Annie Potts
Acting
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
Born: October 28, 1952
Place of Birth: Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Known For
Filmography
as Connie Tucker
as Janine Melnitz
as Self
as Self - Guest
as Janine Melnitz
as Edmee (voice)
as Edmée (voice)
as Self
as Self
as Bo Peep (voice)
as Janine Melnitz (archive footage)
as Bo Peep (voice)
as Diane
as Connie Tucker
as Dee
as Desk Clerk
as Helen
as Dr. Laura Berg
as Olivia Brody
as Aunt
as Sharon Elkin
as Tawny Zingwald (voice)
as Virginia Coleman
as Alyson/Young Alyson
as Louise Baker
as Gigi Stopper
as Helen
as Vivienne Carter
as Self
as Nurse Fishington (voice)
as Self
as Dorothy Downs
as Mrs. Sacani
as Joan Baker
as Mrs. Culp
as Linda
as Dr. Marla Dodds
as Joyce Bosco
as Joy Espenson
as Shirl
as Lieutenant Lucy Preston
as Lenore
as Julie Posey
as Bo Peep (voice)
as Sophie Devere
as Mary Elizabeth Sims
as Hadley Martin
as Self
as Self
as Louanne Johnson
as Self
as Narrator
as Bo Peep (voice)
as Kris Lansford
as Mary Klinglitch
as Dana Palladino
as Karla Jackson
as Self - Host
as Janine Melnitz
as Helen Downing
as Mrs. Bev Binford
as Darla
as Annie Potts (uncredited)
as Louise
as Liz Carlson
as Mary Jo Shively
as Iona
as Lily
as Mrs. Bev Binford (voice)
as (segment "Wordplay")
as Annie
as Cindy Mills
as Amy Grady
as Janine Melnitz
as Daria
as D.G.
as Sunday
as Annie Carpenter
as Bonnie Howard
as Tracy Spencer
as Betty (uncredited)
as Edith Bedelmeyer
as Linda Cleary
as Flatbed Annie
as Persa
as Vanessa