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Julia Duffy (born Julia Margaret Hinds; June 27, 1951) is an American actress, best known for playing Stephanie Vanderkellen on the sitcom ''Newhart'' (1983–90). For this role, she received seven Emmy Award nominations and a 1988 Golden Globe Award nomination. The role also won her three Viewers for Quality Television awards. She is also notable for playing the original Maggie Campbell on ''Baby Talk'' (1991) and Allison Sugarbaker on ''Designing Women'' (1991–92). ==Career== Duffy was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Her early career included parts in soap operas such as ''One Life to Live'', ''The Doctors'' and ''Love of Life''. Duffy also appeared in movies such as ''Night Warning'' (1981) and ''Cutter's Way'' (1981). She made an appearance on the television sitcom ''Cheers'' during the show's first season in 1982; she had been considered for the role of Diane Chambers, the sitcom's female lead. In 1983, she played Princess Ariel Baaldorf in the medieval spoof ''Wizards and Warriors'', which had a short run on the CBS television network. Duffy joined the main cast of the sitcom ''Newhart'' during its second season in 1983. She had initially made an appearance in the fourteenth episode of the first season of the series, playing the part of Dick Loudon's (played by Bob Newhart) self-infatuated preppy maid Stephanie Vanderkellen. It is perhaps her most popular role and one she played for seven seasons. She earned Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for the role every year from 1984 through 1990. She also received a Golden Globe nomination and won three Viewers For Quality Television Awards for her work. Julia was actually pregnant during several episodes of ''Newhart''. To hide it, she wore baggy clothes and stood behind furniture. After the end of ''Newhart'' in 1990, Duffy briefly starred in the sitcom ''Baby Talk'' alongside George Clooney, but because of her low ratings, the series was retooled and Duffy was replaced by Mary Page Keller. She worked again with Clooney some years later in the Coen Brothers' comedy ''Intolerable Cruelty''. In 1991, she joined the cast of ''Designing Women'', essentially replacing Delta Burke, the show's breakout star, who was fired after quarrels with producers. Duffy played Allison Sugarbaker, Burke and Dixie Carter's previously unseen cousin on the show. Duffy's tenure on the sitcom's sixth season turned out to be the highest-rated season in the show's history, partly because of the highly publicized cast additions of Duffy and Jan Hooks. However, because of the negative public and critical backlash to the snobbish portrayal of Duffy's character on the series, she was released from her contract and she was not asked to return for the show's seventh and final season, thus leading her to be replaced by Judith Ivey. From 1993 to 1995, Duffy played Barb Ballantine on the short-lived comedy series ''The Mommies''. Duffy played Lindsay Mercer, one of the failed buyers of Winfred-Lauder and the ex-wife of "Lord Mercer" on ''The Drew Carey Show''. She has a recurring role on the Nickelodeon series ''Drake & Josh'' as Linda Hayfer, a high school English teacher who despises Drake. She appeared on ''The Suite Life of Zack & Cody'' as the rich mother of Jason, a boy who goes on a date with Maddie Fitzpatrick (Ashley Tisdale). She made a brief appearance in the Nickelodeon sitcom ''True Jackson, VP'' as the owner of a stage that LuLu wanted to rent. On September 19, 2014 Julia appeared on Ken Reid's ''TV Guidance Counselor Podcast''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Julia Duffy」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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