in 2006–07, carter found a resurgence of fame with a new generation of fans portraying gloria hodge, bree van de kamp's disturbed (and scheming) mother-in-law on "desperate housewives". creator marc cherry started in hollywood as carter's assistant on the set of "designing women". her first and only emmy awards nomination was for the 59th primetime emmy awards under the category of outstanding guest actress in a comedy series for her role as gloria hodge.