominated - 2006 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play
2011	Master Class	Terrence McNally	Maria Callas	Performances: Samuel J. Friedman Theatre (June 14, 2011 - September 4, 2011)
2014	Mothers and Sons	Terrence McNally	Katharine Gerard	Performances: John Golden Theatre (March 24 - ) Nominated - 2014 Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Play
2015	It Shoulda Been You	Brian Hargrove	Judy Steinberg	Performances: Brooks Atkinson Theater (March 17 - )

Off-Broadway

Year	Production	Playwright	Role	Notes and awards
2009	Love, Loss, and What I Wore	Nora Ephron and Delia Ephron		Performances: Westside Theatre, New York City, New York

Other stage credits

Year	Production	Playwright	Role	Notes and awards
1963	Jenny Kissed Me	Jean Kerr		Performances: Bucks County Playhouse, New Hope, Pennsylvania
2008	Agamemnon	Aeschylus	Clytaemnestra	Performances: Getty Villa, Malibu, California
2010	The Second Time Around		Cabaret	Performances: Feinstein's at the Regency, New York City (January 2010)
	Master Class	Terrence McNally	Maria Callas	Performances: Kennedy Center (March 25, 2010-April 18, 2010)
2011	It Shoulda Been You	Brian Hargrove, Barbara Anselmi	Mother of the Bride	Performances: George Street Playhouse, New Brunswick, New Jersey (October 6-November 6, 2011) Daly reprised her role in the 2015 Broadway production of the musical
2012	Master Class	Terrence McNally	Maria Callas	Performances: Vaudeville Theatre, London (January 21, 2012-April 28, 2012)

Awards and recognition

Daly has been nominated for the Emmy Award a total of 17 times; she has 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:

• 1990: Won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical for her portrayal of Rose in Gypsy
• 2006: Nominated for a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her role in Rabbit Hole
• 1995: Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
• 2002: Awarded the Women in Film Lucy Award in recognition of her excellence and innovation in her creative works that have enhanced the perception of women through the medium of television.
• 2011: Inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame

Charities

Tyne Daly supports the following charitable cause: Human Rights.

[ Source: Wikipedia ]