Details

Release year: 1986

Storyline

The misadventures of four women and their handyman running a design firm in Atlanta, Georgia.

Top credits

Cast

Delta Burke — Suzanne Sugarbaker
Dixie Carter — Julia Sugarbaker
Annie Potts — Mary Jo Shively
Meshach Taylor — Anthony Bouvier

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Awards

1 win & 17 nominations

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Did you know

• Of the original cast, Jean Smart was the only one not born in the south or southeastern United States. She was born and raised in Seattle, Washington.

• The exterior of Sugarbaker & Associates Interior Design is The Villa Marre, a Victorian mansion built in 1881, and located in the MacArthur Park Historic District of Little Rock, Arkansas. It is listed in the National Registry of Historic Places.

• According to creator Linda Bloodworth-Thomason during the 2006 Designing Women Reunion the character of Anthony played by Meshach Taylor was supposed to be a one off. But fans loved the character of Anthony so much that he was offered a full time role on the show. He joined the main cast officially for the second season in 1987.