1. Ellen Tyne Daly is an American actress whose six-decade career included many leading roles in movies and theater.
41 Facts About Tyne Daly
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Tyne Daly has won six Emmy Awards for her television work, a Tony Award, and is a 2011 American Theatre Hall of Fame inductee.
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Tyne Daly won Emmy Awards for her roles as Alice Henderson in the period drama series Christy, and Maxine Gray in the legal drama series Judging Amy.
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Tyne Daly starred in the Broadway revival of Gypsy, earning the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical.
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Tyne Daly played Maria Callas, both on Broadway and in London's West End, in the play Master Class.
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Tyne Daly is known for her film roles in The Enforcer, Hello, My Name Is Doris, and The Ballad of Buster Scruggs.
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Tyne Daly received a Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female nomination for her role in the Patrick Wang drama A Bread Factory.
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Tyne Daly portrayed Anne Marie Hoag in Marvel Studios' Spider-Man: Homecoming.
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Tyne Daly was born in Madison, Wisconsin, to actor James Tyne Daly and actress Mary Hope.
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Tyne Daly is of Irish descent, her ancestors being from Limerick and County Kerry.
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Tyne Daly was raised in Rockland County, New York, where she started her career by performing in summer stock with her family; she earned her Equity Card at age 15.
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Tyne Daly studied at Brandeis University and the American Musical and Dramatic Academy.
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Tyne Daly appeared in John and Mary, Angel Unchained, Play It as It Lays, and The Adulteress.
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Tyne Daly was cast as Inspector Harry Callahan's first female partner, Kate Moore, in the 1976 Dirty Harry film The Enforcer.
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Tyne Daly's performance divided critics, with some calling it too "mannered" for film, while others praised the strength she brought to the role.
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Tyne Daly won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series four times, in 1983,1984,1985, and 1988, and was a nominee in 1986 and 1987.
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In 1988, Tyne Daly appeared on the Dolly Parton TV variety show Dolly, and sang a duet with Parton.
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Broadway producer Barry Brown saw the show and, impressed by Tyne Daly's performance, decided to mount a revival of the musical Gypsy with Tyne Daly in the lead role of Rose.
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Tyne Daly won the 1990 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her performance in Gypsy.
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Tyne Daly left Gypsy in July 1990, with Linda Lavin playing Rose, and returned in April 1991 through closing in July 1991.
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In 1991, Tyne Daly guest-starred on her brother Tim's series Wings, playing a woman who dates Brian Hackett, brother of Tim's character Joe.
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Tyne Daly appeared in the Broadway revival of The Seagull in 1992 as Madame Arkadina.
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Tyne Daly appeared as social worker Maxine Gray, who was the mother to the show's title character on the CBS drama Judging Amy, which ran from 1999 to 2005.
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Tyne Daly appeared on Broadway in the David Lindsay-Abaire play Rabbit Hole portraying the mother of the play's protagonist, played by Cynthia Nixon.
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Tyne Daly performed a cabaret act, Second Time Around, in January 2010 at Feinstein's at Loews Regency, New York City.
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Tyne Daly had previously performed at Feinstein's in May 2009.
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Tyne Daly guest starred as Carolyn Shepherd in a 2009 episode of the ABC medical drama series Grey's Anatomy and Tina in the 2010 episode of the USA Network series Burn Notice.
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Tyne Daly starred as Maria Callas in the Terrence McNally play Master Class at the Manhattan Theater Club on Broadway, from June 14,2011 to September 4,2011.
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Tyne Daly reprised her role as Maria Callas in the West End production of Master Class, which opened at the Vaudeville Theatre on February 7,2012 in a limited engagement to April 28,2012.
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Tyne Daly had a guest starring role as an imperious teacher Mrs Plank in 2014 episode "Won't You Be Our Neighbor" from the ABC sitcom Modern Family.
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Tyne Daly originated the role of Judy Steinberg in It Shoulda Been You, at the George Street Playhouse, New Brunswick, New Jersey, which ran from October 4 to November 6,2011.
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Tyne Daly took supporting roles in the independent film Hello, My Name Is Doris starring Sally Field, the romantic comedy film Basmati Blues with Brie Larson and played Anne Marie Hoag in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Spider-Man: Homecoming.
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Tyne Daly had a minor role in the Coen Brothers anthology Western film The Ballad of Buster Scruggs.
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Tyne Daly guest starred in Grey's Anatomy in 2019, Madam Secretary in 2019, and Mom in 2021.
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In 2024 Tyne Daly was set to return to Broadway in a revival of John Patrick Shanley's play Doubt opposite Liev Schreiber; however, she withdrew from the production after being hospitalized.
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Tyne Daly has been identified as a feminist icon in the media, particularly based on her television role in Cagney and Lacey.
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Tyne Daly has been outspoken about maintaining a natural appearance as she ages, and for the run of Judging Amy, Daly's hair was its naturally gray state and not dyed.
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Tyne Daly was married to Georg Stanford Brown from 1966 to 1990.
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Note: Tyne Daly was scheduled to return to Broadway in the 2024 revival of Doubt: A Parable as Sister Aloysius, but was forced to pull out of performances the week previews began due to a brief hospital stay.
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Tyne Daly has been nominated for the Emmy Award a total of 16 times; she has won 6 times, for the following television performances:.
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Tyne Daly was recognized for her work on Broadway receiving a Tony Award with three nominations:.