Delta Burke in Psychiatric Ward

Best known for her role as Suzanne Sugarbaker in the television series Designing Women, tv, stage and film actress Delta Burke checked into a psychiatric hospital because her medications were not working in the treatment for severe depression, obsessive compulsive disorder and an excessive hoarding disorder.

According to a taped conversation with Burke published on the TMZ blog, Ms Burke shared they suspect she has not been properly diagnosed. Of her mental suffering, Burke spoke most about wanting to get her hoarding issue under control.

She explained, "Okay — have you seen those shows where they don’t find the body for days and they go in to clean up and it’s stacks of newspapers up to the ceiling? That’s hoarding and I hate it."

Ms Burke was voted Most Likely to Succeed in high school. She went on to win Miss Florida. Of the Designing Women cast members, Ms Burke received two Emmy nominations for Best Actress as Suzanne Sugarbaker. She has a recurring role on Boston Legal as Bella Horowitz, a former love interest of William Shatner’s character Denny Crane. Currently, it is reported she is reprising her role as Noleta in the upcoming 2008 Del Shores’ TV series Sordid Lives: The Series.

Delta Burke has been married to actor Gerald McRaney for nearly twenty years. We wish Ms Burke and her family all the best.