Origins & Early Life

Ellen Tyne Daly (; born February 21, 1946) is an American actress whose six-decade career included many leading roles in movies and theater. 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 City, 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.

Pivotal Works & Achievements

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. 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). Her other Broadway credits include The Seagull (1992) and It Shoulda Been You (2015).

Enduring Legacy & Impact

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