Sharon Gless friends with them. While under contract with Universal, she co-starred in a number of properties, including the 1979 Steven Bochco television sitcom, "Turnabout" (based on the Thorne Smith 1931 novel about a husband and wife who temporarily switch bodies), which failed to be a ratings blockbuster, and, briefly in the sitcom "House Calls" (in which she replaced Lynn Redgrave, who'd left due to a contract dispute). Beginning with the series' seventh episode/first full season, Gless replaced actress Meg Foster in the role of NYPD police detective Christine Cagney on "Cagney & Lacey." (The role had been originated, in the pilot
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