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Annie Potts

Annie Potts

Known For Acting
Birthday Oct 28, 1952 (72)
Birthplace Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Popularity 1 (history)
Updated Dec 19, 2024
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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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

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Filmography

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire

2024

as Janine Melnitz

Arlo the Alligator Boy

Arlo the Alligator Boy

2021

as Edmée (voice)

Ghostbusters: Afterlife

Ghostbusters: Afterlife

2021

as Janine Melnitz

Lamp Life

Lamp Life

2020

as Bo Peep (voice)

Toy Story 4

Toy Story 4

2019

as Bo Peep (voice)

Happy Anniversary

Happy Anniversary

2018

as Diane

Humor Me

Humor Me

2017

as Dee

Ghostbusters

Ghostbusters

2016

as Desk Clerk

As Good As You

As Good As You

2015

as Dr. Laura Berg

Chu and Blossom

Chu and Blossom

2014

as Aunt

The Music Teacher

The Music Teacher

2012

as Alyson/Young Alyson

Five

Five

2011

as Helen

Freshman Father

Freshman Father

2010

as Dorothy Downs

Queen Sized

Queen Sized

2008

as Joan Baker

The Sunday Man

The Sunday Man

2007

as Mrs. Culp

Toy Story 2

Toy Story 2

1999

as Bo Peep (voice)

Making 'Toy Story'

Making 'Toy Story'

1995

as Narrated

Her Deadly Rival

Her Deadly Rival

1995

as Kris Lansford

Toy Story

Toy Story

1995

as Bo Peep (voice)

Breaking the Rules

Breaking the Rules

1992

as Mary Klinglitch

Texasville

Texasville

1990

as Karla Jackson

Who's Harry Crumb?

Who's Harry Crumb?

1989

as Helen Downing

Ghostbusters II

Ghostbusters II

1989

as Janine Melnitz

Pass the Ammo

Pass the Ammo

1988

as Darla

She's Having a Baby

She's Having a Baby

1988

as Annie Potts (uncredited)

The Man Who Fell to Earth

The Man Who Fell to Earth

1987

as Louise

Pretty in Pink

Pretty in Pink

1986

as Iona

Jumpin' Jack Flash

Jumpin' Jack Flash

1986

as Liz Carlson

Why Me?

Why Me?

1984

as Daria

Crimes of Passion

Crimes of Passion

1984

as Amy Grady

Ghostbusters

Ghostbusters

1984

as Janine Melnitz

It Came Upon the Midnight Clear

It Came Upon the Midnight Clear

1984

as Cindy Mills

Cowboy

Cowboy

1983

as D.G.

Something So Right

Something So Right

1982

as Sunday

Heartaches

Heartaches

1981

as Bonnie Howard

The Scarlett O'Hara War

The Scarlett O'Hara War

1980

as Betty (uncredited)

Black Market Baby

Black Market Baby

1979

as Linda Cleary

Corvette Summer

Corvette Summer

1978

as Vanessa

King of the Gypsies

King of the Gypsies

1978

as Persa

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Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

Designing Women

as Mary Jo Shively

Episodes: 163

First Aired: Sep 29, 1986

Young Sheldon

as Connie Tucker

Episodes: 141

First Aired: Sep 25, 2017

Any Day Now

as Mary Elizabeth Sims

Episodes: 88

First Aired: Aug 18, 1998

Love & War

as Dana Palladino

Episodes: 44

First Aired: Sep 21, 1992

Dangerous Minds

as Louanne Johnson

Episodes: 17

First Aired: Sep 30, 1996

Goodtime Girls

as Edith Bedelmeyer

Episodes: 13

First Aired: Jan 22, 1980

Over the Top

as Hadley Martin

Episodes: 12

First Aired: Oct 21, 1997

GCB

as Gigi Stopper

Episodes: 10

First Aired: Mar 04, 2012

I Heart Arlo

as Edmee (voice)

Episodes: 5

First Aired: Aug 27, 2021

The Fosters

as Sharon Elkin

Episodes: 5

First Aired: Jun 03, 2013

Chicago Med

as Helen

Episodes: 5

First Aired: Nov 17, 2015

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Sophie Devere

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Sep 20, 1999

Marry Me

as Vivienne Carter

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Dec 12, 2010

Fish Hooks

as Nurse Fishington (voice)

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 03, 2010

Animal Practice

as Virginia Coleman

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Aug 12, 2012

Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage

as Connie Tucker

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Oct 17, 2024

Remington Steele

as Annie Carpenter

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 01, 1982

Amazing Stories

as Mrs. Bev Binford (voice)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 29, 1985

Two and a Half Men

as Lenore

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 22, 2003

Ugly Betty

as Linda

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 28, 2006

Boston Legal

as Joy Espenson

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 03, 2004

Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja

as Tawny Zingwald (voice)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Aug 13, 2012

Scandal

as Louise Baker

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 05, 2012

Grey's Anatomy

as Joyce Bosco

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 27, 2005

The Movies That Made Us

as Janine Melnitz (archive footage)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 29, 2019

NCIS: New Orleans

as Olivia Brody

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 23, 2014

The Comedy Factory

as Annie

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 21, 1985

Royal Pains

as Mrs. Sacani

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 04, 2009

Joan of Arcadia

Episodes: 11

First Aired: Sep 26, 2003

Busting Loose

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Jan 17, 1977

Men in Trees

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Sep 12, 2006

Magnum, P.I.

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Dec 11, 1980

The Talk

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Oct 18, 2010

The Twilight Zone

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 27, 1985

The View

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Aug 11, 1997

Lime Street

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 21, 1985

The Rosie O'Donnell Show

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 10, 1996

Sherri

as Self - Guest

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 12, 2022

The Jennifer Hudson Show

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 12, 2022

Stars in the House

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 16, 2020

Reunited Apart

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 27, 2020

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 01, 1962

Popularity Metrics

Popularity History


Year Month Avg Max Min
2024 6 41 67 30
2024 7 45 65 23
2024 8 33 88 19
2024 9 27 47 15
2024 10 26 49 18
2024 11 24 60 16
2024 12 21 32 15
2025 1 26 43 18
2025 2 15 24 3
2025 3 9 22 1
2025 4 1 2 1
2025 5 3 5 1
2025 6 2 3 1
2025 7 1 1 1
2025 8 2 7 1
2025 9 1 2 1
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2024 6 543 198
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