Annie Potts
- Acting
- October 28, 1952 · 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 · Bo Peep (Voice)
- 40 Dates and 40 Nights · Gigi
- Best Medicine · Aunt Joan
- Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage · Meemaw
- Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire · Janine Melnitz
- Sherri · Self
- The Jennifer Hudson Show · Self
- Ghostbusters: Afterlife · Janine Melnitz
- I Heart Arlo · Edmee (Voice)
- Arlo the Alligator Boy · Edmée (Voice)
- Reunited Apart · Self
- Stars in the House · Self
- Lamp Life · Bo Peep (Voice)
- Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters · Self
- The Movies That Made Us · Janine Melnitz (archive footage)
- The Kelly Clarkson Show · Self
- Toy Story 4 · Bo Peep (Voice)
- Izzy Gets the F*ck Across Town · Mary
- Happy Anniversary · Diane
- Young Sheldon · Connie Tucker
- Humor Me · Dee
- Ghostbusters · Desk Clerk
- Toy Story at 20: To Infinity and Beyond · Self
- Chicago Med · Helen
- As Good As You · Dr. Laura Berg
- NCIS: New Orleans · Olivia Brody
- Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey · Self
- Chu and Blossom · Aunt
- Instant Mom · Roberta Montgomery
- The Fosters · Sharon Elkin
- Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja · Tawny Zingwald (Voice)
- Animal Practice · Virginia Coleman
- The Music Teacher · Alyson/Young Alyson
- Scandal · Louise Baker
- GCB · Gigi Stopper
- Five · Helen
- Marry Me · Vivienne Carter
- The Talk · Self
- Fish Hooks · Nurse Fishington (Voice)
- Don't You Forget About Me · Self
- Freshman Father · Dorothy Downs
- Royal Pains · Mrs. Sacani
- Queen Sized · Joan Baker
- The Sunday Man · Mrs. Culp
- Ugly Betty · Linda
- Men in Trees · Mary Alice O'Donnell
- Close to Home · Marla Dodds
- Grey's Anatomy · Joyce Bosco
- Boston Legal · Joy Espenson
- Elvis Has Left the Building · Shirl
- Joan of Arcadia · Lieutenant Lucy Preston
- Two and a Half Men · Lenore
- The Designing Women Reunion
- Defending Our Kids: The Julie Posey Story · Julie Posey
- Toy Story 2 · Bo Peep (Voice)
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit · Sophie Devere
- Any Day Now · Mary Elizabeth Sims
- Amazing Stories: The Movie III · Mrs. Bev Binford (Voice)
- Over the Top · Hadley Martin
- The View · Self
- The Story Behind 'Toy Story' · Self
- Dangerous Minds · Louanne Johnson
- The Rosie O'Donnell Show · Self
- The Making of Toy Story · Narrator
- Toy Story · Bo Peep (Voice)
- Her Deadly Rival · Kris Lansford
- Meggamorphosis · The Egg
- Breaking the Rules · Mary Klinglitch
- Love & War · Dana Palladino
- Texasville · Karla Jackson
- Hanna-Barbera's 50th · Self
- Ghostbusters II · Janine Melnitz
- Who's Harry Crumb? · Helen Downing
- Pass the Ammo · Darla
- She's Having a Baby · Annie Potts (uncredited)
- The Man Who Fell to Earth · Louise
- Jumpin' Jack Flash · Liz Carlson
- Designing Women · Mary Jo Shively
- Pretty in Pink · Iona
- Bayou Romance · Lily