Meshach Taylor, Dixie Carter, Jean Smart and Annie Potts of DESIGNING WOMEN at the NATPE TV Convention New Orleans. January 14, 1991 c. Walter McBride / Retna Ltd. Photo

From: Photo Coverage: Remembering Dixie Carter (1939-2010)

Readily recognized for her long time tenure on TV's 'Designing Women' as Julia Sugarbaker and for her starring roles in seven other TV series, Dixie Carter passed away at the age of 70 on April 10, 2010. 'This has been a terrible blow to our family,' her husband Hal Holbrook told ET.