Sharon Gless Sharon Gless Sharon Marguerite Gless (born May 31, 1943) is an American actress, who is known for her television roles as Maggie Philbin, the naïve, young receptionist of Frank MacBride and Pete Ryan (played by Eddie Albert and Robert Wagner) on "Switch" (1975–78), Sgt. Christine Cagney in the police procedural drama series "Cagney & Lacey" (1982–88), the title role in "The Trials of Rosie O'Neill" (1990–92), as Debbie Novotny in the Showtime cable television series "Queer as Folk" (2000–2005), and as Madeline Westen on "Burn Notice" (2007–2013). A 10-time Emmy Award nominee and seven-time Golden Globe Award nominee, she won
Tyne Daly 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" (1994–95), for which she won an Emmy in 1996 and Maxine Gray in "Judging Amy" (1999–2005), which won her a sixth Emmy in 2003. Her other Broadway credits include "The Seagull" (1992), her Tony-nominated role in "Rabbit Hole" (2006) and her Tony-nominated role in "Mothers and Sons" (2014). She played Maria Callas, both on Broadway and in London's West End, in the play "Master Class" (2011–12). She also plays Anne