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Dixie Carter

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  • Birth Name: Dixie Virginia Carter
  • Birth Place: McLemoresville, TN
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 05/25/1939, Gemini
  • Profession: Actor; singer; writer; producer
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Dixie Carter Fast Facts:
  • Studied classical voice and musical comedy in her youth.
  • Valedictorian of her high school class.
  • Member of Delta Delta Delta sorority, Delta Sigma chapter at the University of Tennessee.
  • One of her early roles was in a 1963 off-Broadway production of The Winter's Tale.
  • Left showbiz for 8 years after marrying Arthur Carter in 1967.
  • Best known for playing opinionated Southerner Julia Sugarbaker on Designing Women.
  • Produced two workout videos: Dixie Carter's Unworkout (1992) and Dixie Carter's Yoga for You: Unworkout II (1994).
  • Author of 1996's Trying to Get to Heaven: Opinions of a Tennessee Talker.
  • Dixie Carter Relationships:
  • Arthur Carter - Ex-husband
  • David Holbrook - Stepson
  • Eve Holbrook - Stepdaughter
  • George Hearn - Ex-husband
  • Ginna Carter - Daughter
  • Hal Holbrook - Husband
  • Halbert Leroy Carter - Father
  • Halbert Leroy Carter Jr. - Brother
  • Mary Dixie Carter - Daughter
  • Melba Helen Carter Heath - Sister
  • Victoria Holbrook - Stepdaughter
  • Virginia Hillsman Carter - Mother
  • Dixie Carter Awards:
  • 2007 Emmy: Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series - Nominee
  • College:
  • Attended University of Tennessee at Knoxville, Knoxville, TN; attended Southwestern at Memphis, Memphis, TN; Memphis State University, Memphis, TN (BA in English, 1963)
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