Dixie Carter

Dixie Carter

  • Birthday: 1939-05-25
  • Deathday: 2010-04-10
  • Place of birth: McLemoresville, Tennessee, USA

Biography

Dixie Virginia Carter (May 25, 1939 – April 10, 2010) was an American actress. She starred as Julia Sugarbaker on the sitcom Designing Women (1986–1993) and as Randi King on the drama series Family Law (1999–2002). She was nominated for the 2007 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for her role as Gloria Hodge on Desperate Housewives (2006–2007). Carter made her professional stage debut in a Memphis production of the musical Carousel in 1960 and made her Broadway debut in the 1974 musical Sextet. After appearing for two years as District Attorney Brandy Henderson on the CBS soap The Edge of Night (1974–1976), she starred in the 1976 Broadway revival of the musical Pal Joey. Her other television roles included the sitcoms On Our Own (1977–1978), Filthy Rich (1982–1983) and Diff'rent Strokes (1984–1985). She returned to Broadway to play Maria Callas in the play Master Class in 1997 and to play Mrs. Meers in the musical Thoroughly Modern Millie in 2004. She was married to actor Hal Holbrook, her third husband, from 1984 til her death. Description above from the Wikipedia article Dixie Carter, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

Dixie Carter's Unworkout

1992

As Herself

The Killing of Randy Webster

1981

As Billie Webster

Our First Christmas

2008

As Evie Baer

Dazzle

1995

As Lydie Kilkullen

Gone in the Night

1996

As Ann Dowaliby

OHMS

1980

As Nora Wing

The Big Day

1999

As Carol

Sudbury

2004

As Aunt Frances

That Evening Sun

2009

As Ellen Meecham

Gambler V: Playing for Keeps

1994

As Lillie Langtry

Going Berserk

1983

As Angela

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