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The oldest sister was Alex, who was played by Swoosie Kurtz . She was very protective of her younger siblings and intervened when there was a crisis. Her own life was problematic, as she faced the problems of a rebellious Teenage daughter (initially played by Ashley Judd ), and a Transvestive husband ( David Dukes ), also a doctor. She filled the mother role for the group, which added to the safety of the family dynamic as their mother, Bea (played by Elizabeth Hoffman ) was seen frequently. Alex and Bea watched over Teddy, Georgie, and Frankie, who were played by Sela Ward , Patricia Kalember , and Julianne Phillips , respectively. Teddy was the glamourous, devastatingly Beautiful sister who was also an at-times-uncontrolled Alcoholic . Georgie was the most responsible sister, with a seemingly-happy marriage to John ( Garrett M. Brown ), but they had a son fighting Leukemia , which also had an emotionally-devastating effect on his brother, who as a consequence received a far smaller measure of parental attention. Frankie was married to Teddy's ex-husband, Mitch ( Ed Marinaro ), upon whom she had first developed a crush when he began to date Teddy and Frankie was still a little girl. Teddy's first appearance on the show was to attempt to break up their wedding in a drunken fit of jealousy by using a Shotgun . Later, the sisters became aware of a fifth "sister", a half-sister who was the Love Child of an affair the Reed father had with another woman. This fifth sister, Charley (played by Jo Anderson and then by Sheila Kelley ) factored into storylines starting in 1994 , and was yet another medical doctor character. The writing, which was always somewhat exaggerated (the creators called it "heightened reality"), tended to become even more over the top as the seasons progressed, perhaps culminating with Alex's post-divorce affair with a plumber and subsequent marriage to Al ( Robert Klein ), an outlandish Appliance Retail er who frequently appeared in his own television commercials as "The Appliance King", complete with robe and crown. The show was unique in that each episode featured a number of flashbacks, in which the characters would actually interact with their younger selves. The show was created by Ron Cowen and Daniel Lipman , who went on to adapt '' Queer As Folk '' for the American market. George Clooney had a recurring role on ''Sisters'' the TV season before '' ER '' premiered on U.S. television. The series received eight Emmy Award nominations over the course of its run, winning once, in 1994 for Sela Ward as Best Actress. |
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