Jane Daly is an American actress. She is best known for Bob Clark's low-budget zombie movie ''

Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things ''Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things'' (also known as ''Revenge of the Living Dead'', ''Things from the Dead'', and ''Zreaks'') is a 1972 comedic horror film directed by Bob Clark. It later became a cult classic. This low-budget zombie f ...

'' and as the original Kelly Harper on the CBS soap opera ''Capitol''.

Early life

Daly was born in

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, the daughter of Edward A. Daly, a

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Air Force Veteran. and Vice President of Standard Milling Co. and Lillian Mullen Daly, a former beauty queen and USO performer. She was raised in

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and

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, where she attended the

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and graduated magna cum laude in theatre.

Career

In 1963, at 15 years of age, Daly was crowned Miss Teenage Miami and a finalist in the Miss Teenage America Pageant in Dallas, Texas where she performed Peter Pan before a nationally televised audience. She and her mother became the face of Ivory Liquid in the mother and daughter look-alike national commercial. Another of her early film roles was in Bob Clark’s ''

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'' with

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. Daly starred in the 1987 NBC series ''Roomies'' opposite

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. She is notable for her 1994 role in the Cable Ace Nominated ''And Then There Was One'' opposite

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and

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capturing the tragedy of the AIDS epidemic. She played Julia's mother alongside

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on ''Mission Impossible III''.

Later work

Daly has appeared in over 50 television movies and series roles. Her later work includes: * Patrice Evers on The Rookie (5 episodes, 2019–2022) * Constance Horning on

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(2019) * Sally on

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(2018)

Personal life

Daly is married to actor Duncan Gamble, whom she met while working on the soap opera ''Capitol''.

Filmography

* '' The Keeping Hours'' (2017), Elizabeth's Mother * '' Mission: Impossible III'' (2006), Julia's Mother * ''Amy'' (1981), Molly Tribble * ''

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'' (1980), Bullets' Girlfriend * ''

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'' (1979), Ruth * ''Dead of Night'' (1974), Joanne * ''

'' (1972), Terry * ''Secrets of the Bermuda Triangle'' (1996), Ginny Mae Cooper * ''And Then There Was One'' (1994), (TV Movie) – Lorrie * ''Star'' (1993), Frances Hill * ''Runaway Father'' (1991), Lorraine * ''...Where's Rodney?'' (1990), Ann Barnes * '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'' (1990), Varria * ''

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'' (1987), Lorraine Douglas * ''Did You Hear About Josh and Kelly?'' (1980), Kelly Porter

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Daly, Jane Living people 20th-century American actresses 21st-century American actresses American film actresses American television actresses Actresses from Philadelphia Actresses from Miami People from Valley Stream, New York Actresses from New York (state) University of Miami alumni Year of birth missing (living people)