Acting · Madison, Wisconsin, USA · Born February 21, 1946
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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as Lady (segment "The Mortal Remains")
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2018
as Dorothea
MovieA Bread Factory, Part Two: Walk With Me A While
2018
as Dorothea
TVMurphy Brown
2018
as Phyllis
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2018
as Self
MovieEvery Act of Life
2018
as Self
MovieBasmati Blues
2017
as Evelyn
MovieSpider-Man: Homecoming
2017
as Anne Marie Hoag
MovieLooking: The Movie
2016
as Justice of the Peace
MovieHello, My Name Is Doris
2015
as Roz
MovieShe's The Best Thing in It
2015
as Self
TVMadam Secretary
2014
as Senator Amy Ross
TVMom
2013
as Barbara
MovieInequality for All
2013
as Mary Beth Lacey (archive footage)
MovieCarol Channing: Larger Than Life
2012
as Self
TVThe Cleveland Show
2009
TVModern Family
2009
as Mrs. Plank
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2009
as Mabel Dodge Stern
MovieA Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty Harry
2008
as Self
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2008
as Self
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as Self
MovieThe Business End: Violence in Cinema
2008
as Self
TVBurn Notice
2007
as Tina
TVThe Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
MovieWho Needs Sleep?
2006
as Self
TVGrey's Anatomy
2005
as Carolyn Shepherd
MovieHappy Birthday Oscar Wilde
2004
as Self
The Tony Danza Show
2004
as Tyne Daly
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2003
as Anne Cunningham
MovieThe Simian Line
2001
as Arnita
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2001
as Joan Delano
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2000
as Aunt Aurelia
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1999
as Goldie Judge
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1999
as Dr. Marcia Lyons
TVJudging Amy
1999
as Maxine Gray
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as Shelley
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as Ann
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1998
as Ellen
TVThe Magnificent Seven
1998
as Ma Nichols
MovieTricks
1997
as Sarah
TVVeronica's Closet
1997
as Emily Blair
TVThe View
1997
as Self - Guest
MovieThe Perfect Mother
1997
as Elanie Podaras
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1996
as Self
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1996
as Mary Beth Lacey
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1995
as Mae Peterson
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1995
as Mary Beth Lacey
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1995
as Mary Beth Lacey
MovieCagney & Lacey: The Return
1994
as Mary Beth Lacey
TVThe Magic School Bus
1994
as Ralphie's Mom (voice)
TVChristy
1994
as Alice Henderson
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1994
as Therapist
MovieOn the Town
1993
as Brunhilde "Hildy" Esterhazy
MovieScattered Dreams
1993
as Kathryn Messenger
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1993
as Self
TVThe Nanny
1993
as Mona
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as Self (segment "Monster in the Mirror")
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1991
as Dollie Madison
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1991
as Mary Ellen
MovieNight of 100 Stars III
1990
as Self
TVWings
1990
as Mimsy Borogroves
MovieStuck with Each Other
1989
as Sylvia Cass
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1987
as Joanna Goodman
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1986
as Self (uncredited)
MovieDestination Nicaragua
1986
as Narrator (voice)
MovieMovers & Shakers
1985
as Nancy Derman
MovieNight of 100 Stars II
1985
as Self
MovieThe Aviator
1985
as Evelyn Stiller
TVReading Rainbow
1983
as Self - Narrator (voice)
MovieYour Place... or Mine?
1983
as Karen
TVCagney & Lacey
1982
as Mary Beth Lacey
MovieCagney and Lacey: The Pilot
1981
as Mary Beth Lacey
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1981
as Alice Bloomfield
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1981
as Donna
TVMagnum, P.I.
1980
as Kate Sullivan
MovieThe Women's Room
1980
as Adele
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1979
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1979
as Ms. Davis
MovieTelefon
1977
as Dorothy Putterman
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1977
as Karen Renshaw
TVLou Grant
1977
MovieSpeedtrap
1977
as Niffty Nolan
MovieThe Enforcer
1976
as Insp. Kate Moore
TVQuincy, M.E.
1976
MovieThe Entertainer
1976
as Jean
MovieHarry Callahan/Clint Eastwood: Something Special in Films
1976
as Self
MovieThe Haunting of Penthouse D
1974
as Laurie
MovieLarry
1974
as Nancy Hockworth
MovieThe Man Who Could Talk to Kids
1973
as Susie Datweiler
TVDoc Elliot
1973
TVHawkins
1973
as Ellen Hamilton
TVBarnaby Jones
1973
as Madge Winston
MovieThe Adulteress
1973
as Inez Steiner
MoviePlay It as It Lays
1972
as Journalist
TVThe Streets of San Francisco
1972
as Mrs. Carlino
TVGhost Story
1972
as Anna Freeman
TVThe Rookies
1972
MovieHeat of Anger
1972
as Jean Carson
MovieA Howling in the Woods
1971
as Sally Bixton
TVMcMillan & Wife
1971
TVColumbo
1971
as Dorothea McNally
MovieIn Search of America
1971
as Anne
TVGreat Performances
1971
as Brunhilde 'Hildy' Esterhazy
MovieAngel Unchained
1970
as Merilee
MovieJohn and Mary
1969
as Hilary
TVMedical Center
1969
TVThe New People
1969
TVThe Mod Squad
1968
TVJudd, for the Defense
1967
TVIronside
1967
as Joanna Leigh
CBS Playhouse
1966
as Sarah
TVMission: Impossible
1966
TVThe Virginian
1962
as Faith Bradbury
TVTony Awards
1956
as Self - Presenter / Winner
TVGolden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee
MovieBroadway: The Next Generation
as Self
