'Designing Women' star Dixie Carter dies at age 70

10 April 2010 9:01 PM, PDT | Pop2it | See recent Pop2it news »

Dixie Carter, best known for her long time role -- southern belle Julia Sugarbaker -- on TV's "Designing Women" has passed away at the age of 70. "This has been a terrible blow to our family," her husband Hal Holbrook tells Entertainment Tonight. "We would appreciate everyone understanding that this is a private family tragedy. Thank you."

Carter was onstage in "Southern Comforts" with her husband in Coconut Grove, Florida in 2006.  Carter was also seen at Washington, D.C.'s Shakespeare Theatre where she played a standing room only run as Mrs. Erlyn in Oscar Wilde's "Lady Windermere's Fan."

Broadway fans know Carter for her role in "Thoroughly Modern Mille," as Maria Callas in "Master Class," and as Melba in "Pal Joey."

But "Desperate Housewives" watchers know her from her role as the "disturbed and disturbing" Gloria Hodge on the series in 2006-2007, a role that earned her an Emmy nomination

The Tennessee native actress met her husband on the set of a CBS movie, "The Killing of Randy Webster." Carter and Holbrook resided in Los Angeles.

We miss you already, Dixie. Rip and knock 'em dead up there!

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Photo credit: Dixe Carter pictured with husband Hal Halbrook. Getty Images

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