I am a huge fan of Tyne Daly, the actress. I enjoyed her on the TV series “Cagney and Lacy,” was blown away by her Mama Rose in the musical “Gypsy,” and am not at all surprised by Ben Brantley’s July 8, 2011, glowing review of her portrayal of Maria Callas in “Master Class.”
He writes, “Ms. Daly transforms that script into one of the most haunting portraits I’ve seen of life after stardom.”
But I was not always a fan. No way. Not when Tyne was taking all the ingenue roles at the Jr. Antrim Players in Suffern and a cute guy I knew was always drooling about “Time for Tyne.”
Nope. Starting with Gilbert & Sullivan’s “HMS Pinafore,” in which I was crummy ol’ Cousin Hebe, Tyne snared all the lead roles. We girls in wallflower parts would hiss to one another with resentful envy, “Of course, she comes from a theater family,” and “Her father is James Daly,” and “The whole family does summer stock.” We didn’t like to admit that Tyne was also very comfortable and capable on the stage, had a sweet voice, and was pretty.
Fortunately we grew up and learned to give credit where credit is due.
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I enjoy reading all your comments about old films,culture events close to where you just are or have been, family memories or just something you have read or heard about which could be interesting to other people. It gives me an hint about life in US outside what is covered in Swedish papers
I realize this is an old post but I just heard her on the Leonard Lopate show this morning on NPR and she was of course amazing. What a wonderful experience it must have been working with her!
ps – i love your blog! i learn something new with every post!
Thanks so much for reading the blog, Stephanie. And thanks especially for all you do for http://www.lunaandstella.com. 🙂
I was trying to be incognito;) its my pleasure, really- love being a part of L&S.