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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...
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Grey's AnatomySeries • 2005
Modern FamilySeries • 2009
ColumboSeries • 1971
Great PerformancesSeries • 1971
The NannySeries • 1993
Magnum, P.I.Series • 1980
IronsideSeries • 1967
MomSeries • 2013
Mission: ImpossibleSeries • 1966
Burn NoticeSeries • 2007
Madam SecretarySeries • 2014
Judging AmySeries • 1999
The VirginianSeries • 1962
Quincy, M.E.Series • 1976
WingsSeries • 1990
Lou GrantSeries • 1977
Spider-Man: HomecomingMovie • 2017
Cagney & LaceySeries • 1982
Barnaby JonesSeries • 1973
The Cleveland ShowSeries • 2009
Medical CenterSeries • 1969
The RookiesSeries • 1972
The Streets of San FranciscoSeries • 1972
The Magic School BusSeries • 1994