Jean Smart was great playing Southren

Ok OP I know you’re dying for someone to ask.

Southren?

I’m from the South and I really did buy it.

But could she play Ann Southren?

Saurthron?

She from North?

R1, if you grew up in the deep south back in the day, you heard people from the south declaring that they were “southren” and how much they hated people who were “northren”.

And we would have all sworn back in the day that Jean Smart was “southren”.

And we would have been so lucky if she was

[quote]She from North?

Yes.

Jean is Northren.

Georgia Southren?

“ Is this French or Thousand Island?”

the best

Southrons.

She's from Seattle, and can pretty much do anything (let us not forget her run on 24), and I too thought she was from the south, but I'm from Chicago and don't think I have an accent, so maybe not the best judge..

She has kind eyes. The most attractive and talented of the Designing Women cast.

Jean Smart is just one fine actress.

Charlene was from Poplar Bluff, MO. I don't think that's considered the South. Although it is pretty close to Tennessee and Arkansas.

Amazing actress. She tries hard in everything she does.

The episode with the woman whose husband was abusing her was one of the most disturbing and sad things I've ever seen on television.

I'm so happy for her that she has one of the greatest roles of her career at her age now. She deserves every award for playing Deborah Vance.

She went to prep school in Seattle with the Crane brothers—I thought y’all knew that.

PUT YOUR BROTHER ON THE PHONE!

Her success is so wonderfully unusual and so welcome.

Pure talent. Such a badass.

“Hacks” is the funniest, smartest show at the moment.

Sauron?

R22, are you also R4?

I thought this too op!

Of course kid me also thought she was the mom on Lassie for some reason.

I taught her everything she knows.

I'm going to have some Southren Biscuits and Graxy now.

I listened to a Delta Burke interview the other day and she is the SAME. Still a self absorbed cunt.

Is it like breatheren?

Southron or southren is a Scots and Northumbrian English term referring to the people of Southern England. Many Ulster Scots migrated to the Southern USA, particularly in Appalachia, and brought with them their colorful vernacular, which influenced the regional dialects of the South,

I wished she and Delta Burke never left DW. The last two seasons sucked.

She was on an episode of “The Facts of Life” in Season 5 and she looks like a giant compared to the show’s cast. Smart is 5’9”.

It's too bad she lost her husband and wasn't able to share this late-career success with him.

R31, Hmm... Sometimes a life partner stifles one's creativity.

That Ann Blythe monologue was so great.

Jean Smart is so gifted, I'm glad that she's getting her due. With that said, she should have had more success at the level of feature films. She was terrific in an indie from years ago called Guinevere with Stephen Rea and Sarah Polley, unfortunately the rest of the movie blew which I think screwed her awards chances.

Part of my family is from Poplar Bluff, MO, and I can verify Jean Smart absolutely nailed the accent. As Charlene she sounded just like my aunt who still lives there.

I'd also say that part of Missouri still counts as Southern. St. Louis doesn't, and Springfield probably doesn't, but within an hour of the Arkansas border the main difference is that the highways are better maintained.

It was a slave state, after all.

Did Jean and Delta Burke get along on the set of Designing Women?

Delta's career really flatlined after DW, while Jean's has slowly skyrocketed. It's scary how half the cast is dead, though.

Scary? It started airing almost 40 years ago and its principal cast ranged from mature adults to middle-aged at the time.

I just googled “Designing Women outtakes” and nothing came up… just “best of” clips, so apologies in advance if this is a stupid question.

But, watching Charlene go off about Ann Blyth, I would love to see how the cast cracked up watching that ridiculous stream of consciousness make its way out of the Lake of the Ozarks.

I am another Southerner who thought for sure she was from here. Kudos to Ms. Smart!

Her new role sucks

Best in Homeward Bound.