Farewell… Dixie Carter

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…Dixie Carter, Actor

“Designing Women” star Dixie Carter, whose Southern charm and natural beauty won her a host of television roles, has died at age 70.

Carter died Saturday morning, according to publicist Steve Rohr, who represents Carter and her husband, actor Hal Holbrook. He declined to disclose the cause of death or where she died. Carter lived with Holbrook in the Los Angeles area.

A native of Tennessee, Carter was most famous for playing wisecracking Southerner Julia Sugarbaker for seven years on “Designing Women,” the CBS sitcom that ran from 1986 to 1993. The series was the peak of a career in which she often played wealthy and self-important but independent Southern women.

2 Responses to Farewell… Dixie Carter

tripp3235 says:

April 11, 2010 at 10:23 am

She was a distant cousin. Nothing like Julia Sugarbaker in real life though she generously gave to charities and was extremely loyal to her original home town. I’ll never forget when we were invited to go up there to visit.

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KP says:

April 12, 2010 at 9:05 am

Thanks for sharing that Tripp!