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Dixie Carter: Biography

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Birth Name: Dixie Virginia Carter
Birth Place: McLemoresville, TN
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 05/25/1939, Gemini
Date of Death: 04/10/2010
Profession: Actor; singer; writer; producer

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Dixie Carter Fast Facts:

Dreamed of becoming an opera singer at a young age and spent her teenage years studying classical voice and musical comedy.
Valedictorian of her high school class.
Member of Delta Delta Delta sorority, Delta Sigma chapter (University of Tennessee).
One of her first roles was in a 1963 off-Broadway production of Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale.
Left showbiz for eight years after marrying Arthur Carter in 1967 and subsequently having two daughters.
Best known for playing opinionated Southerner Julia Sugarbaker on Designing Women from 1986 through '93.
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:
Halbert Leroy Carter - Father
Arthur Carter - Ex-husband
George Hearn - Ex-husband
Hal Holbrook - Husband
Mary Dixie Carter - Daughter
Ginna Carter - Daughter
Virginia Hillsman Carter - Mother
Melba Helen Carter Heath - Sister
Halbert Leroy Carter Jr. - Brother
David Holbrook - Stepson
Victoria Holbrook - Stepdaughter
Eve Holbrook - Stepdaughter
Dixie Carter Awards:
2007 Emmy: Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series - Nominee
College:
Attended University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN; attended Southwestern at Memphis, Memphis, TN; Memphis State University, Memphis, TN (BA in English, 1963)

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