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Annie Potts

Annie Potts

Acting1952Nashville, 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–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

Acting History

2026
Toy Story 5
as Bo Peep (voice)
Best Medicine
TVas Aunt Joan11 eps
2024
The Jennifer Hudson Show
TVas Self1 eps
Sherri
TVas Self - Guest1 eps
Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage
TVas Connie Tucker4 eps
2021
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
as Janine Melnitz
Arlo the Alligator Boy
as Edmée (voice)
I Heart Arlo
TVas Edmee (voice)
2020
Lamp Life
as Bo Peep (voice)
Reunited Apart
TVas Self1 eps
Stars in the House
TVas Self1 eps
2019
Toy Story 4
as Bo Peep (voice)
The Movies That Made Us
TVas Janine Melnitz (archive footage)1 eps
2017
Humor Me
as Dee
Young Sheldon
TVas Connie Tucker141 eps
The Talk
TVas Self2 eps
2016
Ghostbusters
as Desk Clerk
The Fosters
TVas Sharon Elkin5 eps
Scandal
TVas Louise Baker1 eps
Royal Pains
TVas Mrs. Sacani1 eps
2015
As Good As You
as Dr. Laura Berg
Chicago Med
TVas Helen5 eps
NCIS: New Orleans
TVas Olivia Brody1 eps
2013
Grey's Anatomy
TVas Joyce Bosco1 eps
Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja
TVas Tawny Zingwald (voice)1 eps
Instant Mom
TVas Roberta Montgomery
2012
The Music Teacher
as Alyson/Young Alyson
Fish Hooks
TVas Nurse Fishington (voice)2 eps
GCB
TVas Gigi Stopper
Animal Practice
TVas Virginia Coleman
2011
Five
as Helen
2010
Freshman Father
as Dorothy Downs
Marry Me
TVas Vivienne Carter
2009
Two and a Half Men
TVas Lenore1 eps
2008
Queen Sized
as Joan Baker
Boston Legal
TVas Joy Espenson1 eps
Ugly Betty
TVas Linda1 eps
2007
The Sunday Man
as Mrs. Culp
Men in Trees
TVas Mary Alice O'Donnell4 eps
2005
Close to Home
TVas Dr. Marla Dodds1 eps
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TVas Sophie Devere4 eps
2004
Joan of Arcadia
TVas Lieutenant Lucy Preston11 eps
1999
Toy Story 2
as Bo Peep (voice)
1998
Any Day Now
TVas Mary Elizabeth Sims
1997
Over the Top
TVas Hadley Martin
The View
TVas Self
1995
Her Deadly Rival
as Kris Lansford
Toy Story
as Bo Peep (voice)
People's Choice Awards
TVas Self - Host1 eps
1993
Love & War
TVas Dana Palladino44 eps
1992
Breaking the Rules
as Mary Klinglitch
1990
Texasville
as Karla Jackson
1989
Who's Harry Crumb?
as Helen Downing
Hanna-Barbera's 50th
as Self - Host
Ghostbusters II
as Janine Melnitz
1988
She's Having a Baby
as Annie Potts (uncredited)
Family Dog
as Mrs. Bev Binford
1987
Amazing Stories
TVas Mrs. Bev Binford (voice)1 eps
1986
Jumpin' Jack Flash
as Liz Carlson
The Comedy Factory
TVas Annie1 eps
Designing Women
TVas Mary Jo Shively163 eps
1985
The Twilight Zone
TVas (segment "Wordplay")1 eps
1984
Crimes of Passion
as Amy Grady
Why Me?
as Daria
Ghostbusters
as Janine Melnitz
1983
Cowboy
as D.G.
Magnum, P.I.
TVas Tracy Spencer2 eps
Remington Steele
TVas Annie Carpenter1 eps
1982
1981
Heartaches
as Bonnie Howard
1980
The Scarlett O'Hara War
as Betty (uncredited)
Goodtime Girls
TVas Edith Bedelmeyer

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
10/28/1952(73 years old)
Place of Birth
Nashville, Tennessee, USA