I was very saddened to hear this morning of the loss of another woman this week (see Wilma Mankiller post). who was a role model for me in my college years!
She was best known for playing wisecracking Southerner Julia Sugarbaker for seven years on "Designing Women," the CBS sitcom that ran from 1986 to 1993. Her character was a wonder of Southern gentility, iron strength, family loyalty and strong and firm beliefs, that ALL women from the South recognized in their relatives (or themselves) and loved deeply. She is short, was WHO we wanted to be when we grew up! The show was one we could watch with our mothers and grandmothers, and everyone could relate to it . That Dixie Carter could imbue her character so well that multiple-generations have learned from and thought of her as a role model is pretty amazing for an actress!
Don't know the show? SHAME- check out the series on dvd (I just recently learned that the "Designing Women" series years 1-3 is NOW available on dvd after all these years of ONLY being available on vhs)-check out Amazon for them!
You can also view episodes here on you tube and at the DW website!
Dixie had been married to Hal Holbrook since 1984- WOW- 26 years.
My family sends its condolences and prayers out to him and Dixie's daughters, on the loss of such a remarkable woman!
Dixie Carter died yesterday at her home, she was 70.
She was best known for playing wisecracking Southerner Julia Sugarbaker for seven years on "Designing Women," the CBS sitcom that ran from 1986 to 1993. Her character was a wonder of Southern gentility, iron strength, family loyalty and strong and firm beliefs, that ALL women from the South recognized in their relatives (or themselves) and loved deeply. She is short, was WHO we wanted to be when we grew up! The show was one we could watch with our mothers and grandmothers, and everyone could relate to it . That Dixie Carter could imbue her character so well that multiple-generations have learned from and thought of her as a role model is pretty amazing for an actress!
(The DW crew in 2006- as we've all envisioned them- modernized and still going strong!)
You can also view episodes here on you tube and at the DW website!
Dixie had been married to Hal Holbrook since 1984- WOW- 26 years.
(My favorite image of them- so obviously still in love after 25 years!)