I wish I had a copy of the nationally televised 1963 Miss Teenage America Pageant but we weren't very techno hip in those days. What an experience as a 15-year-old. The irony of the timing is that I answered my question about “who do I most admire” with an impassioned reply about our wonderful First Lady, Jackie Kennedy. One week after the contest, JFK was assassinated on the same parade route where I had ridden the week before with the other contestants, The Dallas Cowboys and Governor John Connelly. I started modeling and doing commercials at age 14 and when my mom and I were selected as the original Ivory Liquid look-alikes, we were flown to New York and treated like celebrities. It was my first big taste of show biz life and, oh yes, I liked it very much! I did over 100 national and regional commercials in the next few years and paid my way through college. With my degree in theatre from the University of Miami, graduating magna cum laude, I landed my first movie. Jamie Leigh Curtis wasn’t the only “B Movie Horror Queen” out there. If you can ever get your hands on Bob Clark’s cult classic, Children Shouldn’t Play With Dead Things (available here) you’ll see a very young, very bra-less Jane Daly. It’s a real scream and my two sons love to show it to their friends. They rag on my 70’s bellbottoms and my astrological belt. To view a clip of “Children”, Click here for Windows Media Click here for Quicktime I moved to New York in 1972 and went on to do more commercials, several prominent stage roles including a national tour of Godspell, and productions of Sweet Charity and Fiddler on the Roof. But the lure of Hollywood was strong and I knew that was where I had to be. California here I come. My life changed forever when I was cast in the new upscale soap opera Capitol. Talk about a classy cast. Caroline Jones, Rory Calhoun, Connie Towers, Ed Nelson. The real deal. My character took off with a bang as the "hooker with the heart of gold" that somehow touched America's hearts and was one of the most popular characters on the show. I also met my future husband Duncan Gamble who played a nasty private investigator trying to ruin me at every turn. I must have loved it because we got married 7 weeks later. I went from one major sitcom pilot to the next—starring opposite Dennis Dugan, Rory Calhoun, Rodney Dangerfield, Dean Jones—and finally hit pay dirt opposite Burt Young in Roomies for NBC. It didn't last more than a year but now I was officially an actress with a series. Hollywood has given me a wonderful career opposite great stars like Jimmy Stewart, Donna Mills, Bruce Willis, James Farentino, Bobby Blake (yes, that Robert Blake), Heather Locklear, Jay Thomas, Michael Fox and the late, great Nell Carter. There are many more but one of my favorite memories is the wonderful time spent opposite Michael Landon on Highway to Heaven just one year before he died. What a man. How we all loved him. He always made sure everybody got paid well and never let the show interfere with family time. 5 o'clock, finished or not, everyone went home. I think where most of the younger generation remembers me from was my stint on Beverly Hills 90210. I played "Maggie the Malibu Mystic" as Luke Perry and I dubbed her. She was sort of a shrink and a hypnotist taking Dylan back in time to re-live his interesting past lives. Was that a high point or a low point for 90210? It was great for me and I made the tough transition through my 40's with ease. When the late, great, wonderful Frieda Rothstein cast me opposite Amy Madigan in Lifetime's Cable Ace winner, And Then there Was One, I was officially part of the Hollywood "A" Team. And finally the two "Dalys" meet. What fun it was to finally work with Tyne on Judging Amy. She is truly one of the most generous and talented actresses in this crazy town. I told her the story about my first year in Hollywood when I was broke and trying to raise my first son on my own and I mistakenly got one of her residual checks for Cagney and Lacey. It would have been so easy to change a few letters and cash that check. But, my good Catholic upbringing sent the check back to Screen Actors Guild explaining the mistake. Tyne said, "Your karma's gotta be really good." Tyne's conclusion about my karma was correct. After 21 years, Duncan and I are still happily married. Our son Grady is graduating from High School this June and off to college. My oldest son Mike is a successful Stedicam operator on the East coast. I'm currently in development with my own show being directed by my husband. In the meantime you can catch me in up-and-coming episodes of UPN's Girlfriends. I'll keep you posted as my career continues its wild ride through Showbiz!