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Known For
Acting
Birthday
May 25, 1939
Died
April 10, 2010
Place of Birth
McLemoresville, Tennessee, USA
Dixie Carter
0.8 Popularity
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 until her death. Description above from the Wikipedia article Dixie Carter, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
6.6
Ellen Meecham
That Evening Sun
2009
5.3
Evie Baer
Our First Christmas
2008
7.9
Gloria Hodge
Desperate Housewives
2004
🎬
6.1
Self - Guest
The Tony Danza Show
2004
🎬
5.7
Aunt Frances
Sudbury
2004
6.6
Comfort and Joy
2003
5.3
Joyce Shanowski
Hope & Faith
2003
0.0
The Designing Women Reunion
2003
6.6
Necile (voice)
The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus
2000
3.5
Carol
The Big Day
1999
Credits
That Evening Sun
as Ellen Meecham
2009
6.6
Our First Christmas
as Evie Baer
2008
5.3
Desperate Housewives
as Gloria Hodge
2004
7.9
🎬
The Tony Danza Show
as Self - Guest
2004
6.1
🎬
Sudbury
as Aunt Frances
2004
5.7
Comfort and Joy
2003
6.6
Hope & Faith
as Joyce Shanowski
2003
5.3
The Designing Women Reunion
2003
0.0
The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus
as Necile (voice)
2000
6.6
The Big Day
as Carol
1999
3.5
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Denise Brockmorton
1999
7.9
Family Law
as Randi King
1999
8.2
Ladies Man
as Peaches
1999
7.2
Wallowitch & Ross: This Moment
as Self
1999
2.7
The View
as Self
1997
4.3
Fired Up
as Rita
1997
8.0
Gone in the Night
as Ann Dowaliby
1996
6.4
Dazzle
as Lydie Kilkullen
1995
5.5
The Gambler: Playing for Keeps
as Lillie Langtry
1994
6.3
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle
as Louise Archer
1994
7.3
Christy
as Mrs. Huddleston
1994
8.1
Christy
as Julia Huddleston
1994
8.1
Intimate Portrait
as Self
1993
4.5
Diagnosis: Murder
as D.A. Patricia Purcell
1993
7.1
Dixie Carter's Unworkout
as Herself
1992
0.0
Designing Women
as Julia Sugarbaker
1986
6.8
Crazy like a Fox
1984
7.1
Going Berserk
as Angela
1983
5.0
Reading Rainbow
as Self - Narrator (voice)
1983
8.3
The Devlin Connection
as Simone
1982
5.0
Filthy Rich
as Carlotta Beck
1982
5.0
Cassie & Co.
1982
4.5
Bret Maverick
1981
5.0
Best of the West
as Mae Markham
1981
6.0
The Greatest American Hero
as Samantha O'Neill
1981
7.2
The Killing of Randy Webster
as Billie Webster
1981
5.8
OHMS
as Nora Wing
1980
5.0
Out of the Blue
as Marion Richards
1979
6.0
Diff'rent Strokes
as Maggie McKinney
1978
7.1
On Our Own
as April Baxter
1977
5.0
Lou Grant
1977
7.3
The Andros Targets
as Rita
1977
5.0
Quincy, M.E.
1976
7.5
The Edge of Night
1956
6.1
Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter
1956
5.9
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Presenter
1944
7.2