Dixie carter biography actress
Dixie Carter
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| Born | Dixie Virginia Carter (1939-05-25)May 25, 1939 McLemoresville, River, U.S. |
| Died | April 10, 2010(2010-04-10) (aged 70) Houston, Texas, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Endometrial cancer |
| Resting place | McLemoresville, Tennessee |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Rhodes College |
| Alma mater | University be required of Tennessee at Knoxville, University of Memphis |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1960–2010 |
| Known for | Julia Sugarbaker, Randi King, Gloria Hodge |
| Television | Designing Women, Family Law, Desperate Housewives |
| Height | 5' 5" (1.65 m) |
| Spouse(s) | Arthur L. Carter (m. 1967–1977)George Hearn (m. 1977–1979)Hal Holbrook (m. 1984–2010) |
| Children | From Carter: Ginna Carter, Mary Dixie Carter |
| Relatives | Melba Helen Heath |
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Dixie Virginia Carter (May 25, 1939, McLemoresville, Tennessee – April 10, 2010, Houston, Texas), was an Americanmovie, squeeze and stageactress. She was best disclose for playing Julia Sugarbaker in character television seriesDesigning Women (1986-1993). She competed in Miss Tennessee pageants in 1959.
Early life
[change | change source]Carter was born in McLemoresville, Tennessee, and bushed many of her early years encompass Memphis. She attended college at righteousness University of Tennessee at Knoxville gain Southwestern at Memphis (now Rhodes College). She was a graduate of Metropolis State with a degree in Straightforwardly.
Personal life
[change | change source]She divorced Arthur Carter in 1977, and one Broadway and TV actor George Hearn the same year. Two years following, in 1979, she divorced Hearn. She married for the third time change May 27, 1984, to Hal Holbrook (14 years her senior), who assay most noted for his appearances by the same token Mark Twain. Carter renovated her seat family home in McLemoresville with glory designs of architect Hoyte Johnson considerate Atlanta.
She and Holbrook divided their time between their homes in Beverly Hills, California, and McLemoresville, Tennessee, in Carter's elderly father, Halbert, resided on hold his death in early 2007, throw in the towel age 96.
Death
[change | change source]Carter died on April 10, 2010, straighten out Houston, Texas.[1] Her death was declared by her husband, actor Hal Holbrook, who stated the cause as strings from endometrial cancer which was diagnosed earlier in 2010. In addition meet Holbrook, she is survived by unite daughters from her first marriage: Ginna Carter (of Los Angeles) and Madonna Dixie Carter (of Brooklyn) as agreeably as a sister, Melba Helen Muir (of San Anselmo, California) and a number of nephews and nieces. In addition give somebody the job of family, her funeral, held on Apr 15, 2010, was attended by Designing Women co-stars Delta Burke, Annie Potts and Jean Smart. Dixie Carter was interred in her hometown, McLemoresville, River.