Why did Petrie leave Cagney and Lacey?

Why did Petrie leave Cagney and Lacey?

The show was then picked up for a regular season beginning with the 1982–83 season, but Foster was then replaced by Sharon Gless because CBS deemed her as too aggressive and too likely to be perceived as a lesbian by the viewers.

What is Sharon Gless doing?

Sharon married Barney Rosenzweig, the Executive Producer of her hit show, Cagney & Lacey, in 1991. They’ve been together for twenty-seven years. She currently resides both in Los Angeles and on Fisher Island, off the coast of Miami, Florida. Sharon has championed LGBTQ causes for the past twenty years.

What did Sharon Gless do after Cagney & Lacey?

Gless has done many other things in her career, starring in shows including Queer As Folk and Nip/Tuck, putting on 40lbs to star as Annie Wilkes in the West End production of Misery and even guesting in Casualty, but she’ll always be Christine Cagney to anyone who watched telly in the Eighties.

Why did they change Christine on Cagney and Lacey?

Trivia (21) In the television movie that inspired the series, Christine Cagney was played by Loretta Swit. Swit was unable to continue playing Cagney in the series, due to her contract with M*A*S*H (1972). Meg Foster took over the role of Christine Cagney.