Annie Potts
Acting • Born 1952-10-28
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
Filmography
100 credits
Toy Story
Movie • 1995
Bo Peep (voice)
Toy Story 2
Movie • 1999
Bo Peep (voice)
Ghostbusters
Movie • 1984
Janine Melnitz
Ghostbusters II
Movie • 1989
Janine Melnitz
King of the Gypsies
Movie • 1978
Persa
Pretty in Pink
Movie • 1986
Iona
Who's Harry Crumb?
Movie • 1989
Helen Downing
Corvette Summer
Movie • 1978
Vanessa
Crimes of Passion
Movie • 1984
Amy Grady
Don't You Forget About Me
Movie • 2010
Self
Elvis Has Left the Building
Movie • 2004
Shirl
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
Movie • 1984
Cindy Mills
Texasville
Movie • 1990
Karla Jackson
Queen Sized
Movie • 2008
Joan Baker
Pass the Ammo
Movie • 1988
Darla
Flatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady Truckers
Movie • 1979
Flatbed Annie
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
Movie • 2024
Janine Melnitz
The Music Teacher
Movie • 2012
Alyson/Young Alyson
Defending Our Kids: The Julie Posey Story
Movie • 2003
Julie Posey
Freshman Father
Movie • 2010
Dorothy Downs
Why Me?
Movie • 1984
Daria
The Man Who Fell to Earth
Movie • 1987
Louise
Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
Movie • 2020
Self
Chu and Blossom
Movie • 2014
Aunt
Her Deadly Rival
Movie • 1995
Kris Lansford
Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey
Movie • 2014
Self
Making 'Toy Story'
Movie • 1995
Narrator
Cowboy
Movie • 1983
D.G.
The Scarlett O'Hara War
Movie • 1980
Betty (uncredited)
Bayou Romance
Movie • 1986
Lily
Hanna-Barbera's 50th
Movie • 1989
Self - Host
The Sunday Man
Movie • 2007
Mrs. Culp
Izzy Gets the F*ck Across Town
Movie • 2018
Mary
Heartaches
Movie • 1981
Bonnie Howard
Ghostbusters
Movie • 2016
Desk Clerk
Five
Movie • 2011
Helen
The Designing Women Reunion
Movie • 2003
Happy Anniversary
Movie • 2018
Diane
Humor Me
Movie • 2017
Dee
The Story Behind 'Toy Story'
Movie • 1996
Self
As Good As You
Movie • 2015
Dr. Laura Berg
She's Having a Baby
Movie • 1988
Annie Potts (uncredited)
Black Market Baby
Movie • 1979
Linda Cleary
Jumpin' Jack Flash
Movie • 1986
Liz Carlson
Toy Story 4
Movie • 2019
Bo Peep (voice)
Lamp Life
Movie • 2020
Bo Peep (voice)
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Movie • 2021
Janine Melnitz
Breaking the Rules
Movie • 1992
Mary Klinglitch
Arlo the Alligator Boy
Movie • 2021
Edmée (voice)
Something So Right
Movie • 1982
Sunday
Toy Story at 20: To Infinity and Beyond
Movie • 2015
Self
40 Dates and 40 Nights
Movie
Gigi
Family Dog
Movie • 1988
Mrs. Bev Binford
Toy Story 5
Movie • 2026
Bo Peep (voice)
Magnum, P.I.
TV • 1980
Tracy Spencer
Remington Steele
TV • 1982
Annie Carpenter
Amazing Stories
TV • 1985
Mrs. Bev Binford (voice)
Designing Women
TV • 1986
Mary Jo Shively
Joan of Arcadia
TV • 2003
Lieutenant Lucy Preston
The Twilight Zone
TV • 1985
(segment "Wordplay")
Men in Trees
TV • 2006
Mary Alice O'Donnell
The View
TV • 1997
Self
Two and a Half Men
TV • 2003
Lenore
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV • 1999
Sophie Devere
Any Day Now
TV • 1998
Mary Elizabeth Sims
Ugly Betty
TV • 2006
Linda
Boston Legal
TV • 2004
Joy Espenson
Goodtime Girls
TV • 1980
Edith Bedelmeyer
Love & War
TV • 1992
Dana Palladino
Lime Street
TV • 1985
Dangerous Minds
TV • 1996
Louanne Johnson
Busting Loose
TV • 1977
Over the Top
TV • 1997
Hadley Martin
GCB
TV • 2012
Gigi Stopper
I Heart Arlo
TV • 2021
Edmee (voice)
Marry Me
TV • 2010
Vivienne Carter
The Talk
TV • 2010
Self
The Fosters
TV • 2013
Sharon Elkin
Fish Hooks
TV • 2010
Nurse Fishington (voice)
Chicago Med
TV • 2015
Helen
Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja
TV • 2012
Tawny Zingwald (voice)
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
TV • 1996
Self
Young Sheldon
TV • 2017
Connie Tucker
Scandal
TV • 2012
Louise Baker
Grey's Anatomy
TV • 2005
Joyce Bosco
Sherri
TV • 2022
Self - Guest
The Movies That Made Us
TV • 2019
Janine Melnitz (archive footage)
The Jennifer Hudson Show
TV • 2022
Self
Stars in the House
TV • 2020
Self
NCIS: New Orleans
TV • 2014
Olivia Brody
Reunited Apart
TV • 2020
Self
Animal Practice
TV • 2012
Virginia Coleman
Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage
TV • 2024
Connie Tucker
The Comedy Factory
TV • 1985
Annie
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV • 1962
Self
Royal Pains
TV • 2009
Mrs. Sacani
Best Medicine
TV • 2026
Aunt Joan
Close to Home
TV • 2005
Dr. Marla Dodds
Instant Mom
TV • 2013
Roberta Montgomery
People's Choice Awards
TV • 1975
Self - Host