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See What the Cast of Designing Women Is Up to Today

By Linda Rodgers

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The four ladies and one man of Sugarbakers & Associates were on the air from 1986 until 1993, delighting millions and racking up awards. One fan: Dolly Parton, who guest-starred as herself in an episode!

  1. Dixie Carter

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    Dixie Carter: Julia Sugarbaker

  3. Dixie Carter 2008

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    Dixie Carter died in 2010, when she was 70, from endometrial cancer.

  5. Jean Smart

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    Jean Smart: Charlene Frazier-Stillfield

  6. Jean Smart 2016

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    Smart was in FX's Fargo (2015) and is now appearing as Katherine Miller in Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce.

  7. Delta Burke Then

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    Delta Burke: Suzanne Sugarbaker

  9. Delta Burke 2010

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    These days Burke keeps a low profile and sticks close to home in California and her husband Gerald McRaney (House of Cards).

  10. Annie Potts

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    Annie Potts: Mary Jo Shively

  11. Annie Potts Now

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    You'll be able to catch Potts this summer in the return of Ghostbusters. She was in the 1984 original!

  13. Julia Duffy

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    Julia Duffy: Allison Sugarbaker

  14. Julia Duffy

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    You can catch Duffy on the comedy-horror TV series, Scream Queens.

  15. Meshach Taylor

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    Meshach Taylor: Anthony Bouvier

  17. Meshach Taylor 2012

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    Taylor died in 2014, from colon cancer.

  18. Judith Ivey

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    Judith Ivey: Bonnie Jean (BJ) Poteet

  19. Judith Ivey 2016

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    Ivey plays Mrs. Asher on ABC's The Family.

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