[1] 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.

[3] In 1969, Dailey joined the cast of the long-running CBS serial The Edge of Night as Pamela Stewart,[1] the vindictive wife of Nicole Drake's ex-husband Duane who stabbed Stephanie Martin to death.

Dailey later joined the cast of Another World in 1974 as the fourth actress to play the role of family matriarch Liz Matthews.

[1] Her work on Another World was recognized with a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Actress in 1979;[1] two of her fellow nominees were her AW costars Victoria Wyndham and Beverlee McKinsey.

After the death of Liz's great niece Sally, Dailey was written out, but the following year was brought back due to popular demand.

After that storyline ended, Liz continued to appear at special events, most notably at Ada Hobson's memorial and at a Cory Publishing gathering which coincided with the show's 30th anniversary.