Delta Burke
Acting • Born 1956-07-30
Biography
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.
Filmography
69 credits
What Women Want
Movie • 2000
Eve
Bridal Fever
Movie • 2008
Dahlia Marchand
Good Boy!
Movie • 2003
Barbara Ann (voice)
Hansel & Gretel
Movie • 2002
Stepmother
Sordid Lives
Movie • 2000
Noleta Nethercott
Zuma Beach
Movie • 1978
Terri
Where the Hell's That Gold?!!?
Movie • 1988
Germany
Murder Me, Murder You
Movie • 1983
Paula Corey
Dangerous Child
Movie • 2001
Sally Cambridge
Simon & Simon: In Trouble Again
Movie • 1995
Mrs. Heiser
Day-O
Movie • 1992
Grace Connors
Love and Curses... and All That Jazz
Movie • 1991
Desiree
Charleston
Movie • 1979
Stella Farrell
Maternal Instincts
Movie • 1996
Tracy Horton
A Bunny's Tale
Movie • 1985
Margie
The Designing Women Reunion
Movie • 2003
Going for Broke
Movie • 2003
Laura Bancroft
A Promise to Carolyn
Movie • 1996
Debra
The Year Without a Santa Claus
Movie • 2006
Mrs. Claus
Melanie Darrow
Movie • 1997
Melanie Darrow
A Last Cry for Help
Movie • 1979
Carol
Rooster
Movie • 1982
Laura DeVega
Lou Grant
TV • 1977
Remington Steele
TV • 1982
Nancy Stinson Dannon
Who's the Boss?
TV • 1984
T. J. Hooker
TV • 1982
Diana Polnoi
Designing Women
TV • 1986
Suzanne Sugarbaker
Touched by an Angel
TV • 1994
Julia Fitzgerald
Simon & Simon
TV • 1981
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV • 1988
Self
Delta
TV • 1992
Delta Bishop
The View
TV • 1997
Self
Hotel
TV • 1982
Popular
TV • 1999
Cherry Cherry
Filthy Rich
TV • 1982
Kathleen Beck
Women of the House
TV • 1995
Suzanne Sugarbaker
The Wedding Bells
TV • 2007
Sheila Pontell
Boston Legal
TV • 2004
Bella Horowitz
Battle of the Network Stars
TV • 1976
1st & Ten
TV • 1984
Diane Barrow
Family Law
TV • 1999
Marcie Dell
Promised Land
TV • 1996
Intimate Portrait
TV • 1993
Self
Automan
TV • 1983
Rachel Innis
DAG
TV • 2000
Judith Whitman
Drop Dead Diva
TV • 2009
Tessa Wells
Nero Wolfe
TV • 1981
The Chisholms
TV • 1979
Bonnie Sue Chisholm
The Mighty Jungle
TV • 1994
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self - Host
Touched by an Angel
TV • 1994
Diana Winslow
The Love Boat
TV • 1977
Andrea Sheppard
The Love Boat
TV • 1977
Lydia Harris
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
TV • 1996
Self
Diagnosis: Murder
TV • 1993
Sister Michael / Maggie Donovan
The Fall Guy
TV • 1981
Waitress
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
TV • 1993
Myrtle Beech
Dolly Parton's Heartstrings
TV • 2019
Ellie Holder
The Love Boat
TV • 1977
Gloria
Lottery!
TV • 1983
Tina Cook
Fantasy Island
TV • 1978
Gloria Ransom
The Fall Guy
TV • 1981
Bryna
Dolly
TV • 1987
Self
Gun Shy
TV • 1983
Clementine
The Carol Burnett Show
TV • 1991
Skit Characters
The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo
TV • 1979
Diane Stone
Any Day Now
TV • 1998
Teresa O'Brien
The Seekers
TV • 1979
Elizabeth Fletcher Kent
Miss America
TV • 1954
Miss Florida 1974