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 initially disapproves of her FBI agent son's girlfriend. Among her later television roles, Daly reunited with "Cagney & Lacy" costar Sharon Gless in a 2010 guest role on the series "Burn Notice". In the fall of 2018, Daly joined the cast of the revival of the "Murphy Brown" series, playing the character of Phyllis, who runs the bar which Murphy and her coworkers often patronize. Daly's first Broadway role was in 1967 in a short-lived play, "That Summer, That Fall". In 1988, Daly appeared on the Dolly Parton TV variety show "Dolly", and sang (at her request) a duet with