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Overview
News and opinions about TV actress Jean Smart. Jean Smart is an American actress best known for her role as Charlene Frazier Stillfield on Designing Women from 1986 to 1991. She also appears as Regina Newly on the show Samantha Who? and as Betty Benson on The Mary Tyler Moore Show.
Jean Smart won her MFA at the University of Cincinnati with an...more
News and opinions about TV actress Jean Smart. Jean Smart is an American actress best known for her role as Charlene Frazier Stillfield on Designing Women from 1986 to 1991. She also appears as Regina Newly on the show Samantha Who? and as Betty Benson on The Mary Tyler Moore Show.
Jean Smart won her MFA at the University of Cincinnati with an architecture program, and she holds a JD from Columbia University in English. Jean Smart moved to Nashville, TN, in 1996 and completed her Ph.D. in art history at Vanderbilt University in 1991 at the direction of her doctorate. After completing her Ph.D., she entered the business community at Northwestern University, where she continued to...
Jean Smart won her MFA at the University of Cincinnati with an architecture program, and she holds a JD from Columbia University in English. Jean Smart moved to Nashville, TN, in 1996 and completed her Ph.D. in art history at Vanderbilt University in 1991 at the direction of her doctorate. After completing her Ph.D., she entered the business community at Northwestern University, where she continued to...
- Born: Jean Elizabeth Smart (1951-09-13) September 13, 1951 (age 69) Seattle, Washington, U.S.
- Education: Ballard High School
- Alma mater: University of Washington
- Occupation: Actress
- Years active: 1979–present
- Spouse(s): Richard Gilliland (m. 1987)
- Children: 2
