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* BreakTheHaughty: She softens quite a bit as the series goes on, after her cancer and when she meets Big Al.
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* TheDeterminator: Following [[spoiler: Falconer's death]].
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* HardDrinkingPartyGirl: For most of her youth, crossing over into TheAlcoholic and then RecoveredAddict.
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* RecoveredAddict: Despite her reputation, Teddy is sober for the vast majority of the series.
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* PutOnABus: Midway through season 5.
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* ChewingTheScenery: Alex tends to have the most outlandish fantasy sequences and Swoosie Kurtz certainly has fun with them.
* DramaQueen: Alex gets fairly melodramatic when things don't go her way.
** She smashed her own expensive crystal collection when Reed [[spoiler: eloped]] without telling her.
* {{Housewife}}: During her marriage to Wade.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Has a high opinion of herself, but also high standards that she expects everyone else to live up to, regardless of whether or not they have the same values.
* LoveObstructingParents: Alex and Wade to Reed and Kirby, at first.
* ThePerfectionist: Has very high standards for herself and her family.
* StageMom: When Reed is in a play.
* SlaveToPR: Extremely reputation obsessed.
* SuccessfulSiblingSyndrome: When Teddy finds unprecedented success.
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Free-spirited second sister Teddy is a recovering alcoholic and the black sheep of the family. She had been living in California with her daughter Cat prior to the beginning of the series. Upon her return to Winnetka, she slowly gets her life together and eventually launches a career as a fashion designer, though not without a few slip-ups here and there. She is impulsive and sometimes self-destructive, which causes problems in her relationships, but Teddy is also passionate and creative, and always there for her sisters.
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Free-spirited second sister Teddy is a recovering alcoholic and the black sheep of the family. She had been living in California with her daughter Cat prior to the beginning of the series. Upon her return to Winnetka, she slowly gets her life together and eventually launches a career as a fashion designer, though not without a few slip-ups missteps here and there. She is impulsive and sometimes self-destructive, which causes problems in her relationships, but Teddy is also passionate and creative, and always there for her sisters.sisters.
* AccentsArentHereditary: Sela Ward tones down her natural Southern drawl, but it's still there.
* TheAlcoholic: Has a long and storied history with alcohol, though she is sober through most of the series, minus [[OffTheWagon a couple of slip-ups.]]
* ArtistsAreAttractive: With Simon Bolt
* BenevolentBoss: To McKinley, and the other employees of her fashion company
* BlackSheep: Teddy's chaotic lifestyle sticks out compared to her successful and stable sisters, especially at the beginning of the series. Her post-divorce years in California were a series of drunken mistakes and impulsive failures, and she finds it hard to break her old habits and get past her low self esteem even when she finds success for herself.
* CoolBigSis: During their teenage years.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: She had some hard times, particularly after her divorce from Mitch.
* DarkHorseSibling: When her fashion line takes off.
* DeadpanSnarker: The most sarcastic of the sisters.
* DrowningMySorrows: When she falls OffTheWagon.
* OffTheWagon: In season one, after Mitch chooses Frankie over her, and then again in season five after [[spoiler: Falconer's death.]]
* StrugglingSingleMother: After her divorce and up until Cat goes to college.
* WhatIfTheBabyIsLikeMe: Teddy worries Cat will become an alcoholic.
* AccentsArentHereditary: Sela Ward tones down her natural Southern drawl, but it's still there.
* TheAlcoholic: Has a long and storied history with alcohol, though she is sober through most of the series, minus [[OffTheWagon a couple of slip-ups.]]
* ArtistsAreAttractive: With Simon Bolt
* BenevolentBoss: To McKinley, and the other employees of her fashion company
* BlackSheep: Teddy's chaotic lifestyle sticks out compared to her successful and stable sisters, especially at the beginning of the series. Her post-divorce years in California were a series of drunken mistakes and impulsive failures, and she finds it hard to break her old habits and get past her low self esteem even when she finds success for herself.
* CoolBigSis: During their teenage years.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: She had some hard times, particularly after her divorce from Mitch.
* DarkHorseSibling: When her fashion line takes off.
* DeadpanSnarker: The most sarcastic of the sisters.
