RIP Dixie Carter: The Best of Southern Spitfire Julia Sugarbaker


Updated 04/12/10 2:46 PM · Posted by TresSugar · 10 comments

Dixie Carter's Best Lines as Julia Sugarbaker on Designing Women

Actress Dixie Carter, who passed away this weekend at the age of 70, was best known for her role as Julia Sugarbaker on Designing Women — a refined Southern woman and liberal intellectual who contrasted her beauty-pageant winning sister Suzanne. While real-life Dixie Carter was a registered Republican who disagreed with many of the character's more progressive views, you would never know it by Read more

RIP: Dixie Carter Dies at 70


Updated 04/11/10 9:46 AM · Posted by BuzzSugar · 3 comments

Dixie Carter Dead at 70

Dixie Carter passed away on Saturday, her publicist has confirmed. Most recently Carter played mother to Orson Hodge on Desperate Housewives, but I'll always remember her most as the outspoken and fabulous Julia Sugarbaker on Designing Women. Our thoughts are with her family. Read more

Recast "Designing Women" and Win a Prize!


Updated 04/09/07 8:17 PM · Posted by BuzzSugar · 68 comments

Recast "Designing Women" and Win a Prize!

Every Wednesday on BuzzSugar, I post a Recast challenge, where I ask you to choose new actors for a classic TV show or movie. The reader who submits the best cast wins a BuzzSugar t-shirt! I don't know about you, but I have a weakness for "Designing Women," the show about four sassy Southern belles (and an ex-con) who run an interior-design business. The series ran from 1986 to 1993 but lives on Read more

Kristin Chenoweth and Leslie Bibb Talk About Playing Texan Women on GCB


Updated 01/10/12 2:40 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

GCB TV Show Interviews at TCA

New ABC series GCB stars Leslie Bibb as a woman who returns to her hometown of Dallas, TX, after her husband dies amid a scandal. Once she arrives, the women of her community, headed up by Kristin Chenoweth, don't exactly welcome her with open arms. These women are affectionately known as "good Christian b*tches," which was the original title of the show before it was changed to the current Read more