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Dixie Carter
McLemoresville, Tennessee, USA
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 d…
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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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2009
That Evening Sun
Movie Ellen Meecham
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2008
Our First Christmas
Movie Evie Baer
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2004
Desperate Housewives
TV show Gloria Hodge
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2004
The Tony Danza Show
TV show Self - Guest
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2004
Sudbury
Movie Aunt Frances
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2003
Comfort and Joy
Movie
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2003
Hope & Faith
TV show Joyce Shanowski
- 2003
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2000
The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus
Movie Necile (voice)
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1999
The Big Day
Movie Carol
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1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV show Denise Brockmorton
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1999
Family Law
TV show Randi King
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1999
Ladies Man
TV show Peaches
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1999
Wallowitch & Ross: This Moment
Movie Self
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1997
The View
TV show Self
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1997
Fired Up
TV show Rita
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- 1996
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1996
Gone in the Night
Movie Ann Dowaliby
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1995
Dazzle
TV show Lydie Kilkullen
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1995
Dazzle
Movie Lydie Kilkullen
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1994
The Gambler: Playing for Keeps
Movie Lillie Langtry
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1994
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle
Movie Louise Archer
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1994
Christy
TV show Mrs. Huddleston
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1993
Intimate Portrait
TV show Self
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1993
Diagnosis: Murder
TV show D.A. Patricia Purcell
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1992
Dixie Carter's Unworkout
Movie Herself
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1986
Designing Women
TV show Julia Sugarbaker
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1984
Crazy like a Fox
TV show
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1983
Going Berserk
Movie Angela
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1983
Reading Rainbow
TV show Self - Narrator (voice)
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1982
The Devlin Connection
TV show Simone
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1982
Filthy Rich
TV show Carlotta Beck
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1982
Cassie & Co.
TV show Evelyn Weller
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1981
Bret Maverick
TV show
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1981
Best of the West
TV show Mae Markham
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1981
The Greatest American Hero
TV show Samantha O'Neill
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1981
The Killing of Randy Webster
Movie Billie Webster
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1980
OHMS
Movie Nora Wing
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1979
Out of the Blue
TV show Marion Richards
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1978
Diff'rent Strokes
TV show Maggie McKinney
