Dixie Carter: 1939-2010

Actresses Dixie Carter, left, and Delta Burke, cast members in the television show "Designing Women," are interviewed before a reunion of the show's cast and creators at the Museum of Television & Radio in Beverly Hills, Calif., Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2006. Carter, who was most famous for playing quick-witted Southerner Julia Sugarbaker for seven years on "Designing Women," the CBS sitcom that ran from 1986 to 1993, died on Saturday, April 10, 2010, according to her publicist. She was 70.

Hal Holbrook and his wife, Dixie Carter, pose for photographers on the red carpet before attending AARP Magaine's Seventh Annual Movies For Grownups Awards, Monday, Feb. 4, 2008, in Los Angeles. Holbrook received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the event. Publicist Steve Rohr, who represents Carter and Holbrook, said Carter died Saturday morning, April 10, 2010. He would not disclose where she died or the cause of death. Carter and Holbrook lived in the Los Angeles area and have been married since 1984.

Hal Holbrook, left, a Best Supporting Actor nominee for "Into the Wild," arrives with his wife Dixie Carter at the Academy Awards Nominees Luncheon in Beverly Hills, Calif., Monday, Feb. 4, 2008.

Dixie Carter walks the red carpet at the 2007 Creative Arts Emmy Awards on Saturday, Sept. 8, 2007 in Los Angeles, Calif. She was nominated for an Emmy in 2007, for her seven-episode guest stint on the ABC hit "Desperate Housewives." Carter was most famous for playing the quick-witted Southerner Julia Sugarbaker for seven years on the CBS sitcom, but she had a host of roles on Broadway and TV. She's survived by her husband, actor Hal Holbrook, and two daughters.

Actors Hal Holbrook and Dixie Carter arrive at the Hollywood Live Magazine's 7th annual Breakthrough of the Year Awards, Sunday, Dec. 9, 2007 in Los Angeles. The couple married in 1984. "This has been a terrible blow to our family," Holbrook said in a written statement of his wife's death. "We would appreciate everyone understanding that this is a private family tragedy."

Dixie Carter, a cast member in the television show "Designing Women," arrives at a reunion of the show's cast and creators at the Museum of Television & Radio in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Oct. 25, 2006. A native of Tennessee, Carter was most famous for playing quick-witted Southerner Julia Sugarbaker for seven years on the CBS sitcom that ran from 1986 to 1993.

Dixie Carter, left, Jean Smart, center left, Annie Potts, center right, and Delta Burke, cast members in the television show "Designing Women," pose together at a reunion of the show's cast and crew at the Museum of Television & Radio in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Oct. 26, 2006. Carter, who used her charm and stately beauty in a host of roles on Broadway and television, has died. She was 70.

Dixie Carter arrives with husband Hal Holbrook for the 80th Academy Awards in Los Angeles on Feb. 24, 2008. The "Designing Women" actress, who used her charm and stately beauty in a host of roles on Broadway and television, died Saturday, April 10, 2010. She was 70.