Annie Potts
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
Credits
- 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
- 2008 · Queen Sized as Joan Baker
- 2007 · The Sunday Man as Mrs. Culp
- 2006 · Ugly Betty as Linda
- 2006 · Men in Trees as
- 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 as
- 2003 · Two and a Half Men as Lenore
- 2003 · The Designing Women Reunion as
- 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 · 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
- 1985 · Lime Street as
- 1985 · 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
- 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 as