In 1969, Dailey joined the cast of the long-running CBS serial "The Edge of Night" as Pamela Stewart, and in 1971 she won the Sarah Siddons Award for her work in Chicago theatre.
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.