Dixie Carter Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family
Dixie Virginia Carter (May 25, 1939 – April 10, 2010) was an American film, television, and stage actress, best known for her role as Julia Sugarbaker in the CBS sitcom Designing Women (1986–1993).Carter made her professional stage debut in a Memphis production of the musical Carousel in 1960, before moving to New York in 1963. Having stopped acting for several years to look after her children, she returned in 1974 and made her Broadway debut in the musical Sextet. She then starred as District Attorney Brandy Henderson on the CBS soap The Edge of Night (1974-1976), before returning to Broadway in the 1976 musical Pal Joey. After her seven seasons on Designing Women, she starred as Maria Callas in the Broadway play Master Class in 1997, replacing Patti LuPone. She then starred as Randi King on the CBS legal drama Family Law (1999–2002) and as Gloria Hodge on the ABC series Desperate Housewives (2006–2007), for which she received an Emmy Award nomination.
Full Name
Dixie Carter
Net Worth
$1.7 Million
Date Of Birth
May 25, 1939
Died
April 10, 2010, Houston, Texas, United States
Place Of Birth
McLemoresville, Tennessee, USA
Height
1.65 m
Occupation
Actress
Profession
Actor, Businessperson
Education
Rhodes College, University of Tennessee, University of Memphis, University of Mississippi
Nationality
American
Spouse
Hal Holbrook (m. 1984–2010), George Hearn (m. 1977–1979), Arthur Carter (m. 1967–1977)
Children
Mary Dixie Carter, Ginna Carter
Parents
Robert W. Carter, Janice Carter
Siblings
Melba Helen Heath
Nicknames
Carter, Dixie, Dixie Carter
IMDB
Nominations
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress - Comedy Series, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play, Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Class Program
Movies
That Evening Sun, Our First Christmas, Comfort and Joy, The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus, My Neighbors the Yamadas, Gone in the Night, The Gambler V: Playing for Keeps, Going Berserk, OHMS, The Big Day, A Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle
TV Shows
Family Law, Ladies Man, Designing Women, Diff'rent Strokes, The Edge of Night, Filthy Rich, Out of the Blue, On Our Own, Impact Wrestling, Impact Wrestling: Unlocked
Star Sign
Gemini
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Quote
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Designing Women had seven years and that's history -- I call that history, and I miss my companions on that show all the time. I don't watch the reruns because it makes me sad.
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What a great relief not to try so hard to be pleasing in one's life. At one time it used to matter to me if I were attractive to people. I tried to be pretty and tried all those products on the commercials, and all the magazine beauty hints.
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It takes a mighty good man to be better than no man at all.
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Certainly if we hope to enhance and extend whatever natural assets we were given, we must expect to make an effort, if not actually great labor.
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Fact
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Release of her memoir, "Trying to Get to Heaven". [1996]
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Playing Amanda Cross in the play "Southern Comforts" at the Coconut Grove Playhouse, Miami Florida. [February 2006]
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Television public service announcements for the Salvation Army. These follow print and radio public service announcements which appeared in 2005. [January 2006]
Appeared as "Mrs. Arbuthnot" in Oscar Wilde's "A Woman of No Importance" at The Shakespeare Theatre in Washington, D.C. (1988).
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Appeared as Mrs. Erlynne in Lady Windermere's Fan at The Shakespeare Theatre in Washington, D.C.
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Attended the University of Tennessee at Knoxville before transferring to Rhodes College in Memphis TN.
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The Dixie Carter Performing Arts and Academic Enrichment Center, also known as "The Dixie", was named in honor of Carroll County's most famous resident. Dixie performed her cabaret show to raise funds for the center, which also features a museum honoring the cultural contributions of both Dixie Carter and her husband, Hal Holbrook. Mr. Holbrook served as a consultant to the architect and gave so much attention to the design and development of the theatre in the Dixie, that the local arts council bestowed the name, "The Hal Holbrook Theatre" on the new venue in honor of his assistance. As a result of the couple's contributions and hard work, residents from the area are being exposed to everything from "The Velveteen Rabbit" to a Samurai style rendition of "Macbeth".
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Was valedictorian of her high school class.
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Received the Tennessee Governor's Award for excellence in the arts and the Evangeline Booth Award in April 2007 for her work as national spokesperson for the Salvation Army.
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Travels extensively as a public speaker and appears in concert across the country.
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The Dixie Carter Performing Arts Center opened in December 2005 in Huntington, Tennessee.
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Member of Delta Delta Delta Sorority, Delta Sigma chapter.
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Her father, Halbert Leroy Carter, died on February 24, 2007 of natural causes in McLemoresville, Tennessee at age 96.