* DrowningMySorrows: When she falls OffTheWagon.
* OffTheWagon: In season one, after Mitch chooses Frankie over her, and then again in season five after [[spoiler: Falconer's death.]]
* StrugglingSingleMother: After her divorce and up until Cat goes to college.
* WhatIfTheBabyIsLikeMe: Teddy worries Cat will become an alcoholic.
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* GoodIsNotDumb: She tends to be the most optimistic of her sisters, but her perspective is always practical and well thought out.
* NuclearFamily: For most of the series, with John and their two sons.
* TheReliableOne: Georgie is the one everyone turns to when they're in trouble.
* TheStoic: Always practical, she rarely lets her emotions get out of hand.
* TeamMom: In spite of being the second youngest of the core four, she is this to her sisters.
* WomenAreWiser: Georgie to her family of all boys.
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* TheBabyOfTheBunch: In spite of being a successful and even-keeled business woman, Frankie is still this to all her family members.
* Control Freak: Her business acumen tends to spill over into her personal relationships.
* ElegantClassicalMusician: More so in the early seasons, but she is a talented pianist.
* EmbarassingNickname: "Stinkerbell", courtesy of Teddy.
* MarriedToTheJob: Mitch has a hard time accepting Frankie's devotion to her career.
* {{Workaholic}}: Frankie's career is her top priority.
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Character sheet for the TV series ''Series/{{Sisters}}''.
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[[folder:Alex]]
!!Alexandra "Alex" Reed Halsey Barker
->'''Played By:''' Creator/SwoosieKurtz
Eldest sister Alex is wealthy and somewhat superficial, but also very protective and close to her sisters. She begins the series married to successful plastic surgeon Wade Halsey, though their marriage does not last. Her experience with breast cancer eventually led to a career as a talk show host, where she met and married "Big Al" Barker. She often clashed with her rebellious daughter Reed. Alex is the only character to appear in every episode of the series.
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[[folder:Teddy]]
!!Theodora "Teddy" Reed Margolis Falconer Sorenson
->'''Played By:''' Creator/SelaWard
Free-spirited second sister Teddy is a recovering alcoholic and the black sheep of the family. She had been living in California with her daughter Cat prior to the beginning of the series. Upon her return to Winnetka, she slowly gets her life together and eventually launches a career as a fashion designer, though not without a few slip-ups here and there. She is impulsive and sometimes self-destructive, which causes problems in her relationships, but Teddy is also passionate and creative, and always there for her sisters.
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[[folder:Georgie]]
!!Georgiana "Georgie" Reed Whitsig
->'''Played By:''' Patricia Kalember
The third and most level-headed and responsible sister, Georgie is a stay-at-home mom and off-and-on real estate agent. She is the most trusted confidant of her sisters. On the surface, she had an ideal domestic life with a loving if eccentric husband John and two sons, Trevor and Evan. Georgie is stable and caring, taking on almost a mothering role to all of her sisters.
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[[folder:Frankie]]
!!Francesca "Frankie" Reed Margolis
->'''Played By:''' Julianne Phillips
Youngest sister Frankie is a workaholic businesswoman. She dated and eventually married her sister Teddy's ex-husband, Mitch. Her devotion to her career tended to put a strain on her relationship with Mitch and eventually resulted in their divorce. Following their divorce, Frankie quit her executive job and became the owner of the Sweet Sixteen, the sisters' favorite local diner. In the fifth season, Phillips left the show and the Frankie character moved to Japan for work, although she did return for the two-hour series finale.
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[[folder:Charley]]
!!Dr. Charlotte "Charley" Bennett Hayes
->'''Played By:''' Jo Anderson recurring, seasons 4 and 5, Sheila Kelley regular cast, season 6
During the fourth season, the sisters discovered a fifth sister, the love child of an affair their father had had with another woman. This fifth sister, Charley Bennett, was played initially by Jo Anderson on a recurring basis and then by Sheila Kelley, who received starring status in the final season. Charley was integrated into the story lines as Frankie was phased out, as Julianne Phillips had decided to leave the show. Charley had spent her childhood in foster homes and was initially somewhat cold towards her newfound sisters, but eventually came to accept them into her life. Charley was a doctor who worked in a free health care clinic with her colleague and eventual husband Dr. Wes Hayes. During the final season, Charley took in an orphaned teenager named Jesse and intended to adopt him, but ultimately did not complete the adoption because she realized Jesse should go with his brother who had been adopted by another family.
