Acting credits
46
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Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Dixie Carter
Acting
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Movies: 17Series: 29
TMDB ID: 92585
IMDb ID: nm0141581
Known for: Acting
Born: May 25, 1939
Died: April 10, 2010
Age: 70
Place of birth: McLemoresville, Tennessee, USA
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1944 - 2009
Years active: 66
Average TMDB rating: 6.86
Wikidata: Q240360
Biography
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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Dixie Carter.
as Ellen Meecham
That Evening Sun
2009 • Movie
as Evie Baer
Our First Christmas
2008 • Movie
as Aunt Frances
Sudbury
2004 • Movie
Comfort and Joy
2003 • Movie
The Designing Women Reunion
2003 • Movie
as Necile (voice)
The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus
2000 • Movie
as Carol
The Big Day
1999 • Movie
as Self
Wallowitch & Ross: This Moment
1999 • Movie
as Self
Walt Disney World Very Merry Christmas Parade
1996 • Movie
as Ann Dowaliby
Gone in the Night
1996 • Movie
as Lydie Kilkullen
Dazzle
1995 • Movie
as Lillie Langtry
The Gambler: Playing for Keeps
1994 • Movie
as Louise Archer
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle
1994 • Movie
as Herself
Dixie Carter's Unworkout
1992 • Movie
as Angela
Going Berserk
1983 • Movie
as Billie Webster
The Killing of Randy Webster
1981 • Movie
as Nora Wing
OHMS
1980 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Dixie Carter.
as Gloria Hodge • 7 eps
Desperate Housewives
2004 • Series
as Joyce Shanowski • 1 eps
Hope & Faith
2003 • Series
as Denise Brockmorton • 1 eps
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 • Series
as Randi King • 68 eps
Family Law
1999 • Series
as Peaches • 5 eps
Ladies Man
1999 • Series
as Self • 2 eps
The View
1997 • Series
as Rita • 2 eps
Fired Up
1997 • Series
as Lydie Kilkullen • 2 eps
Dazzle
1995 • Series
as Mrs. Huddleston • 1 eps
Christy
1994 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Intimate Portrait
1993 • Series
as D.A. Patricia Purcell • 1 eps
Diagnosis: Murder
1993 • Series
as Julia Sugarbaker • 163 eps
Designing Women
1986 • Series
1 eps
Crazy like a Fox
1984 • Series
as Self - Narrator (voice) • 1 eps
Reading Rainbow
1983 • Series
as Simone • 1 eps
The Devlin Connection
1982 • Series
as Carlotta Beck • 15 eps
Filthy Rich
1982 • Series
as Evelyn Weller • 1 eps
Cassie & Co.
1982 • Series
1 eps
Bret Maverick
1981 • Series
as Mae Markham • 1 eps
Best of the West
1981 • Series
as Samantha O'Neill • 1 eps
The Greatest American Hero
1981 • Series
as Marion Richards • 16 eps
Out of the Blue
1979 • Series
as Maggie McKinney • 25 eps
Diff'rent Strokes
1978 • Series
as April Baxter • 21 eps
On Our Own
1977 • Series
1 eps
Lou Grant
1977 • Series