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* [[Unsympathetic Comedy Protagonist|Suzanne Sugarbaker]] (Delta Burke): Julia's younger sister, [[Southern Belle|a former beauty queen]] who supports herself through alimony payments from her many ex-husbands and is the main financial backer of the company.
* [[Hot Mom|Mary Jo Shively]] (Annie Potts): A single divorced mother who performs unspecified duties at ''Sugarbaker's'' and spends much of her time sitting around the office/living room [[Deadpan Snarker|tossing out one-liners]].
* [[Country Mouse|Charlene Frazier]] (Jean Smart): The office receptionist whose [[Dumb Blonde|rural background and naïveté]] are frequent sources of humor.
The cast was rounded out by [[Miscarriage of Justice|ex-con Anthony Bouvier]] (Meshach Taylor) and [[Cloudcuckoolander|Bernice Clifton]] (Alice Ghostley) and a steady parade of children, boyfriends, ex-husbands and assorted oddballs. After half the cast left in 1991, some [[Suspiciously Similar Substitute|new characters appeared]] to replace them, but they were not as well-received. The series ran on CBS from September 29 ,1986 until May 24, 1993 and spawned an unsuccessful spin-off ([[wikipedia:Women of the House|Women Of The House]]).
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* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: While [[The Ditz|the Frazier sisters]] had their moments, Bernice Clifton takes the prize here. The only thing keeping her from being truly dim are her [[Hidden Depths|rare profound moments]].
* [[Coincidence Magnet]]: Charlene and Anthony tended to have all kinds of weirdness happen to them.
* [[Deep South]]: The Frazier sisters hailed from Poplar Bluff, Missouri. And the ''Sugarbaker's'' staff also have several ''Deliverance''-like encounters with the hillbilly Jones clan.
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** She was Julia and Suzanne's deceased mother's friend. Keeping her around reminded them of their mother.
* [[Eighties Hair]]: Thankfully toned down by the end of the series.
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