Julia Duffy

Go away, Defarto.

She was thought to have ruined Designing Women. Never recovered. Got old.

Lilly Rabe came along and Julia was doomed to Hallmark Hell.

Lily Rabe? She came along like 20 years later. What does r3 mean?

The last thing I remember her on as a semi-regular was the first season of Reba where she played Cheyenne and Van's principal who had a stick up her butt. I guess if BJ hadn't become a breakout character, they could've found more for her to do.

She was on Looking that Jonathan Groff HBO show. Played his mother.

Columbia put her on [italic]Designing Women[/italic] to get her off that stupid [italic]Baby Talk[/italic] show.

She also ruined Grace Under Fire. Like DW, after she came on, the show ended up being canceled.

Losing Emmy after Emmy to the likes of Jackée Harry and Estelle Getty will take its toll on you.

She was one of the three finalists for the role of Diane on Cheers. (Lisa Eichorn was the other one. William Devane and Fred Dreyer were the finalists for Sam.)

Devane has that dry thing down and Dreyer has the height and sex appeal; clearly, they made the right choices with Danson and Long.

Their chemistry was great;

Danson and Long were paired for the final audition and they really clicked. Probably helped each other get the role. That end of the first season episode is like 10 minutes of dialogue of the two of them going back and forth. Almost like a play. You don't see stuff like that on TV anymore. They and the writing are perfect.

Really, r12? I don't think "Cheers" has aged very well, but it was never one of favorites...although I liked it enough at the time.

I think she peaked on Newhart & was never able to recapture that lightning in a bottle. Though she tried & tried & tried it seems, playing basically the same character…

Maybe they should’ve tried letting her play something else.

Loved her as a spoiled princess on Wizards and Warriors. I still remember some of her lines.

The bitch paid her dues.

She was Dr. Althea's daughter Penny on The Doctors, and from day one it was clear she had "it" and would be going places.

(Especially when compared to her TV mother's baroque line readings.)

the first season of Cheers I find phenomenal r13.

The rest are ok and once Shelley Long left much less funny and less intellectual.

Newhart came after Cheers, I think.

I think JD replaced someone kind of bland on Newhart and spoiled Stephanie fit in great; but on Designing Women, JD was a dud.

[quote]JD replaced someone kind of bland on Newhart and spoiled Stephanie fit in great; but on Designing Women, JD was a dud.

Karma's a bitch.

The problem with JD on DW, was they just wrote her as a mouthy Yankeefied bitch. Suzanne for all her many faults was written as having a heart. Underneath it all you knew she really cared about the others. Allison didn’t seem to care about anyone other than herself. Even when they tried to make everyone feel sorry for her, like when she got stood up at the altar, you couldn’t help but feel like she got what she deserved.

Duffy has a guest starring role in the first season of Cheers playing a Diane like character. (Diane's friend.)

She's much less vibrant than Long was. Shows they made the right choice.

Dreyer had a guest shot too but I don't remember what he was.

I just peeked at her instagram. She seems woke-ish, as I guess most if not all actresses are. It's strange to think of Stephanie Vanderkellen being that way.

I think she has a bad agent. After Newhart she seems to get on shows that are on the decline.

At least she gets shows. When was the last time Peter Scolari had a series role?

Peter Scolari just one an Emmy like 4 years ago for playing Lens Dunham's father on Girls.

Uh, in Girls, R25. The same year Duffy got a one-shot on Looking.

She did that Mommies show too. I think it lasted a season.

I’m very sad she lost her son to suicide. That must be so painful for her.

It must be terrible to birth a child who kills himself to get away from you.

Yeah, R30, even worse than getting fired from a show that only becomes a hit after you leave.

Odd. Deborah Rush who always reminded me of Duffy had a son who killed himself recently too.

Her son was really attractive. That poor woman.

Three DL comedy favorites all had very cute sons who suffered untimely deaths in recent years.

Julia Duffy's son, 2019 suicide, 29

Deborah Rush's son, 2015 suicide, 22

Dinah Manoff's son, 2017 car accident, 19 (grandson of Lee Grant)

Plus, she costarred with Peter who had a tight hairy body - imagine writhing all over that. He was a good tv boyfriend.

[quote]It must be terrible to birth a child who kills himself to get away from you.

What? Did he say that’s why he took the nestea plunge?

[quote]It must be terrible to birth a child who kills himself to get away from you.

[quote] What? Did he say that’s why he took the nestea plunge?

That's what I heard. Just saying.

the news reports I just googled said he killed himself after years of mental health struggles.

R31 Or like being stupid enough to turn down the lead in “Pretty Woman.”