Delta Burke

Delta Burke is best known for her portrayal as Suzanne Sugarbaker in CBS's Designing Women which ran for five seasons. Delta received two Emmy award nominations for Best Actress in a Comedy Series. Delta represented Florida in the Miss America Pageant, and won a talent scholarship, which she used to attend a two-year study program at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts. Her first television role came after only one month of her arrival in Los Angeles. Delta starred in two mini-series, The Seekers and The Chisolms. Delta had the leading role in the series Filthy Rich and a starring role in HBO's first weekly series, First and Ten. Through her own production company, Perseverance, Inc., Delta produced and starred in the ABC television series Delta. Delta actually sang in the series and dyed her dark hair blonde for the role. Delta was reunited with Designing Women creator Linda Bloodworth Thomason when she starred in and produced Women of the House. Much of her time now is spent designing clothing and managing her New York company, Delta Burke Design, which is becoming very successful.