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Designing Women

Designed to keep you laughing!

  • TV series
  • 1986
  • TV-PG
  • 7 seasons
  • 163 episodes

Created by Linda Bloodworth-Thomason

6.8

TMDB audience rating
6.8 out of 10 from 40 votes

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Overview

Julia Sugarbaker, Mary Jo Shively, Charlene Frazier-Stillfield and Suzanne Sugarbaker are associates at their design firm, Sugarbaker and Associates. Julia is the owner and is very outspoken and strong-willed. Mary Jo is a divorced single-parent whom is just as strong-willed as Julia, but isn't as self-confident. Charlene is the naive and trusting farm girl from Poplar Bluff, Missouri. Suzanne is the self-centered ex-beauty queen whom has a number of wealthy ex-husbands.

Roughly 81h 30m to watch every episode. This is an estimate: 163 episodes at the typical episode runtime of 30 minutes.

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Trailer

Play trailer: DESIGNING WOMEN Countdown Starts 6/19!

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Series cast and crew

  • Dixie Carter

    Dixie CarterJulia Sugarbaker
    163 episodes

  • Annie Potts

    Annie PottsMary Jo Shively
    163 episodes

  • Meshach Taylor

    Meshach TaylorAnthony Bouvier
    163 episodes

  • Jean Smart

    Jean SmartCharlene Frazier Stillfield
    120 episodes

  • Delta Burke

    Delta BurkeSuzanne Sugarbaker
    118 episodes

  • Alice Ghostley

    Alice GhostleyBernice Clifton
    47 episodes

  • Jan Hooks

    Jan HooksCarlene Frazier Dobber
    45 episodes

  • Julia Duffy

    Julia DuffyAllison Sugarbaker
    23 episodes

  • Judith Ivey

    Judith IveyBonnie Jean "B.J." Poteet
    22 episodes

  • Richard Gilliland

    Richard GillilandJ.D. Shackleford
    14 episodes

  • Douglas Barr

    Douglas BarrColonel Bill Stillfield
    13 episodes

  • Priscilla WeemsClaudia Shively
    10 episodes

  • Brian Lando

    Brian LandoQuinton Shively
    9 episodes

  • Hal Holbrook

    Hal HolbrookReese Watson
    7 episodes

  • Sheryl Lee Ralph

    Sheryl Lee RalphEtienne Toussant Bouvier
    7 episodes

  • Michael Goldfinger

    Michael GoldfingerRusty
    6 episodes

  • Scott Bakula

    Scott BakulaTed Shively
    5 episodes

  • Olivia Brown

    Olivia BrownVanessa Hargraves
    5 episodes

Created by
Linda Bloodworth-Thomason
Network
CBS

Seasons and episodes