Designing Women

(1986 – 1993)

Sitcom

Cast:

Dixie Carter as Julia Sugarbaker MacElroy

Delta Burke as Suzanne Sugarbaker Goff Dent Stonecipher

Annie Potts as Mary Jo Jackson Shively

Jean Smart as Charlene Olivia Frazier Stillfield

Meshach Taylor as Anthony Bouvier

Alice Ghostley as Bernice Clifton

Hal Holbrook as Atty. Reese Watson

Richard Gilliland as James Dean 'J.D.' Shackelford

Douglas Barr as Colonel William 'Bill' Stillfield

Designing Women enjoyed a seven season run on CBS from September 29, 1986 until May 24, 1993.   The show is about the personal and professional lives of two sisters, Julia and Suzanne , who are as different as night and day, and have opened their own business, Sugarbaker Designs.  Other members of the interior design team staff include designer Mary Jo Shively, office manager Charlene Frazier and Anthony Bouvier, the only man on the staff.