Dixie Carter and Designing Women
Show business lost a real talent this past week with the death of Dixie Carter. She died at the early age of 70 after a long and illustrious career on the stage and television. Her breakthrough show was Designing Women , which aired from 1986 – 1993. It was and is one of my all time favorite television programs. Ms. Carter’s death also ends the character of Julia Sugarbaker that she played to the max with gusto. Yes, I am a male, but the character was role model for me. Although Designing Women was a story about four women who ran an interior decorating firm in Atlanta, it also managed to be gender neutral in many of the ideas that came from its very talented writers. Its story line usually centered around a group of people who tried to maintain grace and style in their lives midst a world that was a little more prone to slobbery. Dixie Carter played the feisty, responsible one, who was there to pick up the pieces of whatever fiasco befell these folks, especially her sister, Suzanne