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!
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Dixie Carter
Getty images Dixie Carter: Julia Sugarbaker
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Dixie Carter 2008
Getty images Dixie Carter died in 2010, when she was 70, from endometrial cancer.
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Jean Smart
Getty images Jean Smart: Charlene Frazier-Stillfield
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Jean Smart 2016
Getty images Smart was in FX's Fargo (2015) and is now appearing as Katherine Miller in Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce.
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Delta Burke Then
Getty images Delta Burke: Suzanne Sugarbaker
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Delta Burke 2010
Getty images These days Burke keeps a low profile and sticks close to home in California and her husband Gerald McRaney (House of Cards).
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Annie Potts
Getty images Annie Potts: Mary Jo Shively
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Annie Potts Now
Getty images You'll be able to catch Potts this summer in the return of Ghostbusters. She was in the 1984 original!
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Julia Duffy
Getty images Julia Duffy: Allison Sugarbaker
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Julia Duffy
Getty images You can catch Duffy on the comedy-horror TV series, Scream Queens.
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Meshach Taylor
Getty images Meshach Taylor: Anthony Bouvier
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Meshach Taylor 2012
Getty images Taylor died in 2014, from colon cancer.
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Judith Ivey
Getty images Judith Ivey: Bonnie Jean (BJ) Poteet
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Judith Ivey 2016
Getty images Ivey plays Mrs. Asher on ABC's The Family.
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