1946-02-21 Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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 credits include The Seagull, her Tony-nominated role in Rabbit Hole and her Tony-nominated role in Mothers and Sons. She played Maria Callas, both on Broadway and in London's West End, in the play Master Class. She portrayed Anne Marie Hoag in Marvel Studios' Spider-Man: Homecoming.
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The Ballad of Buster Scruggs | Lady (segment "The Mortal Remains") | 2018-11-09 |
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A Bread Factory, Part One: For the Sake of Gold | Dorothea | 2018-10-26 |
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Betty White: First Lady of Television | Self | 2018-08-18 |
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A Bread Factory, Part Two: Walk With Me A While | Dorothea | 2018-10-26 |
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Every Act of Life | Self | 2018-04-23 |
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Basmati Blues | Evelyn | 2017-11-06 |
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Spider-Man: Homecoming | Anne Marie Hoag | 2017-07-05 |
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Looking: The Movie | Justice of the Peace | 2016-07-24 |
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She's The Best Thing in It | Self | 2015-03-16 |
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Hello, My Name Is Doris | Roz | 2015-11-27 |
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Inequality for All | Mary Beth Lacey (archive footage) | 2013-01-19 |
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Carol Channing: Larger Than Life | Self | 2012-01-20 |
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Georgia O'Keeffe | Mabel Dodge Stern | 2009-09-19 |
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The Evolution of Clint Eastwood | Self | 2008-06-03 |
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A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty Harry | Self | 2008-07-23 |
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The Business End: Violence in Cinema | Self | 2008-06-03 |
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The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry | Self | 2008-07-23 |
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Who Needs Sleep? | Self | 2006-01-19 |
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Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde | Self | 2004-12-27 |
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Undercover Christmas | Anne Cunningham | 2003-12-07 |
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The Wedding Dress | Joan Delano | 2001-10-28 |
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The Simian Line | Arnita | 2001-11-16 |
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A Piece of Eden | Aunt Aurelia | 2000-09-15 |
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Three Secrets | Shelley | 1999-05-11 |
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Absence of the Good | Dr. Marcia Lyons | 1999-10-15 |
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Execution of Justice | Goldie Judge | 1999-11-28 |
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The Autumn Heart | Ann | 1999-01-27 |
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Money Kings | Ellen | 1998-12-04 |
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Tricks | Sarah | 1997-12-27 |
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The Perfect Mother | Elanie Podaras | 1997-02-18 |
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Cagney & Lacey: True Convictions | Mary Beth Lacey | 1996-01-29 |
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A Benefit Celebration: A Tribute to Angela Lansbury | Self | 1996-11-17 |
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Cagney & Lacey: The View Through the Glass Ceiling | Mary Beth Lacey | 1995-10-25 |
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Cagney & Lacey: Together Again | Mary Beth Lacey | 1995-05-02 |
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Bye Bye Birdie | Mae Peterson | 1995-12-03 |
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The Forget-Me-Not Murders | Therapist | 1994-03-29 |
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Cagney & Lacey: The Return | Mary Beth Lacey | 1994-11-06 |
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On the Town | Brunhilde "Hildy" Esterhazy | 1993-12-22 |
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Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration | Self (segment "Monster in the Mirror") | 1993-10-29 |
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Scattered Dreams | Kathryn Messenger | 1993-12-19 |
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Face of a Stranger | Dollie Madison | 1991-12-29 |
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The Last to Go | Mary Ellen | 1991-01-21 |
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Night of 100 Stars III | Self | 1990-05-21 |
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Stuck with Each Other | Sylvia Cass | 1989-10-17 |
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Kids Like These | Joanna Goodman | 1987-11-08 |
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All Star Party for Clint Eastwood | Self | 1986-11-30 |
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Destination Nicaragua | Narrator (voice) | 1986-03-25 |
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Movers & Shakers | Nancy Derman | 1985-05-03 |
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Night of 100 Stars II | Self | 1985-03-10 |
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The Aviator | Evelyn Stiller | 1985-03-01 |
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Your Place... or Mine? | Karen | 1983-03-02 |
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Cagney and Lacey: The Pilot | Mary Beth Lacey | 1981-10-08 |
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A Matter of Life and Death | Donna | 1981-01-13 |
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Zoot Suit | Alice Bloomfield | 1981-10-02 |
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The Women's Room | Adele | 1980-09-14 |
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Better Late Than Never | Ms. Davis | 1979-10-17 |
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Intimate Strangers | Karen Renshaw | 1977-11-11 |
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Telefon | Dorothy Putterman | 1977-12-16 |
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Speedtrap | Niffty Nolan | 1977-09-01 |
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The Entertainer | Jean | 1976-03-10 |
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The Enforcer | Insp. Kate Moore | 1976-12-16 |
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Harry Callahan/Clint Eastwood: Something Special in Films | Self | 1976-01-01 |
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Larry | Nancy Hockworth | 1974-04-23 |
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The Haunting of Penthouse D | Laurie | 1974-10-15 |
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The Man Who Could Talk to Kids | Susie Datweiler | 1973-10-17 |
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The Adulteress | Inez Steiner | 1973-01-01 |
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Play It as It Lays | Journalist | 1972-10-19 |
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Heat of Anger | Jean Carson | 1972-03-03 |
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In Search of America | Anne | 1971-03-23 |
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A Howling in the Woods | Sally Bixton | 1971-11-05 |
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Angel Unchained | Merilee | 1970-12-09 |
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John and Mary | Hilary | 1969-12-14 |
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Broadway: The Next Generation | Self |