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Julia Duffy

Highest Rated: 93% Night Warning (1981)

Lowest Rated: 39% Christmas with The Campbells (2022)

Birthday: Jun 27, 1951

Birthplace: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Petite, pretty blonde leading actress and character comedienne of network television who, after a modest start in theater, soap operas and feature films ("Cutter's Way" 1981, "Wacko" 1983), played up her role of the snooty, self-centered, sickeningly cutesey yuppie Stephanie to considerable acclaim opposite Peter Scolari on the popular sitcom, "Newhart." After that show ended its run, Duffy replaced first choice Connie Sellecca as the lead of "Baby Talk," a comedy series inspired by the success of the feature film, "Look Who's Talking" (1989). Production, however, encountered problems and Duffy, unhappy with her role and the series, left to join the cast of the popular CBS sitcom, "Designing Women," where her flair for comic bitchiness, made harder and less coy this time around, was unsuccessfully tried for one season as a substitute for the milder brand the departing Delta Burke has previously displayed. The actress was well-cast as the annoyingly perfect neighbor Barb Ballantine in the sit-com "The Mommies" (NBC, 1993-1995), and she essayed a similar recurring role on "Grace Under Fire" (ABC, 1993-1998). She would make frequent TV guest appearances during the late 1990s and early 2000s, most notably in a recurring role as high school principal Mrs. Hodge on Reba McEntire's popular WB sit-com "Reba" beginning in 2001. The year 2003 saw Duffy, still shockingly youthful-looking, take on her first big screen roles in some time, appearing in the forgettable prequel "Dumb & Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd" and, to better effect, as one of Catherine Zeta-Jones' ultra-rich divorcee gal pals in the Coen brothers' "Intolerable Cruelty."

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Highest rated movies

93% 64% Night Warning
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76% 48% Intolerable Cruelty
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74% 63% Camp X-Ray
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54% 41% Battle Beyond the Stars
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39% 56% Christmas with The Campbells
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Butcher Baker Nightmare Maker
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46% Charlotte's Web 2: Wilbur's Great Adventure
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And Baby Makes Three
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Yinz
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70% Kidz in the Wood
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Filmography

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39% 56% Christmas with The Campbells Unknown (Character) - 2022
No Score Yet No Score Yet Fair Market Value Isabel (Character) - 2019
No Score Yet 58% Christmas at the Plaza Amanda Clark (Character) - 2019
No Score Yet 38% Grand-Daddy Day Care Bonnie (Character) - 2019
No Score Yet No Score Yet Yinz Mrs. Szyzmanski (Character) - 2018
No Score Yet No Score Yet All She Wishes Grace (Character) - 2015
74% 63% Camp X-Ray Betty Cole (Character) $9.8K 2014
No Score Yet 27% Bed & Breakfast Mrs. Harvey (Character) - 2010
No Score Yet 28% On Strike for Christmas Erna (Character) - 2010
No Score Yet 33% 7 Things to Do Before I'm 30 Vanessa Madison (Character) - 2008
No Score Yet 29% Together Again for the First Time Audrey Wolders Frobisher (Character) - 2008
No Score Yet 18% Be My Baby Doris (Character) - 2006
76% 48% Intolerable Cruelty Sarah Sorkin (Character) $35.1M 2003
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Designing Women Reunion Self - 2003
No Score Yet 46% Charlotte's Web 2: Wilbur's Great Adventure Charlotte (Voice) - 2002
No Score Yet 70% Kidz in the Wood Ms. Felicia Duffy (Character) - 1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet Menu for Murder Susan Henshaw (Character) - 1990
No Score Yet No Score Yet Love Boat: A Summer Cruise Myrna Foley (Character) - 1990
No Score Yet No Score Yet Love Boat: A Valentine Voyage Myrna Foley (Character) - 1990
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Cover Girl and the Cop Jackie Flanders (Character) - 1989
No Score Yet No Score Yet Maybe Baby Casey (Character) - 1988
No Score Yet No Score Yet And Baby Makes Three Casey (Character) - 1988
93% 64% Night Warning Julia (Character) - 1981
No Score Yet 39% Wacko Mary Graves (Character) - 1981
No Score Yet No Score Yet Butcher Baker Nightmare Maker Unknown (Character) - 1981
No Score Yet 54% Butcher Baker Nightmare Maker Unknown (Character) - 1981
54% 41% Battle Beyond the Stars Mol (Character) - 1980

TV

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No Score Yet 56% Night Court Susan (Guest Star) 2024
65% 79% The Cool Kids Francine (Guest Star) 2018
No Score Yet 79% American Housewife Amanda Otto (Guest Star) 2017
77% 76% Scream Queens Unknown (Guest Star) 2015
91% 90% Suburgatory Unknown (Guest Star) 2014
23% 55% Anger Management Phyllis (Guest Star) 2014
81% 83% The League Martha (Guest Star) 2012
82% 82% Shameless Candace Lishman (Guest Star) 2011
100% No Score Yet True Jackson, VP Ms. Watson (Guest Star) 2010
No Score Yet 91% Wizards of Waverly Place Ms. Angela (Character) 2008
No Score Yet 91% Drake & Josh Mrs. Hayfer (Guest Star) 2004 2006
9% No Score Yet Listen Up Unknown (Guest Star) 2005
No Score Yet 90% The Suite Life of Zack & Cody Unknown (Guest Star) 2005
No Score Yet 82% CSI: New York Millie Hanford (Guest Star) 2005
No Score Yet No Score Yet Reba Mrs. Hodge (Guest Star) 2001-2002
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Drew Carey Show Unknown (Guest Star) 2002
No Score Yet No Score Yet Twice in a Lifetime Sophie Price/Barbara Nash (Guest Star) 2000
No Score Yet No Score Yet Diagnosis Murder Unknown (Guest Star) 1999
No Score Yet 67% Sabrina, the Teenage Witch Lucy Kraft (Guest Star) 1999
14% No Score Yet Love Boat: The Next Wave Unknown (Guest Star) 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet Grace Under Fire Unknown (Guest Star) 1998
70% No Score Yet George & Leo Unknown (Guest Star) 1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mommies Unknown (Character),
Unknown (Guest Star)
1993-1995
No Score Yet No Score Yet Designing Women Allison Sugarbaker (Character) 1991-1992
0% No Score Yet Baby Talk Maggie Campbell (Character) 1991
No Score Yet No Score Yet Newhart Stephanie Vanderkellen (Character) 1983-1990
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hotel Unknown (Guest Star) 1985
No Score Yet No Score Yet Simon & Simon Jody Carmichael (Guest Star) 1983
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Blue and the Gray Unknown (Character) 1982
87% 95% Cheers Rebecca Prout (Guest Star) 1982
No Score Yet No Score Yet Eight Is Enough Unknown (Guest Star) 1979