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
Switch (TV series) Eddie Albert and Robert Wagner are the only actors to appear in every episode. Sharon Gless appeared in all but three episodes, and Charlie Callas did not appear in four episodes during the run. The short-lived ABC 1976-1977 crime drama "The Feather and Father Gang" was seen as an unsuccessful attempt to imitate "Switch". Coincidentally, Wagner would later costar with one of the stars of "The Feather and Father Gang", Stefanie Powers, in another crime drama "Hart to Hart" which ran for 5 seasons beginning in 1979. Switch (TV series) Switch is an American action-adventure detective series starring Eddie Albert