Biography
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.
Acted in 90
2010s
- 2018
A Bread Factory, Part Two: Walk With Me A While
Dorothea
Murphy Brown
Phyllis · 13 episodes
- 2017
- 2016
- 2015
- 2014
- 2013
- 2012
The Savoy King: Chick Webb & the Music That Changed America
Helen Oakley Dance (voice)
2000s
- 2009
Georgia O'Keeffe
Mabel Dodge Stern
- 2007
- 2005
- 2003
- 2001
The Simian Line
Arnita
The Wedding Dress
Joan Delano
- 2000
1990s
- 1999
Execution of Justice
Goldie Judge
Absence of the Good
Dr. Marcia Lyons
Three Secrets
Shelley
The Autumn Heart
Ann
- 1998
Money Kings
Ellen
- 1997
Tricks
Sarah
The Lay of the Land
Dr. Guttmacher
- 1996
Cagney & Lacey: True Convictions
Mary Beth Lacey
- 1995
Bye Bye Birdie
Mae Peterson
Cagney & Lacey: The View Through the Glass Ceiling
Mary Beth Lacey
- 1994
Cagney & Lacey: The Return
Mary Beth Lacey
The Forget-Me-Not Murders
Therapist
- 1993
On the Town
Brunhilde "Hildy" Esterhazy
Scattered Dreams
Kathryn Messenger
- 1991
Face of a Stranger
Dollie Madison
The Last to Go
Mary Ellen
- 1990
1980s
- 1989
Stuck with Each Other
Sylvia Cass
- 1987
Kids Like These
Joanna Goodman
- 1985
Movers & Shakers
Nancy Derman
- 1983
Your Place... or Mine?
Karen
- 1982
- 1981
Zoot Suit
Alice Bloomfield
A Matter of Life and Death
Donna
- 1980
The Women's Room
Adele
1970s
- 1979
Better Late Than Never
Ms. Davis
- 1977
Telefon
Dorothy Putterman
Intimate Strangers
Karen Renshaw
- 1976
The Entertainer
Jean
- 1974
The Haunting of Penthouse D
Laurie
Larry
Nancy Hockworth
- 1973
The Man Who Could Talk to Kids
Susie Datweiler
Doc Elliot
TV
Hawkins
Ellen Hamilton · 1 episode
The Adulteress
Inez Steiner
- 1972
Play It as It Lays
Journalist
Heat of Anger
Jean Carson
- 1971
A Howling in the Woods
Sally Bixton
In Search of America
Anne
- 1970
Angel Unchained
Merilee
1960s
- 1969
John and Mary
Hilary
The New People
TV
- 1968
- 1967
- 1966
- 1962
Appearances22
2010s
- 2018
Betty White: First Lady of Television
Self
Every Act of Life
Self
- 2015
She's The Best Thing in It
Self
- 2012
Carol Channing: Larger Than Life
Self
2000s
- 2008
A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty Harry
Self
The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry
Self
The Evolution of Clint Eastwood
Self
The Business End: Violence in Cinema
Self
- 2007
- 2006
Who Needs Sleep?
Self
- 2004
Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde
Self
1990s
- 1997
- 1993
- 1990
Night of 100 Stars III
Self
1980s
- 1986
Destination Nicaragua
Narrator (voice)
- 1985
Night of 100 Stars II
Self
- 1983
1970s
- 1976
Harry Callahan/Clint Eastwood: Something Special in Films
Self
No release date
Broadway: The Next Generation
Self