Ellen Tyne Daly 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.
Known For

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Lady (segment "The Mortal Remains")
2018

A Bread Factory, Part One: For the Sake of Gold
Dorothea
2018

A Bread Factory, Part Two: Walk With Me A While
Dorothea
2018

Murphy Brown
Phyllis · (13 episodes)
2018

Betty White: First Lady of Television
Self
2018

Every Act of Life
Self
2018

Broadway: The Next Generation
Self
2017

Basmati Blues
Evelyn
2017

Spider-Man: Homecoming
Anne Marie Hoag
2017

Looking: The Movie
Justice of the Peace
2016

Hello, My Name Is Doris
Roz
2015

She's The Best Thing in It
Self
2015

Madam Secretary
Senator Amy Ross · (1 episode)
2014

Mom
Barbara · (1 episode)
2013

Inequality for All
Mary Beth Lacey (archive footage)
2013

Carol Channing: Larger Than Life
Self
2012

The Cleveland Show
(1 episode)
2009

Modern Family
Mrs. Plank · (1 episode)
2009

Georgia O'Keeffe
Mabel Dodge Stern
2009

A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty Harry
Self
2008

The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry
Self
2008

The Business End: Violence in Cinema
Self
2008

The Evolution of Clint Eastwood
Self
2008

Burn Notice
Tina · (1 episode)
2007

The Graham Norton Show
Self · (1 episode)
2007

Who Needs Sleep?
Self
2006

Grey's Anatomy
Carolyn Shepherd · (2 episodes)
2005

Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde
Self
2004
The Tony Danza Show
Tyne Daly · (1 episode)
2004

Undercover Christmas
Anne Cunningham
2003

The Simian Line
Arnita
2001

The Wedding Dress
Joan Delano
2001

A Piece of Eden
Aunt Aurelia
2000

Execution of Justice
Goldie Judge
1999

Absence of the Good
Dr. Marcia Lyons
1999

Judging Amy
Maxine Gray · (138 episodes)
1999

Three Secrets
Shelley
1999

The Autumn Heart
Ann
1999

Money Kings
Ellen
1998

The Magnificent Seven
Ma Nichols · (1 episode)
1998

Tricks
Sarah
1997

Veronica's Closet
Emily Blair · (1 episode)
1997

The View
Self · (2 episodes)
1997

The Perfect Mother
Elanie Podaras
1997
A Benefit Celebration: A Tribute to Angela Lansbury
Self
1996

Cagney & Lacey: True Convictions
Mary Beth Lacey
1996

Bye Bye Birdie
Mae Peterson
1995

Cagney & Lacey: The View Through the Glass Ceiling
Mary Beth Lacey
1995

Cagney & Lacey: Together Again
Mary Beth Lacey
1995

Cagney & Lacey: The Return
Mary Beth Lacey
1994

The Magic School Bus
Ralphie's Mom (voice) · (1 episode)
1994

The Magic School Bus
(voice) · (1 episode)
1994

Christy
Alice Henderson · (20 episodes)
1994

The Forget-Me-Not Murders
Therapist
1994

On the Town
Brunhilde "Hildy" Esterhazy
1993

Scattered Dreams
Kathryn Messenger
1993

Intimate Portrait
Self · (3 episodes)
1993

The Nanny
Mona · (1 episode)
1993

Face of a Stranger
Dollie Madison
1991

The Last to Go
Mary Ellen
1991

Night of 100 Stars III
Self
1990

Wings
Mimsy Borogroves · (1 episode)
1990

Stuck with Each Other
Sylvia Cass
1989

Kids Like These
Joanna Goodman
1987

Destination Nicaragua
Narrator (voice)
1986

The Ray Bradbury Theater
(1 episode)
1985

Movers & Shakers
Nancy Derman
1985

Night of 100 Stars II
Self
1985

The Aviator
Evelyn Stiller
1985

Reading Rainbow
Herself - Narrator (voice) · (1 episode)
1983

Your Place... or Mine?
Karen
1983

Cagney & Lacey
Mary Beth Lacey · (125 episodes)
1982

Zoot Suit
Alice Bloomfield
1981

A Matter of Life and Death
Donna
1981

Magnum, P.I.
Kate Sullivan · (1 episode)
1980

The Women's Room
Adele
1980
Shirley
(1 episode)
1979

Better Late Than Never
Ms. Davis
1979

Telefon
Dorothy Putterman
1977

Intimate Strangers
Karen Renshaw
1977

Lou Grant
(1 episode)
1977

Speedtrap
Niffty Nolan
1977

The Enforcer
Insp. Kate Moore
1976

Quincy, M.E.
(2 episodes)
1976

Quincy, M.E.
Kay Silver · (1 episode)
1976

The Entertainer
Jean
1976

Harry Callahan/Clint Eastwood: Something Special in Films
Self
1976

The Haunting of Penthouse D
Laurie
1974

Larry
Nancy Hockworth
1974

The Man Who Could Talk to Kids
Susie Datweiler
1973

Doc Elliot
(1 episode)
1973

Hawkins
Ellen Hamilton · (1 episode)
1973

Barnaby Jones
Madge Winston · (1 episode)
1973

The Adulteress
Inez Steiner
1973

Play It as It Lays
Journalist
1972

The Streets of San Francisco
Mrs. Carlino · (1 episode)
1972

Ghost Story
Anna Freeman · (1 episode)
1972

The Rookies
(4 episodes)
1972

Heat of Anger
Jean Carson
1972

A Howling in the Woods
Sally Bixton
1971

McMillan & Wife
(1 episode)
1971

Columbo
Dorothea McNally · (1 episode)
1971

Columbo
Dolores · (1 episode)
1971

In Search of America
Anne
1971

Great Performances
Brunhilde 'Hildy' Esterhazy · (1 episode)
1971

Angel Unchained
Merilee
1970

John and Mary
Hilary
1969

Medical Center
(2 episodes)
1969

The New People
(1 episode)
1969

The Mod Squad
(2 episodes)
1968

Judd for the Defense
(1 episode)
1967

Ironside
Joanna Leigh · (1 episode)
1967
CBS Playhouse
(1 episode)
1966

Mission: Impossible
(1 episode)
1966

Tony Awards
Self - Presenter · (2 episodes)
1956

Tony Awards
Self - Nominee · (1 episode)
1956

Tony Awards
Self - Presenter/Winner · (1 episode)
1956

Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee · (5 episodes)
1944