Carr’s sonCaley O’Dwyer told The Hollywood Reporter that she died on Wednesday, February 4, in El Paso, Texas, of complications from Alzheimer’s disease and a dislocated hip.
After overhearing plans for a young interior designer’s (Tony Goldwyn) funeral amid his battle with AIDS, Carr’s character said, “As far as I’m concerned, this disease has one thing going for it: It’s killing all the right people.”
The episode was written by Designing Women creator Linda Bloodworth-Thomason, whose mother died after contracting AIDS from a blood transfusion. Bloodworth-Thomason, now 78, earned an Emmy nomination for penning the script.
Designing Women—which was known for tackling difficult topics—aired on CBS for seven seasons from 1986 to 1993. The main cast included Dixie Carter (Julia Sugarbaker), Annie Potts (Mary Jo Shively), Jean Smart (Charlene Frazier-Stillfield), Delta Burke (Suzanne Sugarbaker), Meshach Taylor (Anthony Bouvier), Julia Duffy (Allison Sugarbaker), Jan Hooks (Carlene Frazier-Dobber) and Judith Ivey (Bonnie Jean “BJ” Poteet).
Carr’s other films included 1970’s A Bullet for Pretty Boy, 1976’s Logan’s Run and 1982’s Making Love.
After a nearly three-decade hiatus, Carr returned to acting for the 2015 film Don’t Look in the Basement 2, which would be her final project.
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