Barry Primus role on the CBS TV series "Cagney and Lacey" (1982 — 1988) as Christine Cagney's (Sharon Gless) boyfriend Sergeant Dory McKenna, whose drug problem compromises his value as a police officer. He also guest starred in "Murder, She Wrote". After working as director Mark Rydell's assistant on "The Rose" (1979), Primus increased his behind-the-camera activities; in 1992, he directed his first theatrical feature, the "inside" Hollywood comedy/drama "Mistress". A member of the Actors Studio, Primus has taught acting and directing classes at the American Film Institute, The Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute, the UCLA campus, and at The Maine Media Workshops
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