Carter was born in Dallas, Texas. She graduated from The Hockaday School in and subsequently attended the University of Mississippi , graduating in with a Bachelor of Business Administration. In , she started her own business in Nashville, focusing primarily on sport and music representation. In , the president of Monterey Peninsula Talent a booking agency contacted Carter and informed her that Total Nonstop Action Wrestling , a fledgling Professional wrestling promotion, required a marketing and publicity outlet. Carter began working with TNA, but, two months later, was informed by Jeff Jarrett a part-owner of TNA that a key financial backer HealthSouth Corporation, which was having its own financial problems due to its being investigated for accounting irregularities had withdrawn support from TNA, and that the company was in dire straits as a result. Originally, Carter had ruled out any possibility of becoming an on-screen character, as numerous owners of wrestling promotions have done. Carter was instrumental in securing a television deal with Fox Sports Net in , and in July she announced that she and several other TNA employees, including vice-president Jeff Jarrett, had negotiated a more lucrative television deal with Spike TV.
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Dixie Virginia Carter May 25, — April 10, was an American film, television and stage actress and singer. Carter made her professional stage debut in a Memphis production of the musical Carousel in , and made her Broadway debut in the musical Sextet. Meers in the musical Thoroughly Modern Millie in Carter spent many of her early years in Memphis. She attended the University of Memphis and Rhodes College. In college, she was a member of the Delta Delta Delta sorority. In , Carter competed in the Miss Tennessee pageant, where she placed first runner-up to Mickie Weyland. Carter won the Miss Volunteer beauty pageant at the University of Tennessee the same year. In , Carter made her professional stage debut in a Memphis production of Carousel , co-starring George Hearn , who she would go on to marry 17 years later.
From to , Dixie Carter was the President of TNA now known as Impact Wrestling , a tenure full of ups and downs -- or, if you ask the average pro wrestling fan, mostly downs. The promotion had a rocky start, but eventually found its footing, offering potential competition for WWE until various missteps turned it into an easy punchline for the Internet Wrestling Community. With that in mind, here are 10 Total Nonstop anecdotes about Dixie Carter that we find it hard to believe! Even fewer know that it had major backstage consequences. Reportedly, the Dixie Carter had a bad reaction to this, sending Jarrett on a leave of absence. Which she did. So, for them, stories like this one may feel like vindication of those beliefs. In , Vince Russo shared a story about being at dinner with some TNA backstage guys around , when someone got a call from Dixie Carter. However, Spike would end up cancelling TNA Impact in , forcing the company to find a new home, a harder-to-find channel called Destination America, in That moment came with a price, however, as Dixie Carter suffered some fractured vertebrae and a broken rib.
Actress Dixie Carter married actor Hal Holbrook in They were married until her death in Her husband, Hal Holbrook, said in a statement, "This has been a terrible blow to our family. She graduated from the University of Memphis and competed in the Miss Tennessee pageant, earning first runner-up. She then began an acting career, first on the Memphis stage and later in New York City theaters. After a hiatus she returned to acting in , landing television parts on the daytime dramas Get a funny take on today's popular news, entertainment, lifestyle, and video content -- all written by the people who bring you those funny ecards. Free delivery for many products! Dixie Carter. The Hunger Games is here!
