Burke is best known for her character on "Designing Women," Suzanne Sugarbaker – a flashy,

materialistic former beauty queen. Suzanne was the silly counterpart to her serious sister Julia, played by
Dixie Carter. Delta was nominated for two Emmys for the role.
The scrutiny Burke faced over her weight contributed to her exit from the show. She said she was
"emotionally too fragile" to handle how "incredibly ugly" narratives became, and remembered people
constantly asking her if she was pregnant. One time, a fan pulled her coat open and said, "Let's see, how
fat are ya?"
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"I thought I was stronger. I tried very hard to defend myself against lies and all the ugliness that was
there, and I wasn’t gonna win. I’m just an actress, you know. I don’t have any power," she said. "I
remember on the set, when it got to be really bad, and I wasn’t handling it well with a smiling face, my
whole body language changed. I would kind of hunch over ... I just tried to disappear."
Burke is best known for her character on "Designing Women," Suzanne Sugarbaker – a flashy,
materialistic former beauty queen. Suzanne was the silly counterpart to her serious sister Julia, played by
Dixie Carter. Delta was nominated for two Emmys for the role.
The scrutiny Burke faced over her weight contributed to her exit from the show. She said she was
"emotionally too fragile" to handle how "incredibly ugly" narratives became, and remembered people
constantly asking her if she was pregnant. One time, a fan pulled her coat open and said, "Let's see, how
fat are ya?"
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"I thought I was stronger. I tried very hard to defend myself against lies and all the ugliness that was
there, and I wasn’t gonna win. I’m just an actress, you know. I don’t have any power," she said. "I
remember on the set, when it got to be really bad, and I wasn’t handling it well with a smiling face, my
whole body language changed. I would kind of hunch over ... I just tried to disappear."