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Outspoken feminist Julia Sugarbaker runs a design firm out of her Atlanta home, along with her shallow ex-beauty queen sister, Suzanne, divorced mother Mary Jo, and, naive country girl Charlene. regulars: 1  Dixie Carter as Julia Sugarbaker. 2  Annie Potts as Mary Jo Shively. 3  Meshach Taylor as Anthony Bouvier.  Delta Burke as Suzanne Sugarbaker [ seasons 1 1  - 5 ] Jean Smart as Charlene Frazier, later Charlene Stillfield [ seasons 1 2  - 5 ] Julia Duffy as Alison Sugarbaker, Suzanne and Julia's cousin [ season 6 only ] Actress Alice Ghostley Dies at 81. LOS ANGELES -- Alice Ghostley, the Tony Award-winning actress best known on television for playing Esmeralda on Bewitched and Bernice on Designing Women, has died. She was 81. Ghostley died Friday at her home in Studio City after a long battle with colon cancer and a series of strokes, longtime friend Jim Pinkston said. September 22, 2007|Dennis McLellan | Times Staff Writer. Alice Ghostley, the Tony Award-winning comedic actress and singer who specialized in playing ditsy ladies and was best known on television for her supporting roles as Esmeralda on Bewitched and Bernice on Designing Women, died Friday. She was 81. Black Man! Black Man- Actress Alice Ghostley dies at 81. Actress Alice Ghostley dies at 81. Sat Sep 22, 7:52 AM ET. Alice Ghostley, the Tony Award-winning actress best known on television for playing Esmeralda on Bewitched and Bernice on Designing Women, has died. She was 81. Ghostley died Friday at her home in Studio City after a long battle with colon cancer and a series of strokes, longtime friend Jim Pinkston said. Alice Ghostley Obituary. LOS ANGELES (AP) - Alice Ghostley, the Tony Award-winning actress best known on television for playing Esmeralda on Bewitched and Bernice on Designing Women, has died. She was 81. Designing Women 1986 | TV Show Watchlist. Premise. Savvy single women run Sugarbakers, an Atlanta decorating business, in this saucy sitcom with feminist sensibilities, which also endured its share of tabloid notoriety (thanks in some measure to Delta Burke's fluctuating weight and her departure from the series in 1991). This article is about the television series. For the 1934 film, see Designing Women (film). For the 1957 film, see Designing Woman. Designing Women is an American sitcom created by Linda Bloodworth-Thomason that aired on CBS from September 29, 1986, until May 24, 1993, producing seven seasons and 163 episodes. Alice Ghostley Obituary. Visit Guest Book. LOS ANGELES (AP) - Alice Ghostley, the Tony Award-winning actress best known on television for playing Esmeralda on Bewitched and Bernice on Designing Women, has died. Delta Burke as Suzanne Sugarbaker [ seasons 1 - 5 ] Jean Smart as Charlene Frazier, later Charlene Stillfield [ seasons 1 - 5 ] Julia Duffy as Alison Sugarbaker, Suzanne and Julia's cousin [ season 6 only ] Jan Hooks as Carlene Frazier Dobber, Charlene's younger sister [ seasons 6 & 7 ] Judith Ivey as Bonnie Jean B.J..
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