Sharon Gless is an American actress. When
CBS executives decided to replace actress
Meg Foster in their
1980s drama
Cagney and Lacey after 7 episodes, Gless was tabbed to fill the role opposite
Tyne Daly. The series went to become one of the most watched of the decade, and Gless was rewarded with two
Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. She can currently be seen in the
USA Network series
Burn Notice. Other credits include:
McCloud,
The Bob Newhart Show,
Switch, [[Emergency!]],
The Trials of Rosie O'Neill,
Queer as Folk, and
Nip/Tuck. In
1995, she received a star on the
Hollywood Walk of Fame. She actually began he career as a secretary for the advertising agency Grey Advertising, and then for Young & Rubicam. She was one of the last studio contract players when she signed with
Universal Studios to a 10-year acting contract in
1974. In
1991, she married
Barney Rosenzweig, a producer on
Cagney & Lacey. Ironically, Rosenzweig had just divorced series creator Barbara Corday one year prior.