Delta Ramona Leah Burke (born July 30, 1956 in Orlando, Florida) is an American television and film actress. She is probably best known for her role as Suzanne Sugarbaker in the sitcom Designing Women. July 30 is the 211th day (212th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 154 days remaining. ... Year 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Nickname: The City Beautiful, O-Town, 407 Location in Orange County and the state of Florida. ... Film is a term that encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the motion picture industry. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke while waiting between takes during location filming An actor or actress is a person who acts, or plays a role, in a dramatic production. ... Suzanne Sugarbaker Goff Dent Stonecipher is a character in the television series Designing Women and the sort-of spin-off series, Women of the House. ... A sitcom or situation comedy is a genre of comedy performance originally devised for radio but today typically found on television. ... Designing Women was a U.S. television sitcom that centered around the working and personal lives of four women in an interior design firm in Atlanta, Georgia. ...

Miss Florida

Burke attended Colonial High School in Orlando, Florida, where she was voted "Most Likely to Succeed." [1] After graduation, she won the Miss Florida title for 1974. Burke was paired with Miss Georgia, Gail Nelson, in the Miss America pageant in 1974, and won a talent scholarship allowing her to attend a two-year study program at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. Colonial High School is a high school located in Orlando, Florida. ... The Miss Florida competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Florida in the Miss America pageant. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Miss America contestants visit Andrews Air Force Base in 2003 The Miss America pageant (different from the Miss USA pageant) is a long-standing competition which awards scholarships to young women from the fifty states plus two territories of the United States of America. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Scholarship is the pursuit of academic research, whether in the arts and humanities or sciences, and in all such fields means deep mastery of a subject, often through study at institutions of higher education. ... Main LAMDA building on Talgarth Road The MacOwan Theatre The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA), founded 1861, is a leading British drama school in west London. ...

Early career

Delta's best-known role as Suzanne Sugarbaker in Designing Women was created by Linda Bloodworth-Thomason. Before Designing Women, she spent a year on Filthy Rich (1982) playing Kathleen Beck. After that, she played female football team owner Diane Barrow on 1st & Ten. Linda Bloodworth-Thomason (born Linda Joyce Bloodworth April 15, 1947, in Poplar Bluff, Missouri) is an American television producer. ... 1st & Ten was an HBO sitcom that ran from 1984 to 1991. ...

Designing Women fallout

Burke was fairly slim when she started on "Designing Women" in 1986, but as the show gained in fame, as did her weight. She became the most popular cast member, earning two consecutive "Best Actress" nominations from the Emmys in 1990 and 1991. Her Suzanne Sugarbaker character was considered the funniest character on the show, and her delivery of the lines "Excuse me! Excuse me!" became something of a catchphrase. In 1990, Burke publicly expressed dissatisfaction with the show's creators on a televised interview with Barbara Walters and other media outlets. She also said that castmate Dixie Carter, who had once been her close friend and maid of honor at her wedding to Gerald McRaney, wasn't speaking to her as she sided with her bosses. At the end of the 5th season of "Desiging Women," in 1991, she was let go from her contract due to her contentious relations with star Dixie Carter and the Thomasons. An Emmy Award. ... Barbara Jill Walters[1] (born September 25, 1929)[2] is an American media personality who has been a regular fixture on morning television shows (Today and The View), evening news magazine (20/20), and on The ABC Evening News, as the first female evening news anchor. ... Dixie Carter in a 1986 Designing Women episode Dixie Virginia Carter (born May 25, 1939) is an American actress noted for her portrayals of Southern women. ... Gerald McRaney Gerald Mac McRaney (born August 19, 1948, Collins, Mississippi, although some sources indicate 1947) is an American television and movie actor of Scottish and Choctaw Indian ancestry. ... Dixie Carter in a 1986 Designing Women episode Dixie Virginia Carter (born May 25, 1939) is an American actress noted for her portrayals of Southern women. ...

Delta became a blond for the short-lived TV sitcom Delta (1992), where she played an aspiring country singer. When the ratings plummeted, she became a brunette again to win over her fans. In 1995, she and Linda Bloodworth-Thomason reconciled their differences, and Burke returned back as Suzanne Sugarbaker in Women of the House (1995), but that show also had an early demise. It took more than a decade for Burke and Dixie Carter to reconcile, but they did so when Burke guest-starred on Family Law, which starred Carter. Delta was a U.S television sitcom series produced by ABC starring Delta Burke. ... Women of the House was a spin-off of Designing Women made to star Delta Burke, who reconciled with her producers after a bitter war. ... Dixie Carter in a 1986 Designing Women episode Dixie Virginia Carter (born May 25, 1939) is an American actress noted for her portrayals of Southern women. ... Family Law was a television drama starring Kathleen Quinlan as a divorced lawyer who attempted to start her own law firm after her lawyer husband took all their old clients. ...

Weight gain

Ever since the early 1990s, Delta's weight has been a subject of discussion in the tabloid press. In reality, her struggles with weight, depression and eating disorders stretch back to her pageant days in the early 1970s. She became a much-parodied figure in the press due to her seesawing weight, including a skit on Saturday Night Live, wherein Leon Phelps from The Ladies Man (2000 film) has a sexual fixation on Burke, for reasons which were not explained. One popular theory is that he is a fat admirer of hers. In 1989, Burke took a dignified approach and asked Linda Bloodworth-Thomason to write an episode addressing her weight. The episode "They Shoot Fat Women, don't they?" had Suzanne Sugarbaker going to her 15-year high school reunion and getting her feelings hurt after hearing disparaging remarks about her weight. This episode is said to have earned Burke her first Emmy nomination as Best Actress. This article is 150 kilobytes or more in size. ... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, inclusive. ... Saturday Night Live (SNL) is a weekly late night 90-minute American comedy-variety show based in New York City which has been broadcast by NBC on Saturday nights since October 11, 1975. ... Movie poster for the Ladies Man The 2000 release is a film comedy that stars actor, comedian and former Saturday Night Live cast member Tim Meadows. ... Fat Admirers (or FAs) are people, usually male heterosexuals, who are sexually attracted to more heavy partners. ... Linda Bloodworth-Thomason (born Linda Joyce Bloodworth April 15, 1947, in Poplar Bluff, Missouri) is an American television producer. ... An Emmy Award. ...

Recent career

Burke has been a leading actress in a number of television films and had a supporting role in the Mel Gibson film What Women Want (2000). Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson AO (born January 3, 1956) is an Australian raised American born actor, director, and producer. ... What Women Want is a [[2000 in film|2000](with fantasy elements), directed by Nancy Meyers and starring Mel Gibson and Helen Hunt. ...

In the early 2000s, she co-starred with David Alan Grier on the sitcom DAG; she had lost much of her excess weight for the role after being diagnosed with diabetes. She had a recurring role on Popular (TV series) as Cherry Cherry. In 2005 she appeared on Broadway in the play Steel Magnolias. David Alan Grier (born at 11:55 PM on June 30, 1955 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American comedian most famous for starring in television shows such as the Emmy Award winning In Living Color (1990–1994), Premium Blend (2001), Life with Bonnie (2002-2004) and DAG (2000–2001). ... DAG was a television sitcom that aired from November 2000 to May 2001. ... Popular was a teenage dramedy on The WB, created by Ryan Murphy (Nip/Tuck) and Gina Matthews (What Women Want, Jake 2. ... Steel Magnolias, by Robert Harling, is a 1987 off-Broadway play, made into a successful movie in 1989. ...

She currently has a recurring role on Boston Legal as a former flame of William Shatner's character, Denny Crane named Bella Horowitz. Her character has an odd habit of tackling Denny. She and Denny seemed to rekindle their romance in the episode "On The Ledge". Boston Legal is an Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning American dramedy television series that began airing on ABC on October 3rd, 2004. ... William Bill Shatner (born March 22, 1931) is an Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning Canadian actor, who gained fame for his starring role as Captain James T. Kirk of the USS Enterprise in the television show Star Trek from 1966 to 1969 and in seven of the subsequent movies. ... Denny Crane, played by William Shatner. ...

Personal life

Burke is married to actor Gerald McRaney since May 28, 1989. They have no children together, although McRaney has adult children from his prior marriages. Burke and McRaney's primary residence is in Los Angeles, California; they also own a house in Telluride, Colorado and one in New Orleans, Louisiana. They are both registered Republicans. She is also a very successful designer and manager of the clothing company Delta Burke Design in New York City. Gerald McRaney Gerald Mac McRaney (born August 19, 1948, Collins, Mississippi, although some sources indicate 1947) is an American television and movie actor of Scottish and Choctaw Indian ancestry. ... May 28 is the 148th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (149th in leap years). ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Nickname: City of Angels Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates: State California County Los Angeles County  - Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Area    - City 1290. ... For other meanings, see Telluride (disambiguation). ... Nickname: The Crescent City, The Big Easy, The City That Care Forgot, NOLA (acronym for New Orleans, LA) Location in the State of Louisiana and the United States Coordinates: Country United States State Louisiana Parish Orleans Founded 1718  - Mayor Ray Nagin (D) Area    - City  350. ... The Republican Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States; the other being the Democratic Party. ... Nickname: Big Apple, Gotham, NYC Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens Staten Island Settled 1613  - Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area    - City 1,214. ...

Selected filmography

• The Last Guy on Earth (2006) (post production)
• Good Boy! (2003)
• Going for Broke (2003)
• Sordid Lives (2001)
• What Women Want (2000)
• Popular (TV series) (1999)
• Melanie Darrow (1997)
• Women of the House (1995)
• Delta (1992)
• Designing Women (1986)
• 1st & Ten (1984)
• Filthy Rich (1982)

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Nonfiction

• Delta Style: Eve Wasn't a Size 6 and Neither Am I (1998, St. Martin's Press ;ISBN 0-312-15454-2 )

External links

• Delta Burke at the Internet Movie Database