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Delta Burke

Highest Rated: 54% What Women Want (2000)

Lowest Rated: 0% Hansel & Gretel (2002)

Birthday: Jul 30, 1956

Birthplace: Orlando, Florida, USA

A pert, sassy American TV leading lady and comedienne, Delta Burke, a former Miss America contestant, has kept very busy on primetime during the 1980s and 90s, most memorably as flirtatious but sometimes bitchy Southern belles. Burke's wide-eyed, rapid-fire line delivery and scene-stealing comic timing enlivened just such a role in "Designing Women" (CBS, 1986-91), a successful sitcom about four high-profile but highly diverse interior decorators. Unfortunately, Burke has also made tabloid news with her weight problems, her temperament-induced spats with producers, and her marriage to TV actor Gerald McRaney ("Simon and Simon," "Major Dad"). Her subsequent attempts to find a comedy vehicle have been unsuccessful. "Delta" (ABC, 1992-93), which featured her as a bleached blonde who moved to Nashville to pursue the dream of becoming a country singing star, did not appeal to a wide audience, nor did her reprise of her most famous character, Suzanne Sugarbaker in "Women of the House" (CBS, 1995). Burke returned to sitcoms playing the First Lady in "DAG" (CBS, 2000-01).

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Highest rated movies

54% 54% What Women Want Watchlist
44% 40% Good Boy!
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37% 86% Sordid Lives
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0% 51% Hansel & Gretel
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Murder Me, Murder You
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67% Going for Broke
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92% A Promise to Carolyn
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Simon & Simon: In Trouble Again
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Where the Hell's That Gold?
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14% Maternal Instincts
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet 25% Bridal Fever Dahlia Marchand (Character) - 2008
No Score Yet 57% The Year Without a Santa Claus Mrs. Claus (Character) - 2006
44% 40% Good Boy! Barbara Ann (Voice) $37.6M 2003
No Score Yet 67% Going for Broke Laura Bancroft (Character) - 2003
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Designing Women Reunion Self - 2003
0% 51% Hansel & Gretel Stepmother (Character) $148.2K 2002
No Score Yet 41% Dangerous Child Sally Cambridge (Character) - 2001
37% 86% Sordid Lives Noleta Nethercott (Character) $1.0M 2001
54% 54% What Women Want Eve (Character) $182.8M 2000
No Score Yet No Score Yet Melanie Darrow Melanie Darrow (Character),
Producer
- 1997
No Score Yet 92% A Promise to Carolyn Debra (Character) - 1996
No Score Yet 14% Maternal Instincts Tracy Horton (Character) - 1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet Simon & Simon: In Trouble Again Mrs. Heiser (Character) - 1995
No Score Yet 43% Dayo Grace Connors (Character) - 1992
No Score Yet No Score Yet Love and Curses... And All That Jazz Desiree (Character) - 1991
No Score Yet No Score Yet Where the Hell's That Gold? Germany (Character) - 1988
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dynamite and Gold Germany (Character) - 1988
No Score Yet 56% A Bunny's Tale Margie (Character) - 1985
No Score Yet No Score Yet Murder Me, Murder You Paula Corey (Character) - 1983
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Seekers Elizabeth Fletcher Kent (Character) - 1979
No Score Yet No Score Yet Charleston Stella Farrell (Character) - 1979

TV

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57% 94% Dolly Parton's Heartstrings Ellie Holder (Character) 2019
78% 60% Drop Dead Diva Tessa Wells (Guest Star) 2009
37% No Score Yet The Wedding Bells Unknown (Guest Star) 2007
86% 90% Boston Legal Bella Horowitz (Guest Star) 2006-2007
No Score Yet No Score Yet Family Law Unknown (Guest Star) 2002
23% No Score Yet DAG Judith Whitman (Character) 2000-2001
No Score Yet No Score Yet Touched by an Angel Unknown (Guest Star) 1996 2001
60% 100% Popular Unknown (Guest Star) 1999-2001
No Score Yet No Score Yet Any Day Now Unknown (Guest Star) 1998-1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet Promised Land Unknown (Guest Star) 1996
86% 87% Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Unknown (Guest Star) 1996
38% No Score Yet Women of the House Suzanne Sugarbaker (Character),
Executive Producer
1995
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Mighty Jungle Viola the toucan (Voice) 1994
No Score Yet No Score Yet Diagnosis Murder Unknown (Guest Star) 1994
13% No Score Yet Delta Delta Bishop (Character) 1992-1993
No Score Yet No Score Yet Designing Women Suzanne Sugarbaker (Character) 1986-1992
No Score Yet 57% Saturday Night Live Host 1991
No Score Yet No Score Yet 1st & Ten Diane Barrow (Character) 1984-1987
No Score Yet No Score Yet Super Password Guest 1987
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hotel Unknown (Guest Star) 1986
No Score Yet No Score Yet Who's the Boss? Unknown (Guest Star) 1985
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer Unknown (Guest Star) 1984
No Score Yet No Score Yet Filthy Rich Kathleen Beck (Character) 1982-1983
No Score Yet No Score Yet Fantasy Island Unknown (Guest Star) 1983
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Fall Guy Unknown (Guest Star) 1981-1982
No Score Yet No Score Yet Nero Wolfe Unknown (Guest Star) 1981
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo Unknown (Guest Star) 1980