Dixie Carter

Dixie Virginia Carter was an American film, television and stage actress. She starred as Julia Sugarbaker on the CBS sitcom Designing Women , and as Randi King on the CBS drama series Family Law . In 2007, she was nominated for an Emmy Award for her role as Gloria Hodge on the ABC series Desperate Housewives .

Dixie Virginia Carter was born May 25, 1939 to Esther Virginia and Halbert Leroy Carter in McLemoresville, Tennessee. Carter spent many of her early years in Memphis. She attended college at the University of Memphis and Rhodes College.

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