Dixie Carter
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 25, 1939
- Died
- April 10, 2010 (aged 70)
- Birthplace
- 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 until her death. Description above from the Wikipedia article Dixie Carter, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmography
That Evening Sun
Movie · as Ellen Meecham
Our First Christmas
Movie · as Evie Baer
Sudbury
Movie · as Aunt Frances
The Tony Danza Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Desperate Housewives
TV · as Gloria Hodge · 7 eps
The Designing Women Reunion
Movie
Comfort and Joy
Movie
Hope & Faith
TV · as Joyce Shanowski · 1 ep
The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus
Movie · as Necile (voice)
The Big Day
Movie · as Carol
Wallowitch & Ross: This Moment
Movie · as Self
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV · as Denise Brockmorton · 1 ep
Family Law
TV · as Randi King · 68 eps
Ladies Man
TV · as Peaches · 5 eps
The View
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Fired Up
TV · as Rita · 2 eps
Gone in the Night
Movie · as Ann Dowaliby
Walt Disney World Very Merry Christmas Parade
Movie · as Self
Dazzle
Movie · as Lydie Kilkullen
Dazzle
TV · as Lydie Kilkullen · 2 eps
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle
Movie · as Louise Archer
Gambler: Playing for Keeps
Movie · as Lillie Langtry
Christy
TV · as Mrs. Huddleston, Julia Huddleston · 1 ep
Diagnosis: Murder
TV · as D.A. Patricia Purcell · 1 ep
Intimate Portrait
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Dixie Carter's Unworkout
Movie · as Herself
Designing Women
TV · as Julia Sugarbaker · 163 eps
Crazy like a Fox
TV · 1 ep
Going Berserk
Movie · as Angela
Reading Rainbow
TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 1 ep
Filthy Rich
TV · as Carlotta Beck · 15 eps
The Devlin Connection
TV · as Simone · 1 ep
Cassie & Co.
TV · as Evelyn Weller · 1 ep
The Killing of Randy Webster
Movie · as Billie Webster
Bret Maverick
TV · 1 ep
Best of the West
TV · as Mae Markham · 1 ep
The Greatest American Hero
TV · as Samantha O'Neill · 1 ep
OHMS
Movie · as Nora Wing
Out of the Blue
TV · as Marion Richards · 16 eps
Diff'rent Strokes
TV · as Maggie McKinney · 25 eps
Lou Grant
TV · 1 ep
The Andros Targets
TV · as Rita · 1 ep
On Our Own
TV · as April Baxter · 21 eps
Quincy, M.E.
TV · 1 ep
The Edge of Night
TV · 306 eps
Tony Awards
TV · as Self - Presenter · 3 eps
Golden Globe Awards
TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep