About
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.
Filmography
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs2018 · Lady (segment "The Mortal Remains")
A Bread Factory, Part One: For the Sake of Gold2018 · Dorothea
A Bread Factory, Part Two: Walk With Me A While2018 · Dorothea
Betty White: First Lady of Television2018 · Self
Every Act of Life2018 · Self
Basmati Blues2017 · Evelyn
Spider-Man: Homecoming2017 · Anne Marie Hoag
Looking: The Movie2016 · Justice of the Peace
Hello, My Name Is Doris2015 · Roz
She's The Best Thing in It2015 · Self
Inequality for All2013 · Mary Beth Lacey (archive footage)
Carol Channing: Larger Than Life2012 · Self
Georgia O'Keeffe2009 · Mabel Dodge Stern
A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty Harry2008 · Self
The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry2008 · Self
The Evolution of Clint Eastwood2008 · Self
The Business End: Violence in Cinema2008 · Self
Who Needs Sleep?2006 · Self
Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde2004 · Self
Undercover Christmas2003 · Anne Cunningham