Tyne Daly
Tyne Daly ( born February 21, 1946 in Madison, Wisconsin; actually Ellen Tyne Daly ) is an American actress.
Career
Tyne Daly is the daughter of actor James Daly and Hope Newell and theater actress came so early with theater, film and television in touch. Her father took her regularly to the theater, and Daly soon developed the desire to become an actress also. After they had seen the musical Gypsy, she was determined, even once to play the role of Mama Rose. In the 1990s, fulfilled this desire for her, and she was in the role on Broadway enjoyed great success.
After her studies at Brandeis University and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, she played first theater. With her role as a very young police woman in Dirty Harry III - The Enforcer on the side of Clint Eastwood made the actress attracted attention and was to a wider audience.
In 1981 she was offered the role of a police officer in a pilot film about a female Ermittlerduo to. Daly hesitated at first, but since the two characters differed fundamentally from each other, they finally agreed. In addition to Loretta Swit, she played the role of Mary Beth Lacey. The film about two female police officers came to the public good, so it was decided to develop the material for the series Cagney & Lacey format. Since Swit However, due to their role in the television series M * A * S * H was not available, they took on the role of Christine Cagney first Meg Foster under contract. As Daly and Foster but not particularly distinguished in type, the roll was reshuffled once more, and Sharon Gless got the role.
After initial difficulties, the series with Daly and Gless prevailed, which meant the international breakthrough for both actresses. For her role Tyne Daly received several Golden Globe and Emmy nominations and awards. After the end of the series still followed by four TV films with the two police officers, in addition, Tyne Daly has guest starred on such series as The Nanny, Columbo and Quincy.
In 1999, she landed a starring role in a series one more time. By the end of 2005, she played in Judging Amy, the feisty social worker Maxine Gray and the mother of Judge Amy Gray ( Amy Brenneman ). In the series also Dalys Katheryne daughter, her brother Tim and her colleague Richard Crenna appeared in supporting roles. With Crenna they had previously worked together in the movie kids like these (1987 ), about a family with a child with Down syndrome.
Private
Daly has three siblings; her younger brother Timothy Daly is also an actor and her younger sister Glynn is married to composer Mark Snow.
Daly married in 1966 their counterparts of Cuban origin Georg Stanford Brown. In a time when American society was still influenced to a significant extent by racial discrimination, such a move was courageous and not without risks. But the couple defied social conventions and then got three daughters. 1990, Brown and Daly were divorced after 24 years of marriage together.
Kathryne Dora Brown Her daughter is also an actress who was seen with her mother, among others, in Cagney & Lacey and in a recurring role in Judging Amy.
Awards
Daly was dedicated in 1996 a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She also received an Emmy six times, and in 1990 a Tony for Best Actress in the Broadway musical Gypsy. In 2002, she received the Lucy Award from the Women in Film organization.