Julia Duffy
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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Julia Duffy
Filmography
Movies
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39% |
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Christmas with The Campbells | Unknown (Character) | - | 2022 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fair Market Value | Isabel (Character) | - | 2019 |
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Christmas at the Plaza | Amanda Clark (Character) | - | 2019 |
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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% |
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Camp X-Ray | Betty Cole (Character) | $9.8K | 2014 |
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Bed & Breakfast | Mrs. Harvey (Character) | - | 2010 |
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On Strike for Christmas | Erna (Character) | - | 2010 |
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7 Things to Do Before I'm 30 | Vanessa Madison (Character) | - | 2008 |
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Together Again for the First Time | Audrey Wolders Frobisher (Character) | - | 2008 |
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Be My Baby | Doris (Character) | - | 2006 |
76% |
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Intolerable Cruelty | Sarah Sorkin (Character) | $35.1M | 2003 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Designing Women Reunion | Self | - | 2003 |
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Charlotte's Web 2: Wilbur's Great Adventure | Charlotte (Voice) | - | 2002 |
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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% |
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Night Warning | Julia (Character) | - | 1981 |
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Wacko | Mary Graves (Character) | - | 1981 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Butcher Baker Nightmare Maker | Unknown (Character) | - | 1981 |
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Butcher Baker Nightmare Maker | Unknown (Character) | - | 1981 |
54% |
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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 | 90% | 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/ |
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 |