Tyne Daly

The daughter of actor "James Daly" and sister of actor "Tim Daly", Emmy award-winning American actress "Tyne Daly" was destined early on to enter the family business. After graduation from the American Academy of Dramatic Art, Tyne worked on stage and appeared in TV guest spots starting in the early '70s. While applauded for her talent, Daly found full stardom eluding her for several years during a long string of busted TV pilots like "In Search of America" (1971), "Doctor Granger" (1972), "Fitzgerald and Pride" (1972) and "Hotshot Harry and the Rocking Chair Renegades" (1979) did little to make her bankable (though her performance as Kate, female partner to Clint Eastwood's Dirty Harry Callahan, in the 1976 action opus The Enforcer, most assuredly helped).

Then in 1981, "Tyne Daly" and "Loretta Swit" were cast in the pilot of "Cagney and Lacey", an unusual (for U.S. prime time television) story... Full Biography