'Designing Women' star Dixie Carter dies
April 11, 2010 12:45 a.m. EDT
Dixie Carter at the 2008 Academy Awards with her husband, actor Hal Holbrook.
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
- Actress Dixie Carter dead at 70, agent tells CNN
- Carter was best known for role as Julia Sugarbaker on "Designing Women"
- Carter was married to fellow actor Hal Holbrook
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(CNN) -- Actress Dixie Carter, best known for her role as Julia Sugarbaker on the TV show "Designing Women," has died, her agent said Saturday. She was 70.
No other details were provided.
Carter was drawn to roles portraying steely Southern women. One of her more recent roles included a guest appearance on the show "Desperate Housewives," for which she was nominated for an Emmy in 2007.
"This has been a terrible blow to our family," her husband, the actor Hal Holbrook, told "Entertainment Tonight." "We would appreciate everyone understanding that this is a private family tragedy."
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