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R.I.P. Dixie Carter

:( That's a shame. As other have said, she struck me as a classy lady. She was my favorite Designing Woman.
 
I really try not to double post. But, season 1 - 3 of Designing Women are now out on DVD. I think season 4 releases in July.
 
I worked as a Studio Page on "Designing Women" back in 1986-88. One of my unofficial duties was to walk Ms. Carter to her car after the show taping. She was a very sweet and interesting person.

RIP Dixie. :(
 
LiquidSky said:
I worked as a Studio Page on "Designing Women" back in 1986-88. One of my unofficial duties was to walk Ms. Carter to her car after the show taping. She was a very sweet and interesting person.

RIP Dixie. :(
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What a great memory for you to have! She seemed like a really good person. Too young to die!
 
BINOWGAYLATER said:
She played Maggie McKinney (no character description given) on 28 episodes of Diff'rent Strokes - but she most certainly did not play Mrs. Drummond -- he had no wife in that series, as far as I know.

Her stage credits are less well known by some, but she was a great great actress on stage as well -- !!
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On the contrary, she did marry Mr. Drummond:

Dixie Carter and Danny Cooksey portrayed recently divorced television aerobics instructor Margaret "Maggie" McKinney, and her son, Sam McKinney. The McKinneys made their debut in February 1984, during a three-part trip the cast took to California. Philip and Maggie developed interest in each other; looking for a new life as well as a new love, Maggie, with Sam in tow, came home with the Drummonds, and started a relationship with Philip. A few months later, at the end of the sixth season, Philip and Maggie were married, with special guest stars including Rae, Goodman, Volz and Jackson appearing at the wedding.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diff'rent_Strokes
 
Kirbster66 said:
What a great memory for you to have! She seemed like a really good person. Too young to die!
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Thanks. It is. All the folks on "Designing Women" were kind. I used to get there early and watch rehearsals. Great memories. I was invited to their on set Christmas party and brought my boyfriend who was a big fan. Good times.
 
When I was watching the ABC News and they announced that Dixie passed, my jaw dropped. I loved watching her all these years as Julia: defender of the disenfranchised. This news has added more gloom to an already gloomy weekend. :( RIP, Dixie
 
Dixie Carter I'm sure was a decent woman whose loss will be felt by her family. And she was great on stage and screen. But it was Julia Sugarbaker who defended the downtrodden - I've seen interviews with Dixie Carter saying she was much much more conservative than Julia, and half the time did not agree with what her character was saying in the least. Used to get into fights with Linda Bloodworth Thomason about the scripts, and called her (Linda) a big liberal friend of the Clintons.

That doesn't lessen her loss as far as her family and fans are concerned, but let's remember it was Julia and Linda Bloodworth Thomason who deserve some credit for the groundbreaking nature of the show in dealing with equality, sexuality, racism, etc.
 
gaydude65 said:
Here's an interview with Dixie from 1998 where she's asked about gay rights and gay marriage.
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Thank you for digging that up! In the interview I remember quite particularly, she was much more reluctant about her character's opinions on things. This interview however, was more in depth and Dixie added quite a bit of subtlety and compassion to her feelings on issues of equality.

In the end it seems Dixie learned from Julia Sugarbaker, and I'm glad she did.
 
She died of complications from endometrial cancer. So sad she was taken too young.
 
Love the show of Designing Women. The four gals clicked so well along with Anthony. The show took of topical subjects with class. Show writers were friends of the Clinton's from Arkansas.
 
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