Delta Burke

Celebrity

  • Birth Name: Delta Ramona Leah Burke
  • Birth Place: Orlando, FL
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 07/30/1956, Leo
  • Profession: Actor; producer
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Delta Burke Fast Facts:
  • Was voted Most Likely to Succeed in high school.
  • Won 18 pageant titles by age 17 and was crowned Miss Florida in 1974. She competed in the Miss America pageant that same year.
  • Met husband, actor Gerald McRaney, on the set of her series Designing Women; he guest-starred as one of her numerous ex-husbands.
  • Created Delta Burke Design, a fashion line for plus-sized women.
  • Penned the autobiography, Delta Style: Eve Wasn't a Size 6 and Neither Am I, in 1998.
  • Made her Broadway debut in 2004 as villainess Miss Mears in the musical comedy Thoroughly Modern Millie.
  • Delta Burke Relationships:
  • Gerald McRaney - Husband
  • Jessica McRaney - Stepdaughter
  • Angus McRaney - Stepson
  • Kate McRaney - Stepdaughter
  • Frederick Burke - Father
  • Jean Burke - Mother
  • Delta Burke Awards:
  • 1990 Emmy: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series - Nominee
  • 1991 Emmy: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series - Nominee
  • College:
  • Attended the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts, London, England
dixie carter, Delta Burke, Jean Smart, Annie Potts Kevin Parry/WireImage.com
dixie carter, Delta Burke  Kevin Parry/WireImage.com
Boston Legal, Delta Burke, William Shatner Scott Garfield/ABC
Boston Legal, Delta Burke Scott Garfield/ABC
The Wedding Bells, Missi Pyle, Delta Burke Carin Baer/Fox
The Wedding Bells, Teri Polo, Delta Burke Carin Baer/Fox
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