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Apr 22, 2024 · Delta Burke, Dixie Carter, Annie Potts, Jean Smart and Mesach Taylor starred on the CBS sitcom 'Designing Women' in the 1980s. See where they are now.
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It originally starred Dixie Carter as Julia Sugarbaker, president of the design firm; Delta Burke as Suzanne Sugarbaker, the design firm's silent partner and Julia's ex-beauty queen sister; Annie Potts as head designer Mary Jo Shively; and Jean Smart as office manager Charlene Frazier.
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- Dixie Carter (Julia Sugarbaker) If there is one woman who made this show the icon it was, for me personally, it was Dixie Carter and the way she played her character, Julia Sugarbaker.
- Delta Burke (Suzanne Sugarbaker) Actress Delta Burke's Suzanne Sugarbaker is perhaps the most popular character on the series. Loud, brash, spoiled, and incredibly beautiful, Suzanne Sugarbaker was an ex-beauty pageant queen who was often "too much" to deal with for the show's other characters.
- Annie Potts (Mary Jo Shively) Annie Potts played the former demure housewife turned firecracker business woman, Mary Jo Shively. The character had been married to a man she put through medical school, but once he became a prominent physician, he cheated on her every chance he got.
- Jean Smart (Charlene Frazier-Stillfield) Jean Smart breathed life into Designing Women's bold, brassy, wide eyed, romantic dreamer, Charlene Frazier.
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- Dixie Carter (Julia Sugarbaker) She was born Dixie Virginia Carter on May 25, 1939, in McLemoresville, Tennessee. Her career began in 1960 when she appeared in a Memphis production of the musical Carousel, arriving on Broadway in 1974 in Sextet, another musical.
- Annie Potts (Mary Jo Shively) Annie was born Anne Hampton Potts on October 28, 1952, in Nashville, Tennessee. She graduated from Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri, with a bachelor in fine arts degree (emphasis on theater arts).
- Jean Smart (Charlene Frazier Stillfield) Jean Elizabeth Smart was born on September 13, 1951, in Seattle, Washington. She discovered a love for acting while a student at Ballard High School in Seattle, which led to her enrolling at and graduating from the University of Washington’s Professional Actors Training Program.
- Delta Burke (Suzanne Sugarbaker) Delta Romona Leah Burke was born July 30, 1956, in Orlando, Florida. Voted Most Likely to Succeed at Colonial High School, in 1972, two years before graduation, she won the Miss Flame crown from the Orlando Fire Department and went on to become State Miss Flame.
- Dixie Carter - Julia Sugarbaker. Dixie Carter made her breakthrough on Broadway in the 1970s before transitioning to television and launching what would become a decades-long streak of memorable roles on various series, beginning with the soap The Edge of Night in 1974.
- Delta Burke - Suzanne Sugarbaker. A former beauty queen who transitioned into acting, Delta Burke made her TV breakthrough in 1980 with a supporting role in the miniseries The Chisholms, and steady acting work soon followed.
- Annie Potts - Mary Jo Shively. Annie Potts' screen acting career began in the late 1970s with roles in TV series like Hollywood High, Busting Loose, and Goodtime Girls, but her real pop culture breakthrough came in the mid-1980s.
- Jean Smart - Charlene Frazier. Jean Smart began her career in theater before transitioning to television in the 1980s with roles in series like Teachers Only, Reggie, and Maximum Security before joining the cast of Designing Women.
Jun 15, 2019 · Delta Ramona Leah Burke (born July 30, 1956) is an American actress, producer and author. From 1986 to 1991, she starred as Suzanne Sugarbaker in the CBS sitcom Designing Women, for which she was nominated for two Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series.
May 18, 2021 · It's been nearly 30 years since the ladies of Sugarbakers & Associates were on TV. Here's where Annie Potts and the rest of the main cast are today.
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