Delta Burke

Delta Ramona Leah Burke (born July 30, 1956 in Orlando, Florida) is an American television and film actress. She is probably best known for her roll as Suzanne Sugarbaker in the sitcom Designing Women.

Background

She represented Florida and was paired with Georgia, Gail Nelson, in the Miss America Pagent in 1974, and won a talent scholarship allowing her to attend a two-year study program at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts. She is a designer and manager of the clothing company Delta Burke Design in New York City. Delta is married to actor Gerald McRaney.

Selected Filmography

  • Good Boy! (2003)
  • Going for Broke (2003)
  • What Women Want (2000)
  • Melanie Darrow (1997)
  • Women of the House (1995)
  • Delta (1992)
  • Designing Women (1986)

Nonfiction

  • Delta Style: Eve Wasn't a Size 6 and Neither Am I (1998, St. Martin's Press ;ISBN 0312154542 )

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Delta is married to actor Gerald McRaney. The venture allows her to participate in experimental theater. She is a designer and manager of the clothing company Delta Burke Design in New York City. Cilento continued working as an actress both in films and television, and in the 1980s settled near Cairns Australia, where she built her own outdoor theater, named "Karnak", in the rainforest. She represented Florida and was paired with Georgia, Gail Nelson, in the Miss America Pagent in 1974, and won a talent scholarship allowing her to attend a two-year study program at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts. They are the parents of the actor Jason Connery. She is probably best known for her roll as Suzanne Sugarbaker in the sitcom Designing Women. Connery was the second of Cilento's three husbands, and they were married from 1962 until their divorce in 1973.

Delta Ramona Leah Burke (born July 30, 1956 in Orlando, Florida) is an American television and film actress. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Tom Jones (1963), but allowed her film career to decline following her marriage to actor Sean Connery. Martin's Press ;ISBN 0312154542 ). She quickly secured work in British films and steadily worked until the end of the decade without making a major impression with film audiences. Delta Style: Eve Wasn't a Size 6 and Neither Am I (1998, St. She decided at a young age to follow a career as an actress and moved to the United Kingdom in the early 1950s. Designing Women (1986). Born to Raphael and Phyllis Cilento, both highly respected medical practitioners, Cilento and her family settled in Brisbane, Australia.

Delta (1992). Diane Cilento (born October 5, 1933 in Rabaul Papua New Guinea) is a theater and film actress. Women of the House (1995). Melanie Darrow (1997). What Women Want (2000).

Going for Broke (2003). Good Boy! (2003).