Annie Potts
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 28, 1952 (age 74)
- Birthplace
- Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Biography
Anne Hampton Potts (born October 28, 1952) is an American actress. She was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Corvette Summer (1978) and won a Genie Award for Heartaches (1981), before appearing in Ghostbusters (1984), Pretty in Pink (1986), Jumpin' Jack Flash (1986), Who's Harry Crumb? (1989), Ghostbusters II (1989), Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021), and Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024). She voiced Bo Peep in the first, second and fourth films of the Toy Story franchise (1995, 1999, and 2019) and in various Disney video games. On television, she played Mary Jo Jackson Shively on the CBS sitcom Designing Women (1986–1993). She was nominated for a 1994 Primetime Emmy Award for playing Dana Palladino on the CBS sitcom Love & War (1993–1995), she played teacher Louanne Johnson on ABC drama Dangerous Minds for one season 1996–1997, and was nominated for Screen Actors Guild Awards in 1998 and 1999 for playing Mary-Elizabeth "M.E" Sims in the Lifetime drama series Any Day Now (1998–2002). Her other television credits include GCB (2012), The Fosters (2013–2018), and Young Sheldon (2017–2024). She was married to her 1st husband Steven Hartley from 1973 to 1978; her 2nd husband, actor Greg Antonacci from 1978 to 1980; and her 3rd husband Scott Senechal from 1981 to 1989, and they have 1 son. She married her 4th husband, director/producer James Hayman in 1990 and they have 2 sons. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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40 Dates and 40 Nights
Movie · as Gigi
Toy Story 5
Movie · as Bo Peep (voice)
Best Medicine
TV · as Aunt Joan · 20 eps
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
Movie · as Janine Melnitz
Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage
TV · as Meemaw · 6 eps
Sherri
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
The Jennifer Hudson Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Movie · as Janine Melnitz
Arlo the Alligator Boy
Movie · as Edmée (voice)
I Heart Arlo
TV · as Edmee (voice) · 5 eps
Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
Movie · as Self
Lamp Life
Movie · as Bo Peep (voice)
Stars in the House
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Reunited Apart
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Toy Story 4
Movie · as Bo Peep (voice)
The Movies That Made Us
TV · as Janine Melnitz (archive footage) · 1 ep
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Izzy Gets the F*ck Across Town
Movie · as Mary
Happy Anniversary
Movie · as Diane
Humor Me
Movie · as Dee
Young Sheldon
TV · as Connie Tucker · 141 eps
Ghostbusters
Movie · as Desk Clerk
As Good As You
Movie · as Dr. Laura Berg
Toy Story at 20: To Infinity and Beyond
Movie · as Self
Chicago Med
TV · as Helen · 5 eps
Chu and Blossom
Movie · as Aunt
Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey
Movie · as Self
NCIS: New Orleans
TV · as Olivia Brody · 1 ep
The Fosters
TV · as Sharon Elkin · 5 eps
Instant Mom
TV · as Roberta Montgomery · 1 ep
The Music Teacher
Movie · as Alyson/Young Alyson
GCB
TV · as Gigi Stopper · 10 eps
Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja
TV · as Tawny Zingwald (voice) · 1 ep
Scandal
TV · as Louise Baker · 1 ep
Animal Practice
TV · as Virginia Coleman · 2 eps
Five
Movie · as Helen
Don't You Forget About Me
Movie · as Self
Freshman Father
Movie · as Dorothy Downs
Marry Me
TV · as Vivienne Carter · 2 eps
The Talk
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Fish Hooks
TV · as Nurse Fishington (voice) · 2 eps
Royal Pains
TV · as Mrs. Sacani · 1 ep
Queen Sized
Movie · as Joan Baker
The Sunday Man
Movie · as Mrs. Culp
Men in Trees
TV · as Mary Alice O'Donnell · 4 eps
Ugly Betty
TV · as Linda · 1 ep
Grey's Anatomy
TV · as Joyce Bosco · 1 ep
Close to Home
TV · as Marla Dodds · 1 ep
Elvis Has Left the Building
Movie · as Shirl
Boston Legal
TV · as Joy Espenson · 1 ep
Defending Our Kids: The Julie Posey Story
Movie · as Julie Posey
The Designing Women Reunion
Movie
Joan of Arcadia
TV · as Lieutenant Lucy Preston · 11 eps
Two and a Half Men
TV · as Lenore · 1 ep
Toy Story 2
Movie · as Bo Peep (voice)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV · as Sophie Devere · 4 eps
Amazing Stories: The Movie III
Movie · as Mrs. Bev Binford (voice)
Any Day Now
TV · as Mary Elizabeth Sims · 88 eps
The View
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Over the Top
TV · as Hadley Martin · 12 eps
The Story Behind 'Toy Story'
Movie · as Self
Dangerous Minds
TV · as Louanne Johnson · 17 eps
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Toy Story
Movie · as Bo Peep (voice)
Her Deadly Rival
Movie · as Kris Lansford
The Making of Toy Story
Movie · as Narrator
Meggamorphosis
Movie · as The Egg
Breaking the Rules
Movie · as Mary Klinglitch
Love & War
TV · as Dana Palladino · 44 eps
Texasville
Movie · as Karla Jackson
Ghostbusters II
Movie · as Janine Melnitz
Who's Harry Crumb?
Movie · as Helen Downing
Hanna-Barbera's 50th
Movie · as Self - Host
Pass the Ammo
Movie · as Darla
She's Having a Baby
Movie · as Annie Potts (uncredited)
The Man Who Fell to Earth
Movie · as Louise
Pretty in Pink
Movie · as Iona
Bayou Romance
Movie · as Lily
Jumpin' Jack Flash
Movie · as Liz Carlson
Designing Women
TV · as Mary Jo Shively · 163 eps
Amazing Stories
TV · as Mrs. Bev Binford (voice) · 1 ep
The Twilight Zone
TV · as (segment "Wordplay") · 1 ep
Lime Street
TV · 1 ep
The Comedy Factory
TV · as Annie · 1 ep
Ghostbusters
Movie · as Janine Melnitz
Crimes of Passion
Movie · as Amy Grady
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
Movie · as Cindy Mills
Why Me?
Movie · as Daria
Cowboy
Movie · as D.G.
Something So Right
Movie · as Sunday
Remington Steele
TV · as Annie Carpenter · 1 ep
Heartaches
Movie · as Bonnie Howard
The Scarlett O'Hara War
Movie · as Betty (uncredited)
Magnum, P.I.
TV · as Tracy Spencer · 2 eps
Goodtime Girls
TV · as Edith Bedelmeyer · 13 eps
Flatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady Truckers
Movie · as Flatbed Annie
Black Market Baby
Movie · as Linda
King of the Gypsies
Movie · as Persa
Corvette Summer
Movie · as Vanessa
Busting Loose
TV · 3 eps
People's Choice Awards
TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV · as Self · 1 ep