Dixie Carter and her daughter Mary Dixie Kempf at the after party celebrating the Opening Night of BARBARA COOK'S BROADWAY. Party held at the Kaplan Penthouse at Lincoln Center in New York City. Sunday, March 28, 2004 © Joseph Marzullo / 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.