Annie Potts

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

95

Gender

Female

Birthday

1952-10-28 (72 years old)

Place of Birth

Nashville, Tennessee, USA

Also Known As

  • Anne Hampton "Annie" Potts
  • Anne Hampton Potts
  • 安妮·帕茲
  • 애니 포츠
  • آنی پاتس

Annie Potts

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–present).

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

Toy Story
8.0%

Toy Story

Nov 22, 1995

Toy Story 2
7.6%

Toy Story 2

Oct 30, 1999

Grey's Anatomy
8.2%

Grey's Anatomy

Mar 27, 2005

Toy Story 4
7.5%

Toy Story 4

Jun 19, 2019

Ghostbusters
7.5%

Ghostbusters

Jun 8, 1984

Ghostbusters
5.3%

Ghostbusters

Jul 14, 2016

Ghostbusters: Afterlife
7.3%

Ghostbusters: Afterlife

Nov 18, 2021

Ghostbusters II
6.6%

Ghostbusters II

Jun 16, 1989

Two and a Half Men
7.5%

Two and a Half Men

Sep 22, 2003

Young Sheldon
8.0%

Young Sheldon

Sep 25, 2017

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Acting

40 Dates and 40 Nights as Gigi
2024
Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage as Connie Tucker
2024
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire as Janine Melnitz
2022
The Jennifer Hudson Show as Self
2022
Sherri as Self - Guest
2021
Ghostbusters: Afterlife as Janine Melnitz
2021
I Heart Arlo as Edmee (voice)
2021
Arlo the Alligator Boy as Edmée (voice)
2020
Reunited Apart as Self
2020
Stars in the House as Self
2020
Lamp Life as Bo Peep (voice)
2020
Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters as Self
2019
The Movies That Made Us as Janine Melnitz (archive footage)
2019
Toy Story 4 as Bo Peep (voice)
2018
Izzy Gets the F*ck Across Town as Mary
2018
Happy Anniversary as Diane
2017
Young Sheldon as Connie Tucker
2017
Humor Me as Dee
2016
Ghostbusters as Desk Clerk
2015
Toy Story at 20: To Infinity and Beyond as Self
2015
Chicago Med as Helen
2015
As Good As You as Dr. Laura Berg
2014
NCIS: New Orleans as Olivia Brody
2014
Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey as Self
2014
Chu and Blossom as Aunt
2013
The Fosters as Sharon Elkin
2012
Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja as Tawny Zingwald (voice)
2012
Animal Practice as Virginia Coleman
2012
The Music Teacher as Alyson/Young Alyson
2012
Scandal as Louise Baker
2012
GCB as Gigi Stopper
2011
Five as Helen
2010
Marry Me as Vivienne Carter
2010
The Talk as Self
2010
Fish Hooks as Nurse Fishington (voice)
2010
Don't You Forget About Me as Self
2010
Freshman Father as Dorothy Downs
2009
Royal Pains as Mrs. Sacani
2008
Queen Sized as Joan Baker
2007
The Sunday Man as Mrs. Culp
2006
Ugly Betty as Linda
2006
Men in Trees
2005
Grey's Anatomy as Joyce Bosco
2004
Boston Legal as Joy Espenson
2004
Elvis Has Left the Building as Shirl
2003
Joan of Arcadia
2003
Two and a Half Men as Lenore
2003
The Designing Women Reunion
2003
Defending Our Kids: The Julie Posey Story as Julie Posey
1999
Toy Story 2 as Bo Peep (voice)
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Sophie Devere
1998
Any Day Now as Mary Elizabeth Sims
1997
Over the Top as Hadley Martin
1997
The View as Self
1996
The Story Behind 'Toy Story' as Self
1996
Dangerous Minds as Louanne Johnson
1996
The Rosie O'Donnell Show as Self
1995
Making 'Toy Story' as Narrator
1995
Toy Story as Bo Peep (voice)
1995
Her Deadly Rival as Kris Lansford
1992
Breaking the Rules as Mary Klinglitch
1992
Love & War as Dana Palladino
1990
Texasville as Karla Jackson
1989
Hanna-Barbera's 50th as Self - Host
1989
Ghostbusters II as Janine Melnitz
1989
Who's Harry Crumb? as Helen Downing
1988
Family Dog as Mrs. Bev Binford
1988
Pass the Ammo as Darla
1988
She's Having a Baby as Annie Potts (uncredited)
1987
The Man Who Fell to Earth as Louise
1986
Jumpin' Jack Flash as Liz Carlson
1986
Designing Women as Mary Jo Shively
1986
Pretty in Pink as Iona
1986
Bayou Romance as Lily
1985
Amazing Stories as Mrs. Bev Binford (voice)
1985
The Twilight Zone as (segment "Wordplay")
1985
Lime Street
1985
The Comedy Factory as Annie
1984
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear as Cindy Mills
1984
Crimes of Passion as Amy Grady
1984
Ghostbusters as Janine Melnitz
1984
Why Me? as Daria
1983
Cowboy as D.G.
1982
Something So Right as Sunday
1982
Remington Steele as Annie Carpenter
1981
Heartaches as Bonnie Howard
1980
Magnum, P.I. as Tracy Spencer
1980
The Scarlett O'Hara War as Betty (uncredited)
1980
Goodtime Girls as Edith Bedelmeyer
1979
Black Market Baby as Linda Cleary
1979
Flatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady Truckers as Flatbed Annie
1978
King of the Gypsies as Persa
1978
Corvette Summer as Vanessa
1977
Busting Loose
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
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