Cast & creator
Delta Burke
Best known for Saturday Night Live, The View, LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Delta Burke McRaney (born July 30, 1956) is an American actress, producer and author. She is known for her role as Suzanne Sugarbaker in the CBS sitcom Designing Women (1986 - 1991), for which she received two Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series. Burke's other television credits include Filthy Rich (1982–83), Delta (1992–93), Women of the House (1995), DAG (2000–01), and Boston Legal (2006-07). She appeared in the films Sordid Lives (2000), What Women Want (2000), Good Boy! (2003), and has produced and starred in several TV movies. On stage, Burke has also starred in the Broadway productions of Thoroughly Modern Millie (2003) and Steel Magnolias (2005). She has been married to actor Gerald McRaney since 1989.
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film credits
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television credits
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1954–2019 · acting roles
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (71)
Showing 71 of 71 credits
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
1975
The View
Self
1997
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self
1988
Diagnosis: Murder
Sister Michael / Maggie Donovan
1993
The Love Boat
Andrea Sheppard
1977The Love Boat
Lydia Harris
1977The Love Boat
Gloria
1977
Touched by an Angel
Julia Fitzgerald
1994Touched by an Angel
Diana Winslow
1994
Boston Legal
Bella Horowitz
2004
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
Myrtle Beech
1993
T. J. Hooker
Diana Polnoi
1982
Intimate Portrait
Self
1993
Simon & Simon
1981
Hotel
1982
Who's the Boss?
1984
Remington Steele
Nancy Stinson Dannon
1982
Drop Dead Diva
Tessa Wells
2009
Fantasy Island
Gloria Ransom
1978
Lou Grant
1977
The Fall Guy
Waitress
1981The Fall Guy
Bryna
1981
Family Law
Marcie Dell
1999
Designing Women
Suzanne Sugarbaker
1986
Popular
Cherry Cherry
1999
Promised Land
1996
1st & Ten
Diane Barrow
1984
Any Day Now
Teresa O'Brien
1998
Nero Wolfe
1981
Battle of the Network Stars
1976
What Women Want
Eve
2000
The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo
Diane Stone
1979
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Self
1996
Automan
Rachel Innis
1983Miss America
Miss Florida 1974
1954
DAG
Judith Whitman
2000
Women of the House
Suzanne Sugarbaker
1995
Dolly Parton's Heartstrings
Ellie Holder
2019
Dolly
Self
1987
Filthy Rich
Kathleen Beck
1982
Delta
Delta Bishop
1992
Lottery!
Tina Cook
1983
The Wedding Bells
Sheila Pontell
2007
The Chisholms
Bonnie Sue Chisholm
1979
The Seekers
Elizabeth Fletcher Kent
1979The Carol Burnett Show
Skit Characters
1991The Mighty Jungle
1994
Good Boy!
Barbara Ann (voice)
2003
A Promise to Carolyn
Debra
1996
The Year Without a Santa Claus
Mrs. Claus
2006
Gun Shy
Clementine
1983
Hansel & Gretel
Stepmother
2002
Murder Me, Murder You
Paula Corey
1983
A Bunny's Tale
Margie
1985
Bridal Fever
Dahlia Marchand
2008
Where the Hell's That Gold?!!?
Germany
1988
Melanie Darrow
Melanie Darrow
1997Melanie Darrow
Producer
1997
Simon & Simon: In Trouble Again
Mrs. Heiser
1995
Zuma Beach
Terri
1978
A Last Cry for Help
Carol
1979
Sordid Lives
Noleta Nethercott
2000
Maternal Instincts
Tracy Horton
1996Maternal Instincts
Executive Producer
1996Love and Curses... and All That Jazz
Desiree
1991
Rooster
Laura DeVega
1982
Day-O
Grace Connors
1992
Charleston
Stella Farrell
1979
Going for Broke
Laura Bancroft
2003
Dangerous Child
Sally Cambridge
2001