Annie Potts
Acting
- Born:
- 1952-10-28
- Place of birth:
- 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
Known For
Filmography
Toy Story 5
40 Dates and 40 Nights
Best Medicine
Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
Sherri
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
I Heart Arlo
Arlo the Alligator Boy
Reunited Apart
Stars in the House
Lamp Life
Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
The Movies That Made Us
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Toy Story 4
Izzy Gets the F*ck Across Town
Happy Anniversary
Young Sheldon
Humor Me
Ghostbusters
Toy Story at 20: To Infinity and Beyond
Chicago Med
As Good As You
NCIS: New Orleans
Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey
Chu and Blossom
Instant Mom
The Fosters
Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja
Animal Practice
The Music Teacher
Scandal
GCB
Five
Marry Me
The Talk
Fish Hooks
Don't You Forget About Me
Freshman Father
Royal Pains
Queen Sized
The Sunday Man
Ugly Betty
Men in Trees
Close to Home
Grey's Anatomy
Boston Legal
Elvis Has Left the Building
Joan of Arcadia
Two and a Half Men
The Designing Women Reunion
Defending Our Kids: The Julie Posey Story
Toy Story 2
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Any Day Now
Amazing Stories: The Movie III
Over the Top
The View
The Story Behind 'Toy Story'
Dangerous Minds
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
The Making of Toy Story
Toy Story
Her Deadly Rival
Meggamorphosis
Breaking the Rules
Love & War
Texasville
Hanna-Barbera's 50th
Ghostbusters II
Who's Harry Crumb?
Pass the Ammo
She's Having a Baby
The Man Who Fell to Earth
Jumpin' Jack Flash
Designing Women
Pretty in Pink
Bayou Romance
Amazing Stories
The Twilight Zone
Lime Street
The Comedy Factory
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
Crimes of Passion
Ghostbusters
Why Me?
Cowboy
Something So Right
Remington Steele
Heartaches
Magnum, P.I.
The Scarlett O'Hara War
Goodtime Girls
Black Market Baby
Flatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady Truckers
King of the Gypsies
Corvette Summer
Busting Loose
People's Choice Awards
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson