1. Theatre, Film, and Television Biographies
2. Louisa Burns-Bisogno to Jason Carter

Dixie Carter Biography (1939-)

Born May 25, 1939, in McLemoresville, TN; daughter of Halbert Leroy (a retailbusinessman and realtor) and Virginia (maiden name, Hillsman) Carter; married Arthur Carter (a businessman), 1967 (divorced, 1977); married George Hearn(an actor), 1977 (divorced, 1979); married Hal Holbrook (an actor and director), May 27, 1984; children: (first marriage) Ginna, Mary-Dixie. Addresses: Agent: International Creative Management, 8942 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90211-1934.

Dixie Carter told CTFT that she accompanied husband Hal Holbrook withtheir children on a world tour of his one-man show, Mark Twain Tonight, for the U.S. State Department.

Nationality

American

Gender

Female

Occupation

Actress, singer

Birth Details

May 25, 1939

McLemoresville, Tennessee, United States

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Stage Appearances
• Julie, Carousel, Front Street Theatre, Memphis, TN, 1961
• (Off-Broadway debut) Perdita, A Winter's Tale, New York Shakespeare Festival, 1963
• Melba, Pal Joey, Circle in the Square, New York City, 1976
• Belle Starr, Jesse and the Bandit Queen, New York Shakespeare Festival, 1976
• Martha "Calamity Jane" Canary, Fathers and Sons, New York Shakespeare Festival, 1978
• Dixie Avalon, Taken in Marriage, 1979
• Hannah Mae Bindler, A Coupla White Chicks Sitting Around Talking,Astor Place Theatre, New York City, 1980
• Liz Conlon, Buried Inside Extra, Martinson Hall, Public Theatre, New York City, then (London debut) Royal Court Theatre, both 1983
• Maria Callas, Master Class, Broadway production, 1997
• Mrs. Arbuthnot, A Woman of No Importance, Shakespeare Theatre, Washington DC, 1998
• Also appeared in The King & I, Carousel, and The Merry Widow, all at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York City; Sextet; A Streetcar Named Desire; Oklahoma; Kiss Me Kate.
• Film Appearances
• Angela, Going Berserk, 1983
• We Met on the Vineyard (also known as The Big Day), Menemsha Entertainment, 1999
• Wallowitch & Ross: This Moment, 1999
• Television Appearances
• Series
• Brandeis "Brandy" Henderson, The Edge of Night (also known as Edge of Night), CBS, 1974-76
• April Baxter, On Our Own, CBS, 1977-78
• Aunt Marion, Out of the Blue, 1979-
• Carlotta Beck, Filthy Rich, CBS, 1982-83
• Maggie McKinney, Diff'rent Strokes, NBC, 1984-85
• Julia Sugarbaker McIlroy, Designing Women, CBS, 1986-93
• Peaches, Ladies Man, CBS, 1999-2000
• Randi King, Family Law, CBS, 1999-
• Also appeared in The Doctors, c. late 1970s.
• Miniseries
• Lillie Langtry, Gambler V: Playing for Keeps, CBS, 1994
• Lydie, Dazzle (also known as Judith Krantz's "Dazzle"),1995
• Ann Dowaliby, Gone in the Night, CBS, 1996
• Movies
• Nora Wing, OHMS, 1980
• Billie Webster, The Killing of Randy Webster, 1981
• Louise Archer, A Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle, NBC, 1994
• Pilots
• Addie Riddle, Morning Glory, S.C., CBS, 1996
• Peaches, "Pilot," Ladies Man, 1999
• Specials
• The 41st Annual Emmy Awards, 1989
• Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, 1989
• US Magazine--Live at the Emmys!, 1989
• Bob Hope's 1990 Christmas Show from Bermuda, NBC, 1990
• Julia Sugarbaker, The Designing Women Special: Their Finest Hour,CBS, 1990
• Face to Face with Connie Chung, 1990
• The 44th Annual Tony Awards, 1990
• Host, Soap Opera Awards, 1990
• Ringmaster, Circus of the Stars #16, CBS, 1991
• The 43rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards Presentation, 1991
• Presenter, The Ninth Annual Soap Opera Awards, 1993
• Host, Cabaret, 1994
• The Kentucky Derby, ABC, 1996
• The Walt Disney World Very Merry Christmas Parade, ABC, 1996
• Presenter, The 51st Annual Tony Awards, CBS, 1997
• Host, Southern Living: Our Holiday Memories, HGTV, 1998
• Host, The Washington Opera Production of "La Rondine," PBS, 1999
• Presenter, The 54th Annual Tony Awards, CBS, 2000
• The Great American History Quiz: Heroes and Villains, History Channel, 2000
• Episodic
• Hallie McCulloch, "Hallie," Bret Maverick, NBC, 1982
• "The Pretty Prisoner," Best of the West, 1982
• Dr. Alicia Rainer, "The Face of Fear," Quincy, 1982
• O'Neil, "Lilacs, Mr. Maxwell," The Greatest American Hero, 1982
• Narrator, Reading Rainbow, PBS, 1993
• "Fox on the Range," Crazy Like a Fox, 1986
• Elinor Huddleston, Christy, 1994
• District Attorney Patricia Purcell, "Murder in the Courthouse," Diagnosis Murder, CBS, 1995
• Rita, "The Mother of All Gwens," Fired Up, NBC, 1997
• Rita, "Honey, I Shrunk the Turkey," Fired Up, NBC, 1997
• RECORDINGS
• Albums
• Dixie Carter Sings John Wallowitch Live at the Carlyle, 1991
• Videos
• Dixie Carter's Unworkout, MCA/Universal, 1992
• Dixie Carter's Yoga for You: Unworkout II, MCA/Universal, 1994
• WRITINGS
• Nonfiction
• Trying to Get to Heaven: Opinions of a Tennessee Talker, Simon & Schuster, 1996

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

• McCall's, June, 2000, p. 46.
• New York Daily News, January 28, 1997 .
• New York Times, March 29, 1992, p. H32; March 13, 1998.
• TV Guide, January 15, 2000, p. 49.