Dixie Carter the star of the tv show the “Designing women” died on Saturday, Dixie was 70, her publicist has not disclosed the nature and place of death. Dixie was an American actress, having appeared in films, television and on stage. Dixie Carter was best-known for her long-running role in the sitcom Designing Women (1986-1993).
In a written statement Carter’s husband Hal Holbrook said “This has been a terrible blow to our family”.”We would appreciate everyone understanding that this is a private family tragedy.”Carter’s career spanned multiple decades on television and on the stage. She was most famous for playing wisecracking Southerner Julia Sugarbaker on “Designing Women,” a CBS sitcom about the lives of four women at an interior design firm in Atlanta that ran from 1986 to 1993.
The role came just one year following a two-season gig on NBC’s ‘Diff’rent Strokes,’ as aerobics instructor Maggie McKinney.She was nominated for an Emmy in 2007 for her role of Gloria Hodge, the surly mother-in-law to Marcia Cross’s Bree on “Desperate Housewives.”Her additional television roles included ‘On Our Own,’ ‘Filthy Rich,’ ‘Lou Grant,’ ‘One Life to Live’ and ‘Out of the Blue.’ In addition to Holbrook, Carter is survived by daughters Mary Dixie and Ginna.