Designing Women
Julia Sugarbaker, Mary Jo Shively, Charlene Frazier-Stillfield, and Suzanne Sugarbaker are associates at the design firm Sugarbaker and Associates. Julia Sugarbaker is the owner and is known for being outspoken and strong-willed. Mary Jo Shively is a divorced single parent who is similarly strong-willed but less self-confident. Charlene Frazier-Stillfield is a naive and trusting farm girl from Poplar Bluff, Missouri. Suzanne Sugarbaker is a self-centered former beauty queen with several wealthy ex-husbands.
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14 unique people credited
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Alice Ghostley
as Bernice Clifton
Annie Potts
as Mary Jo Shively
Delta Burke
as Suzanne Sugarbaker
Dixie Carter
as Julia Sugarbaker
Meshach Taylor
as Anthony Bouvier
Jean Smart
as Charlene Frazier Stillfield
Jan Hooks
as Carlene Frazier Dobber
Julia Duffy
as Allison Sugarbaker
Judith Ivey
as B.J. Poteet
Richard Gilliland
as J.D. Shackelford
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