Sharon Gless Academy Award nomination for Best Documentary Feature. Between 2000 and 2005, Gless appeared as Hal Sparks's mother, Debbie Novotny, in her biggest and most critically acclaimed role since Cagney & Lacey in the acclaimed Showtime cable television series "Queer as Folk." In 2000, she was on an episode of "Touched by an Angel" entitled "The Perfect Game". On May 26, 2005, Gless was one of the mourners at Eddie Albert's funeral, along with ex-"Switch" co-stars Robert Wagner and Charlie Callas. In 2006, Gless starred in the BBC television series "The State Within". The following year she co-starred in the USA
Tim Daly the Creative Coalition, a liberal group that works on issues such as health care reform and arts funding. Daly married actress Amy Van Nostrand in 1982. They have two children, Sam and Emelyn. In 2010, Daly and Van Nostrand divorced. He has been dating his "Madam Secretary" co-star Téa Leoni since December 2014. In 2012, on a personal quest, Daly climbed Mount Kilimanjaro. That same year, he and his sister, Tyne, endorsed the re-election campaign of Democratic U.S. President Barack Obama. In January 2017, Daly broke both legs in a ski accident while on vacation in Sundance. Tim Daly James