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Designing Women is an American television sitcom created by Linda Bloodworth-Thomason that aired on CBS from September 29, 1986, to May 24, 1993, producing seven seasons and 163 episodes.
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.
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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
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- 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.
Designing Women (TV Series 1986–1993) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
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