Delta Burke
Suzanne Sugarbaker
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- Dixie CarterJulia Sugarbaker
- Jean SmartCharlene Frazier Stillfield
- Annie PottsMary Jo Shively
- Meshach TaylorAnthony Bouvier
- Alice GhostleyBernice Clifton
- Judith IveyB.J. Poteet
- Hal HolbrookReese Watson
- Richard GillilandJ.D. Shackleford
- Julia DuffyAllison Sugarbaker
Douglas BarrBill Stillfield- Jan HooksCarlene Frazier Dobber
Designing Women (TV Series 1986–1993) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
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.
Designing Women: Created by Linda Bloodworth-Thomason. With Dixie Carter, Annie Potts, Meshach Taylor, Jean Smart. The misadventures of four women and their handyman running a design firm in Atlanta, Georgia.
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- 1986-09-29
- Comedy
- 30
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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- 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.
Learn more about the full cast of Designing Women with news, photos, videos and more at TV Guide.
Feb 17, 2021 · Designing Women went off the air in 1993 after seven successful seasons that saw several key cast shake-ups and changes to the central dynamic, but today it remains a beloved sitcom...
