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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

97

Gender

Female

Birthday

1952-10-28 (73 years old)

Place of Birth

Nashville, Tennessee, USA

Also Known As

Anne Hampton "Annie" Potts

Anne Hampton Potts

安妮·帕茲

애니 포츠

آنی پاتس

Annie Potts

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

Known For

Acting

Toy Story 2

1999

Toy Story 2

as

Bo Peep (voice)

Toy Story

1995

Toy Story

as

Bo Peep (voice)

Ghostbusters

1984

Ghostbusters

as

Janine Melnitz

Ghostbusters II

1989

Ghostbusters II

as

Janine Melnitz

Pretty in Pink

1986

Pretty in Pink

as

Iona

Who's Harry Crumb?

1989

Who's Harry Crumb?

as

Helen Downing

Corvette Summer

1978

Corvette Summer

as

Vanessa

Crimes of Passion

1984

Crimes of Passion

as

Amy Grady

Texasville

1990

Texasville

as

Karla Jackson

Queen Sized

2008

Queen Sized

as

Joan Baker

Pass the Ammo

1988

Pass the Ammo

as

Darla

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire

2024

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire

as

Janine Melnitz

The Music Teacher

2012

The Music Teacher

as

Alyson/Young Alyson

Freshman Father

2010

Freshman Father

as

Dorothy Downs

Why Me?

1984

Why Me?

as

Daria

Chu and Blossom

2014

Chu and Blossom

as

Aunt

Her Deadly Rival

1995

Her Deadly Rival

as

Kris Lansford

Making 'Toy Story'

1995

Making 'Toy Story'

as

Narrator

Cowboy

1983

Cowboy

as

D.G.

The Scarlett O'Hara War

1980

The Scarlett O'Hara War

as

Betty (uncredited)

Bayou Romance

1986

Bayou Romance

as

Lily

Hanna-Barbera's 50th

1989

Hanna-Barbera's 50th

as

Self - Host

The Sunday Man

2007

The Sunday Man

as

Mrs. Culp

Heartaches

1981

Heartaches

as

Bonnie Howard

Ghostbusters

2016

Ghostbusters

as

Desk Clerk

Five

2011

Five

as

Helen

Humor Me

2017

Humor Me

as

Dee

As Good As You

2015

As Good As You

as

Dr. Laura Berg

She's Having a Baby

1988

She's Having a Baby

as

Annie Potts (uncredited)

Black Market Baby

1979

Black Market Baby

as

Linda Cleary

Jumpin' Jack Flash

1986

Jumpin' Jack Flash

as

Liz Carlson

Toy Story 4

2019

Toy Story 4

as

Bo Peep (voice)

Lamp Life

2020

Lamp Life

as

Bo Peep (voice)

Ghostbusters: Afterlife

2021

Ghostbusters: Afterlife

as

Janine Melnitz

Breaking the Rules

1992

Breaking the Rules

as

Mary Klinglitch

Arlo the Alligator Boy

2021

Arlo the Alligator Boy

as

Edmée (voice)

Something So Right

1982

Something So Right

as

Sunday

Family Dog

1988

Family Dog

as

Mrs. Bev Binford

Magnum, P.I.

Magnum, P.I.

as

Tracy Spencer

Remington Steele

Remington Steele

as

Annie Carpenter

Amazing Stories

Amazing Stories

as

Mrs. Bev Binford (voice)

Designing Women

Designing Women

as

Mary Jo Shively

Joan of Arcadia

Joan of Arcadia

as

Lieutenant Lucy Preston

The Twilight Zone

The Twilight Zone

as

(segment "Wordplay")

The View

The View

as

Self

Any Day Now

Any Day Now

as

Mary Elizabeth Sims

Ugly Betty

Ugly Betty

as

Linda

Boston Legal

Boston Legal

as

Joy Espenson

Goodtime Girls

Goodtime Girls

as

Edith Bedelmeyer

Love & War

Love & War

as

Dana Palladino

Dangerous Minds

Dangerous Minds

as

Louanne Johnson

Over the Top

Over the Top

as

Hadley Martin

GCB

GCB

as

Gigi Stopper

I Heart Arlo

I Heart Arlo

as

Edmee (voice)

Marry Me

Marry Me

as

Vivienne Carter

The Talk

The Talk

as

Self

The Fosters

The Fosters

as

Sharon Elkin

Fish Hooks

Fish Hooks

as

Nurse Fishington (voice)

Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja

Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja

as

Tawny Zingwald (voice)

Young Sheldon

Young Sheldon

as

Connie Tucker

Scandal

Scandal

as

Louise Baker

Grey's Anatomy

Grey's Anatomy

as

Joyce Bosco

Sherri

Sherri

as

Self - Guest

The Movies That Made Us

The Movies That Made Us

as

Janine Melnitz (archive footage)

NCIS: New Orleans

NCIS: New Orleans

as

Olivia Brody

Animal Practice

Animal Practice

as

Virginia Coleman

Royal Pains

Royal Pains

as

Mrs. Sacani

Best Medicine

Best Medicine

as

Aunt Joan

Close to Home

Close to Home

as

Dr. Marla Dodds

Production

Crew

Directing