Tyne DalyAKA:
Ellen Tyne Daly
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American Birthdate:
02/21/1946 Birthplace:
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biography
After more than two decades as a journeyman player on stage and screen, Tyne Daly found television stardom as the no-nonsense, commonsensical Mary Beth Lacey, partner of Chris Cagney, on the CBS series "Cagney & Lacey". not only was it the first successful TV series to focus on female cops, but in 1985 Lacey became the first TV policewoman to be pregnant on the job mirroring Daly's real life status.The daughter of actors James Daly and Hope Newell, Ellen Tyne Daly was the second of four children. Raised in Westchester County, New York, she began her acting career appearing in summer stock
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Raised in Suffern, New York
Began performing career as a teenager; obtained Equity card at age 15 appearing in summer stock with her family in "Jenny Kissed Me" in Bucks County, Pennsylvania; had originally been cast in title role; later demoted to a supporting role ("It was an early lesson about how this crazy business works.")
1962
TV debut as guest star on an episode of "The Virginian"
1966
Broadway debut in revival of "The Butter and Egg Man"
1967
Acted on stage in Frank Gilroy's play "That Summer - That Fall"
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