At 73, Jean Smart has made some seriously smart choices ... role that would change the trajectory of her career as Charlene ...

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Jean Elizabeth Smart (born September 13 ... Smart first gained prominence for her leading role as Charlene Frazier Stillfield on the CBS sitcom Designing Women, in which she starred from 1986 ...

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Jean Smart is coming back to the boards ... became a household name thanks to her iconic role as the effervescent Charlene Frazier Stillfield in the 1986 CBS sitcom Designing Women.

Michael Kovac/Getty Jean Smart is coming back to the boards. The six-time Emmy Award winning actress is returning to Broadway this spring, in the world premiere of Jamie Wax's new play ...

Jean Smart is coming back to the boards ... Smart, meanwhile, became a household name thanks to her iconic role as the effervescent Charlene Frazier Stillfield in the 1986 CBS sitcom Designing Women.