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May 26, 2015 · “I’ll be friends with these women for the rest of my life” —Delta Burke, 1986. In 1991, this sure didn’t seem like it would ring true. Designing Women went on for two more seasons, with Burke (and soon Jean Smart) replaced by Julia Duffy and Jan Hooks. But the show was never the same.
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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 is an American television sitcom created by Linda Bloodworth-Thomason that aired on CBS between September 29, 1986 and May 24, 1993, producing seven seasons and 163 episodes.
Sep 12, 2023 · Following the conclusion of Newhart, Duffy continued to work in television, playing the original Maggie Campbell on Baby Talk (1991) and Allison Sugarbaker on Designing Women (1991–1992).
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Following her role on Newhart, Julia starred in the series Baby Talk based on the hit feature film Look Who's Talking, played cousin Allison Sugarbaker on Designing Women for a season, and was featured as next-door neighbor "perfect" Barb on the NBC series The Mommies.
Oct 18, 2021 · Oct. 18, 2021. The women of Sugarbaker and Associates are ready to unload, and it’s easy to see why — the last time we heard from them was almost 30 years ago, when the hit sitcom “Designing...
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Oct 12, 2020 · DESIGNING WOMEN” star Julia Duffy, 69, has been keeping close a tragic heartache for more than a year — her only son committed suicide. Actor and animator Daniel May “Danny” Lacy, 29, plunged to his death off the Cold Spring Canyon Bridge outside Santa Barbara, Calif., on April 5, 2019, after years of suffering from mental health issues ...