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[[folder:Bea]]
!!Beatrice Reed Ventner
->'''Played By:''' Elizabeth Hoffman
Beatrice, the sisters' mother and the family matriarch, was a recovering alcoholic who at the start of the series had been recently widowed. Her husband's long-term affair with his nurse had caused her to seek solace in alcohol; she regretted that Teddy had apparently inherited her alcoholism. In the third season she married retired local judge Truman Ventner, who later suffered from Alzheimer's.
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[[folder:Alex]]
!!Alexandra "Alex" Reed Halsey Barker
->'''Played By:''' Creator/SwoosieKurtz
Eldest sister Alex is wealthy and somewhat superficial, but also very protective and close to her sisters. She begins the series married to successful plastic surgeon Wade Halsey, though their marriage does not last. Her experience with breast cancer eventually led to a career as a talk show host, where she met and married "Big Al" Barker. She often clashed with her rebellious daughter Reed. Alex is the only character to appear in every episode of the series.
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[[folder:Teddy]]
!!Theodora "Teddy" Reed Margolis Falconer Sorenson
->'''Played By:''' Creator/SelaWard
Free-spirited second sister Teddy is a recovering alcoholic and the black sheep of the family. She had been living in California with her daughter Cat prior to the beginning of the series. Upon her return to Winnetka, she slowly gets her life together and eventually launches a career as a fashion designer, though not without a few slip-ups here and there. She is impulsive and sometimes self-destructive, which causes problems in her relationships, but Teddy is also passionate and creative, and always there for her sisters.
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[[folder:Georgie]]
!!Georgiana "Georgie" Reed Whitsig
->'''Played By:''' Patricia Kalember
The third and most level-headed and responsible sister, Georgie is a stay-at-home mom and off-and-on real estate agent. She is the most trusted confidant of her sisters. On the surface, she had an ideal domestic life with a loving if eccentric husband John and two sons, Trevor and Evan. Georgie is stable and caring, taking on almost a mothering role to all of her sisters.
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!!Francesca "Frankie" Reed Margolis
->'''Played By:''' Julianne Phillips
Youngest sister Frankie is a workaholic businesswoman. She dated and eventually married her sister Teddy's ex-husband, Mitch. Her devotion to her career tended to put a strain on her relationship with Mitch and eventually resulted in their divorce. Following their divorce, Frankie quit her executive job and became the owner of the Sweet Sixteen, the sisters' favorite local diner. In the fifth season, Phillips left the show and the Frankie character moved to Japan for work, although she did return for the two-hour series finale.
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[[folder:Charley]]
!!Dr. Charlotte "Charley" Bennett Hayes
->'''Played By:''' Jo Anderson recurring, seasons 4 and 5, Sheila Kelley regular cast, season 6
During the fourth season, the sisters discovered a fifth sister, the love child of an affair their father had had with another woman. This fifth sister, Charley Bennett, was played initially by Jo Anderson on a recurring basis and then by Sheila Kelley, who received starring status in the final season. Charley was integrated into the story lines as Frankie was phased out, as Julianne Phillips had decided to leave the show. Charley had spent her childhood in foster homes and was initially somewhat cold towards her newfound sisters, but eventually came to accept them into her life. Charley was a doctor who worked in a free health care clinic with her colleague and eventual husband Dr. Wes Hayes. During the final season, Charley took in an orphaned teenager named Jesse and intended to adopt him, but ultimately did not complete the adoption because she realized Jesse should go with his brother who had been adopted by another family.
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[[folder:Bea]]
!!Beatrice Reed Ventner
->'''Played By:''' Elizabeth Hoffman
Beatrice, the sisters' mother and the family matriarch, was a recovering alcoholic who at the start of the series had been recently widowed. Her husband's long-term affair with his nurse had caused her to seek solace in alcohol; she regretted that Teddy had apparently inherited her alcoholism. In the third season she married retired local judge Truman Ventner, who later suffered from Alzheimer's.
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