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- Duffy struggled to fill in the big shoes left behind by Delta Burke. While there were speculations that the network might fire her from the show, Duffy chose to walk away with dignity.
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Aug 15, 2019 · Delta Burke and Jean Smart's departures at the end of Season 5 is generally considered the moment that Designing Women jumped the shark. Season 6 with Julia Duffy and Jan Hooks as their replacements is ironically, the highest rated season of the entire seven year run.
“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.
- 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.
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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.
Apr 22, 2024 · She recently described her 1991 exit from Designing Women — which reportedly sprung from a falling out with the show's creator Linda Bloodworth-Thomason, who Burke claims had psychologically...
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Jul 11, 2012 · Fans of the series, likely perturbed by Burke's departure and the many tabloid stories surrounding it, didn't care for Duffy's prim, Republican character, leading to her being fired at the end of...
Mar 7, 2016 · Julia Duffy (Newhart) was cast as Allison Sugarbaker and Jan Hooks (Saturday Night Live) was brought in as Charlene’s sister (and replacement) Carlene.
