European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 29, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Strong minded Daly wont play victimized role by Susan King los Angeles times Tyne duly does t mince words. Just ask her Why she returned to Broadway this year to reprise her 1990 Tony winning role As mama Rose in Gypsy. The answer comes rapid fire Quot we were supposed to go to London but there were people doing a War. There was a War that happened. The politicians needed to use up a lot of the murder machines that they built so they wiped out half a million people and Felt better about themselves and got to say a glory and Honor and wave the Flag a Tjit. A meanwhile people weren t going to the theater in London because terrorism is a reality in Europe so everybody got a Little spooked about it. So we went to new York. I would have rather gone to London since backward is not a direction for such frankness has Cost the 44-Ycar-old actress jobs. The four time emmy Winner for Cagney amp Laccy recalled with great relish a script she received after appearing in the hit Clint Eastwood film the enforcer 15 years ago. It was about people who ate dead human flesh. A there was a Southern sheriff two rapes and a Chase through the Woods and a lot of terror and a thing in the basement that was fed dead human beings a Daly said with a wide Grin. A it was going to Cost $20 million and it was going to be Daly refused to even meet with the producers. Quot i called them up and said a hello my name is Tyne Daly. We Are supposed to have a meeting on this movie Here and i want you to know that with $20 million you can probably make four or possibly live worthy movies. A a �?~1 think what you Are doing is wrong criminal and amoral and actually bad. T would t make a movie about people who ate dead human flesh if i was starving to death. Goodbye i Hung up the phone and 1 Felt better Tor almost four months. I did t work but i fell to this Day Daly Sticks by her convictions and refuses to play victimized characters. A when i got to do Cagney amp Lacey i got to he the hero Quot she said. A then All i had to suffer was cancer my kid missing in action and my Friend being an alcoholic. But we were in fact sort of Daly turns a potential victim into a hero in face of a stranger a drama airing on lbs tonight in the Stales. She plays Dollie Madison a homeless woman befriended by a widow Gena Rowlands. The women discover a common Bond. A there is a Kindred spirit under that Mink coat that Dollic recognizes and therein hangs the talc a Daly said. A they know through some kind of human magic that they Are Sisters and therefore can be helpful to each face of a 5/ranger is based on an article in the new York Magazine that was written by actress Mary Stuart about her relationship with a homeless woman who lived across the Street from her. A the truth was that she ended up getting her a Job and sees Stuart eve 17 now and then a Daly said. A that would be so neat wre could t Pul it on to. They All would have Given us the horse laugh. Truth is stranger than fiction. I said to director Claudia Weill. This is not so much about huge changes. It is about a Tittle shift in the Point of View on the part of both of them and if we can accomplish that we will have a Lovely love a Daly spent time with homeless women 011 Loca a Tyne Daly As she appeared in Gypsy. Ion in Seattle and worked with the director to transform Dollie into a real person. A we wanted a certain amount of preserved vanity which has to do with a person who wears hats and gloves and carries a variety of purses Quot Daly said. And. At the same time a i wanted a hag lady who had a Large Bagful of now Daly is starting the ground work for her next role the musical ballroom in which she plays a widow. The play opens in february in Long Beach Calif. Quot i just came from a voice lesson a she said. A it will be a grand total of 19 performances hut it is to Home and its and she won t be going backward. Quot i am not ready to do Gypsy again a she said firmly. �?o1 done to know if i will Ever do Gypsy inspires Homey Cookbook by Susan King los Angeles times Cookbook writers Jim Clark and Ken Beck arc the first to admit they done to know How to Cook. A if there is anything i can make it is Popcorn and Peanut butter sandwiches a Beck said. Despite ineptitude in the Kitchen the duo Are the baby Boomer authors of one of the hottest cookbooks on the stateside Market aunt Bee s Mayberry Cookbook which features Down Home recipes inspired by the beloved sitcom the Andy Griffith show. The Book is dedicated to the late actress Frances Bavier who so charmingly brought aunt Bee to life on the series which aired on lbs from 1960-68 and lives on in reruns. Clark a Nashville based writer founded the Andy Griffith rerun watchers club in 1979 and co authored with Beck the Andy Griffith show Calendar and the Andy Griffith show Book. Beck is an editor at the Nashville tennessean. When they were approached last fall by the Cookbook publishing House of Rutledge Hill press Clark and Beck immediately agreed. A who better than aunt Bee to have a Cookbook a Clark asked. Quot Ken and i knew a lot of Good Cooks who had some recipes. We got recipes from All across the country including from fans and Good Cooks. We asked them to Send the Best recipes the ones that were tried and the two also asked surviving members of the cast and Crew to contribute recipes. Andy Griffith and Don Knotts a Andy and Barney a did not respond. A i guess the reason for Frances Bavier Andy Griffith not responding is that aunt acc was cooking for him a Clark said. A i guess Don Knotts did t have one of his own to Send Beck s wife Mother and grandmother supplied several of the recipes. A my grandmother is a great country Cook a Beck said. Quot she gave us aunt been a Fried Chicken grandmas biscuits a Corn recipe and a Caramel pie that a just a killer nothing hut sugar. She is like aunt Bee but Only according to Clark the Hook s desserts have been the biggest hit with readers. A there s one called aunt Bee s Apple pie which probably because of the name if nothing else says Mayberry Quot he said. A there a also one called Opic and leones Buttermilk pie which Ron Howard s Mother submitted and who said it was his favorite dessert when he was a Little boy. It is absolutely delicious. Its easy to make and impossible to mess Julie Pitkin aunt been a of turd editor tested most of the recipes. But both Clark and Beck admit 110 one tried out Ernest to s Possum and Sweet taters old Man Kelsey s barbecued Raccoon Briscoe Darlings Hoot owl pie or lefty a Alligator done right which Calls for live pounds of Alligator Tail meal. Both Clark and Beck have been in a Mayberry state of mind since they were boys. Quot for me it is great entertainment Quot Clark said. Quot it s got Good morals and it is Quot when it first came on the air 1 was in third Grade a Beck said. A in our family the show was pretty much like a religion. Every monday night everybody stopped what they were doing and went into the Den and watched the Andy Griffith show together. At that time i pretty much related to Opic. Now that i am a father i look at the show More through the eyes of Andy. My two children love watching 29. 1991 sunday a _ Page 15
