Designing Women (1986)


Designing Women
Release Date29 September 1986
GenreComedy
CountryUSA
Filming LocationsLittle Rock, Arkansas, USA
LanguageEnglish
Sound MixStereo
ColorColor
Film TypeSeries
Film ClassComedy of Manners
ThemesWomen's Friendship
TonesTalky, Irreverent, Bright, Witty, Racy
TagsFriendship, Interior Design, Partner, Southerner

Designing Women is an American television sitcom that centered on the working and personal lives of four Southern women and one man in an interior design firm in Atlanta, Georgia. It aired on the CBS television network from September 29, 1986 until May 24, 1993. The show was created by writer Linda Bloodworth-Thomason, who wrote many of the episodes in the show's initial seasons.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Julia Sugarbaker

Mary Jo Shively

Anthony Bouvier

Charlene Frazier Stillfield

Carlene Frazier Dobber

Bernice Clifton

Allison Sugarbaker

B.J. Poteet

J.D. Shackelford

Bill Stillfield

Claudia Shively

Reese Watson

Etienne Toussaint Bouvier

Brian Lando
Quinton Shively

Dr. Theodore 'Ted' Shively

Daryle Ann Lindley
Nurse 

Lexi Randall
Randa Oliver

Vanessa Hargraves

Jon Huffman
Delivery Man 

Payne McIlroy

Virginia Bingham
Debbie Hammonds

Arlen Dean Snyder
Ray Don Simpson

Terry Burns
Kyle Wellborn 

Bill Shick
Gary 

Bobbie Ferguson
Monette Marlin 

T. Tommy Reed

Gracie Harrison
Bitty Stonecipher

Adam Carl
Adam

Lisa Long
Felicity 

Michelle Buffone
Corrine 

Charles Levin
Chuck 

James Higdon
Attendant 

Minnie 

Roberto Cesari
Kevin 

Ritchie Montgomery
Lyle 

Malcolm 

Dan Dillon
Attractive Man 

Michael A. Ross
Gaylon King 

Russ Anderson
Jim Cline 

Ione Frazier

Erwin Fuller
Minister 

Suzanne Rains
Diane 

Victor DiMattia
Burt Shackelford

Dash Goff

Jandi Swanson
Hannah Shackleford 

Janet Shackelford

Michael Griswold
Burton 

Marc Silver
Howard

Michael Francis Clarke
Guy 

Richard Minchenberg
Jeff Weddington 

Jeanette Miller
Elderly Woman 

Mark Neely
Bruz Dancan 

Stuart Nelson
Announcer 

Christina Rich
Deborah 

Hartley Silver
Chad 

DeWitt Chiles 

Daddy Jones

Dorothy 

Leanne Griffin
Sissy Frazier 

Aunt Phoebe Stillfield

Mrs. Ellen Stillfield

Gregory Wurster
Odell Frazier

Kathy Connell
Stage Manager 

Daniel Henning
Gordon 

Rena Craig
Bitty Cantrell 

Frank DiElsi
Podiatrists 

Donna Hardy
Margaret 

Loud Tourist 

Donna Lynn Leavy
Lenore 

Edward O'Brien
Kevin 

Robina Suwol
Frances 

Diane Dorsey
Nurse

Herself

Dr. Elliot Newhouse 

Beans Morocco
Director 

Bill Saluga
Caller

Dwayne Dobber

Peter Riga
Chorus Boy 

Bill Boy Swine 

Joe Svezia

Anastasia Barzee
Kiki

Kearney

Douglas May
Billy Williams

Kiki Kearney

Michael Goldfinger
Rusty

Director

David Trainer

David Steinberg

Harry Thomason

Jack Shea

Iris Dugow

Barnet Kellman

Ellen Falcon

Charles Frank

Roberta Sherry Scelza

Writer

Linda Bloodworth-Thomason

Pamela Norris

Mark Alton Brown

Dee LaDuke

Cassandra Clark

Debbie Pearl

Paul Clay

Thom Bray

Michael A. Ross

Robert Horn

Daniel Margosis

Norma Safford Vela

Emily Levine

Emily Marshall

Trish Vrandenburg

Cathryn Michon

David Steinberg

Bill Kenny

Producer

Norma Safford Vela
executive producer

Linda Bloodworth-Thomason
executive producer

William Cosentino
co-producer

Douglas Jackson
producer

E. Jack Kaplan
producer

Pamela Norris
executive producer

Harry Thomason
producer

Tommy Thompson
producer

Original Music

Bruce Miller

Cinematographer

Eddie Rio Rotunno

Leonard J. South

Editor

Daniel Cahn

Robert Bramwell

Judith Burke

Casting Director

Fran Bascom

Art Director

John Beckman

Ross Bellah

William L. Camden

Set Decorator

Rusty Lipscomb

Deborah Siegel

Costume Designer

Cliff Chally

Makeup Department

Judy Crown
key hair stylist

Production Manager

William Cosentino
unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

William Cosentino
first assistant director

Sound Department

Nick Els
sound mixer

Bob Costanza
sound editor

Ross Deane
boom operator

G. Michael Graham
supervising sound editor

Jeff Johnson
boom operator

Larry Lasota
sound mixer

Stunts

Gregory J. Barnett
stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department

Kevin McGill
assistant camera

Adam Glick
set lighting technician

Michael Hofstein
camera operator

Guy Polzel
key grip

Music Department

Bruce Miller
conductor

Other Crew

assistant to actor

J Graigory
production assistant

Roger Lundblade
audience warm-up

J.T. Steele
audience coordinator

Production Company

Bloodworth-Thomason
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Columbia Pictures Television
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Mozark Productions
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Distributor

CBS Television

Columbia Pictures Television
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Lifetime Television

Shout! Factory






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