Tyne Daly

Cast in the Broadway production of "Rabbit Hole"; earned a Tony nomination

Received a Grammy nomination for Best Spoken word for "The World According to Mr. Rogers"

Acted alongside daughter Kathryne Dora Brown in the CBS TV-movie "The Wedding Dress"

Made cameo appearance as a psychic in "The Simian Line"; screened at the Palm Springs Film Festival

Portrayed a fatally ill Boston bus driver seeking to reunite with her son in "The Autumn Heart"; screened at Sundance; received limited theatrical release in 2000

Reteamed with brother Timothy (who executive produced and starred) on the Showtime original drama "Execution of Justice"

Returned to regular series playing the title character's social worker mother in the CBS drama series "Judging Amy"; Crenna made several guest appearances as a potential love interest for her character; received Emmy nominations in 2000, 2001, 2004 and 2005

Cast as Peter Falk's wife in the movie "VIG"; aired on Cinemax in lieu of a theatrical release

Starred in five-character, one-person play "Mystery School", performed in New Haven, Connecticut and Off-Broadway

Portrayed an overbearing mother-in-law in the CBS movie "A Perfect Mother"

Cast as Mrs. Peterson in the ABC remake of the Broadway musical "Bye Bye Birdie"

Received star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

Joined cast of CBS series "Christy" as Alice Henderson; won fifth Emmy Award

Reteamed with Richard Crenna for the CBS TV-movie "The Forget-Me-Not Murders"

Reunited with Sharon Gless to star in first of three "Cagney & Lacey" revival TV-movies for CBS

Made well-reviewed guest appearance as the blowsy alcoholic wife of a sports magnate in "Columbo: A Bird in the Hand" (ABC); first collaboration with Peter Falk

Starred opposite Charles Durning in the revised version of the musical "Ballroom", retitled "Queen of the Stardust Ballroom"; performed at Long Beach Civic Light Opera

Performed for the first time with brother Timothy as guest star on his NBC sitcom "Wings"; played a wealthy older woman romancing Steven Weber's Brian Hackett; receieved an Emmy nomination

Commenced national tour as Mama Rose in a revival of the musical "Gypsy"; eventually played role on Broadway; received Tony Award

Second on screen pairing with Crenna playing a two people who discover a million dollars and are forced to flee together in the NBC movie "Stuck With Each Other"

Formed Nexus Productions with then-husband Georg Sanford Brown; produced TV movie "Stuck With Each Other" for NBC, in which she starred and co-executive produced

Reteamed with Crenna to play the parents of a child with Down's Syndrome in the CBS movie "Kids Like These"

Starred in a Los Angeles stage production of "Come Back Little Sheba"

CBS revived "Cagney & Lacey" for second time

Daly won first of four Emmy Awards as Mary Beth Lacey; series cancelled for second time

"Cagney & Lacey" premiered as CBS weekly series with Meg Foster in the role of Chris Cagney

CBS cancelled "Cagney & Lacey," then revived it with Sharon Gless as Chris Cagney

Starred as Mary Beth Lacey in CBS TV-movie, "Cagney & Lacey" with Loretta Swit

Portrayed the starchy head of a retirement home in the NBC TV-movie "Better Late Than Never"; first association with Richard Crenna who directed

Co-starred as Kate Renshaw in ABC TV- movie "Intimate Strangers"; earned first Emmy nomination as Best Supporting Actress in a Movie or Special

Garnered attention for supporting turn in the NBC remake of "The Entertainer", starring Jack Lemmon

Had distinction of playing the first onscreen female cop partnered with Clint Eastwood's Dirty Harry Callahan in "The Enforcer"

Acted in two additional episodes of "The Rookies"

Appeared opposite then-husband Georg Sanford Brown in an episode of "The Rookies" (ABC)

Had title role in the little-seen feature "The Adulteress"

Acted in the TV-movie "In Search of America" (ABC)

Feature film debut "John and Mary"

Played recurring role of Jenny Lochner, daughter of Dr. Paul Lochner (portrayed by her real-life father James Daly) on "Medical Center" (CBS)

Acted on stage in Frank Gilroy's play "That Summer - That Fall"

Broadway debut in revival of "The Butter and Egg Man"

TV debut as guest star on an episode of "The Virginian"

Began performing career as a teenager; obtained Equity card at age 15 appearing in summer stock with her family in "Jenny Kissed Me" in Bucks County, Pennsylvania; had originally been cast in title role; later demoted to a supporting role ("It was an early lesson about how this crazy business works.")

Raised in Suffern, New York