Dixie Carter

Dixie Virginia Carter May 25 1939 April 10 2010 was an American actress She starred as Julia Sugarbaker on the sitcom Designing Women 19861993 and as Randi King on the drama series Family Law 19992002 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 20062007 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 19741976 she starred in the 1976 Broadway revival of the musical Pal Joey Her other television roles included the sitcoms On Our Own 19771978 Filthy Rich 19821983 and Diffrent Strokes 19841985 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 til her death Description above from the Wikipedia article Dixie Carter licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia