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Delta Burke

Date of birth: 1956-07-30

Place of birth: Orlando, Florida, USA

Known for: Acting

Also known as:

Delta Burke

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.

Movie Credits

What Women Want
3.2

What Women Want

2000-12-15

Advertising executive Nick Marshall is as cocky as they come, but what happens to a chauvinistic guy

Bridal Fever
2.6

Bridal Fever

2008-04-28

It’s a race to the altar when a steamy romance novelist with a long line of torrid romances – and ex

Good Boy!
2.8

Good Boy!

2003-10-10

An intergalactic dog pilot from Sirius (the dog star), visits Earth to verify the rumors that dogs h

Hansel & Gretel
2.7

Hansel & Gretel

2002-10-16

Hansel and Gretel is a 2002 film adaptation of the Brothers Grimm children's story. It stars Jacob S

Sordid Lives
3.2

Sordid Lives

2000-05-25

"Sordid Lives" is about a family in a small Texas town preparing for the funeral of the mother. Amon

Zuma Beach
2.4

Zuma Beach

1978-09-27

A fading rock singer goes to the beach to get away from it all and winds up getting involved in the

Where the Hell's That Gold?!!?
1.2

Where the Hell's That Gold?!!?

1988-11-13

A pair of thieves are pursued by the U.S. Army, the Mexican federales and Apaches in this made-for-T

Murder Me, Murder You
3.3

Murder Me, Murder You

1983-04-09

Private eye Mike Hammer probes his long-lost love's death while seeking their daughter.

Dangerous Child
2.8

Dangerous Child

2001-07-16

A divorced mother faces the bitter irony of being suspected of child abuse when in fact her own teen

Simon & Simon: In Trouble Again
0

Simon & Simon: In Trouble Again

1995-01-01

En route to delivering an expensive yacht, Rick stops off in Seattle to visit A.J., who works there

Day-O
2.4

Day-O

1992-05-03

A five-year-old named Grace creates an imaginary friend, because her parents only pay attention to t

Love and Curses... and All That Jazz
0

Love and Curses... and All That Jazz

1991-09-21

A private investigator and her husband, who is a doctor, investigate rumors of a dead woman who was

Charleston
0

Charleston

1979-01-15

Stella Farrell is a southern belle in 1860's Charleston, South Carolina who is determined to hang on

Maternal Instincts
1.9

Maternal Instincts

1996-08-27

A pregnant doctor's life is made hell by the deranged patient to whom she gave a hysterectomy, witho

A Bunny's Tale
2

A Bunny's Tale

1985-02-25

A dramatization of Gloria Steinem's undercover investigation of the working conditions Bunnies faced

The Designing Women Reunion
0

The Designing Women Reunion

2003-07-28

This five principal original cast members (plus a handful of recurring guests) from the popular sitc

Going for Broke
2.6

Going for Broke

2003-07-14

With the innocent dropping of a few coins into a video poker machine, Laura Bancroft's world is abou

A Promise to Carolyn
3.5

A Promise to Carolyn

1996-01-16

When two sisters can no longer go on living with the painful memory of their baby sister being murde

The Year Without a Santa Claus
2.9

The Year Without a Santa Claus

2006-12-11

Thoroughly disgruntled, Santa opts to take a year off from delivering presents, until a young man he

Melanie Darrow
0

Melanie Darrow

1997-08-20

A flamboyant female defense attorney takes on a seemingly airtight case, defending an apparently gol

The Seekers
0

The Seekers

1979-12-03

This follow-up to "The Bastard" and "The Rebels" continues the account of Philip Kent's life and car

A Last Cry for Help
5

A Last Cry for Help

1979-01-19

Sharon appears to be a normal 17-year-old girl with good grades, many friends, and a wonderful perso

Rooster
1

Rooster

1982-08-19

A physically small police psychologist and a physically large insurance detective team up on an arso