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Dixie Carter

Age: 70
Height: 5' 5"

Birth Place: McLemoresville, Tennessee, USA
Born: May. 25th, 1939

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Dixie Carter's Main TV Roles

Show	Character(s)
Designing Women	Julia Sugarba&hellip
Family Law	Randi King
Cassie & Co.	Evelyn Weller
Filthy Rich	Carlotta Beck
The Andros Targets	Rita

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB

BIOGRAPHY:

Dixie is the middle of three children. Her father owned several small retail stores. Early on, she dreamed of being an opera singer, but a botched tonsillectomy at age 7 spoiled any chances for that dream. Still, she sang regularly and studied classical music. She can play the piano, trumpet, and the harmonica. She graduated from Memphis State with an English degree. In 1960, she made her professional debut in a local production of "Carousel". Three year's later, she moved to New York and landed a role in Joseph Papp's production of Shakespeare's "A Winter's Tale". When she married businessman, Arthur Carter, she left the stage for eight years to raise two daughters, Ginna Carter - now an actress and Mary Dixie Carter, a screenwriter. At age 35, she returned to acting, but found that no agent wanted to give her a chance. When offered a role in "On Our Own" in L.A., she immediately uprooted her family to move there. A second marriage to Broadway actor, George Hearn, quickly ended.

TRIVIA:

Attended the University of Tennessee at Knoxville before transferring to Rhodes College in Memphis TN.
Her father, Halbert Leroy Carter, died on February 24, 2007 of natural causes in McLemoresville, Tennessee at age 96.
Member of Delta Delta Delta Sorority, Delta Sigma chapter.
Carter is her birth name, and her first husband was no relation.
The Dixie Carter Performing Arts and Academic Enrichment Center, also known as "The Dixie", was named in honor of Carroll County's most famous resident. Dixie performed her cabaret show to raise funds for the center, which also features a museum honoring the cultural contributions of both Dixie Carter and her husband, Hal Holbrook. Mr. Holbrook served as a consultant to the architect and gave so much attention to the design and development of the theatre in the Dixie, that the local arts council bestowed the name, "The Hal Holbrook Theatre" on the new venue in honor of his assistance. As a result of the couple's contributions and hard work, residents from the area are being exposed to everything from "The Velveteen Rabbit" to a Samurai style rendition of "Macbeth".
Travels extensively as a public speaker and appears in concert across the country.
The Dixie Carter Performing Arts Center opened in December 2005 in Huntington, Tennessee.
Appeared as Mrs. Arbuthnot in Oscar Wilde's A Woman of No Importance at The Shakespeare Theatre in Washington, D.C. (1988).