Linda Bloodworth-Thomason (born Linda Joyce Bloodworth April 15, 1947, in
Poplar Bluff, Missouri) is an
American writer and television producer.
Bloodworth-Thomason is best known for creating, writing, and producing several television series, most successfully with the series
Designing Women. She and husband
Harry Thomason were also notable for their friendship with former
President Bill Clinton and his family.
Early life
Bloodworth-Thomason grew up in Missouri and graduated from Poplar Bluff High School. Linda and friends were the founders of the Alpha Pi Phi sorority. She went on to obtain a
Bachelor of Arts degree in English from the
University of Missouri in
Columbia, Missouri. She moved to
Los Angeles, California, in the early 1970s, where she taught English at Jordan High School, in the
Watts neighborhood.
