Irene Dailey (September 12, 1920 â€" September 24, 2008) was an
American stage, film, and television actress.Dailey was born in New
York City, the daughter of Helen Theresa (née Ryan) and Daniel James
Dailey. Her brother was the late actor Dan Dailey.Dailey received the
1966 Drama Desk Award for her work in Rooms, and played Nettie Cleary
in the original Broadway production of the Tony Award-winning drama,
The Subject Was Roses (1964). Other Broadway credits included Idiot's
Delight, The Good Woman of Szechwan, and You Know I Can't Hear You
When the Water's Running.In 1969, Dailey joined the cast of the
long-running CBS serial The Edge of Night as Pamela Stewart, the
vindictive wife of Nicole Drake's ex-husband Duane who stabbed
Stephanie Martin to death. In 1971 she won the Sarah Siddons Award for
her work in Chicago theatre. Dailey later joined the cast of Another
World in 1974 as the fourth actress to play the role of family
matriarch Liz Matthews. While other members of the Matthews family
were written out in the early 1980s, she remained a major character on
the show until the summer of 1986, returning in November 1987 on a
non-contract basis, being prominently featured in the show's 25th and
30th anniversary shows, and making her last appearance in May 1994.
American stage, film, and television actress.Dailey was born in New
York City, the daughter of Helen Theresa (née Ryan) and Daniel James
Dailey. Her brother was the late actor Dan Dailey.Dailey received the
1966 Drama Desk Award for her work in Rooms, and played Nettie Cleary
in the original Broadway production of the Tony Award-winning drama,
The Subject Was Roses (1964). Other Broadway credits included Idiot's
Delight, The Good Woman of Szechwan, and You Know I Can't Hear You
When the Water's Running.In 1969, Dailey joined the cast of the
long-running CBS serial The Edge of Night as Pamela Stewart, the
vindictive wife of Nicole Drake's ex-husband Duane who stabbed
Stephanie Martin to death. In 1971 she won the Sarah Siddons Award for
her work in Chicago theatre. Dailey later joined the cast of Another
World in 1974 as the fourth actress to play the role of family
matriarch Liz Matthews. While other members of the Matthews family
were written out in the early 1980s, she remained a major character on
the show until the summer of 1986, returning in November 1987 on a
non-contract basis, being prominently featured in the show's 25th and
30th anniversary shows, and making her last appearance in May 1994.
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