The comedy starred the late Dixie Carter as the no-nonsense, outspoken feminist owner of the firm, Julia Sugarbaker; Delta Burke as Julia’s flashy and self-centered younger sister Suzanne; Annie Potts as the shy, easily intimidated and recently divorced Mary Jo Shively; and Jean Smart as the sweet and naive Charlene Frazier.
Designing Women ran for seven seasons on CBS, from September 1986 through May 1993.
The show focused on the lives of the four women who worked for Sugarbaker & Associates, an interior design firm located in Atlanta, Georgia.
The women often find themselves getting involved in major issues of the day, along with a number of ridiculous situations, and are often joined in these adventures by their upwardly mobile ex-con assistant, Anthony Bouvier, who was played by the late Meshach Taylor.