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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
October 28, 1952
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
2.9 Popularity
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
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Aunt Joan
Best Medicine
2026
7.7
Connie Tucker
Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage
2024
6.5
Janine Melnitz
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
2024
5.6
Self
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
3.0
Self - Guest
Sherri
2022
7.3
Janine Melnitz
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
2021
5.0
Edmee (voice)
I Heart Arlo
2021
6.8
Edmée (voice)
Arlo the Alligator Boy
2021
5.5
Self
Reunited Apart
2020
0.0
Self
Stars in the House
2020
Credits
Best Medicine
as Aunt Joan
2026
0.0
Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage
as Connie Tucker
2024
7.7
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
as Janine Melnitz
2024
6.5
The Jennifer Hudson Show
as Self
2022
5.6
Sherri
as Self - Guest
2022
3.0
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
as Janine Melnitz
2021
7.3
I Heart Arlo
as Edmee (voice)
2021
5.0
Arlo the Alligator Boy
as Edmée (voice)
2021
6.8
Reunited Apart
as Self
2020
5.5
Stars in the House
as Self
2020
0.0
Lamp Life
as Bo Peep (voice)
2020
7.1
Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
as Self
2020
6.9
The Movies That Made Us
as Janine Melnitz (archive footage)
2019
7.2
Toy Story 4
as Bo Peep (voice)
2019
7.5
Izzy Gets the F*ck Across Town
as Mary
2018
5.3
Happy Anniversary
as Diane
2018
5.7
Young Sheldon
as Connie Tucker
2017
8.0
Humor Me
as Dee
2017
5.7
Ghostbusters
as Desk Clerk
2016
5.4
Toy Story at 20: To Infinity and Beyond
as Self
2015
6.9
Chicago Med
as Helen
2015
8.3
As Good As You
as Dr. Laura Berg
2015
4.3
NCIS: New Orleans
as Olivia Brody
2014
7.3
Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey
as Self
2014
7.0
Chu and Blossom
as Aunt
2014
4.0
Instant Mom
as Roberta Montgomery
2013
8.2
The Fosters
as Sharon Elkin
2013
7.5
Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja
as Tawny Zingwald (voice)
2012
8.4
Animal Practice
as Virginia Coleman
2012
5.4
The Music Teacher
as Alyson/Young Alyson
2012
5.0
Scandal
as Louise Baker
2012
7.2
GCB
as Gigi Stopper
2012
6.1
Five
as Helen
2011
7.1
Marry Me
as Vivienne Carter
2010
6.8
The Talk
as Self
2010
3.0
Fish Hooks
as Nurse Fishington (voice)
2010
6.5
Don't You Forget About Me
as Self
2010
5.3
Freshman Father
as Dorothy Downs
2010
6.7
Royal Pains
as Mrs. Sacani
2009
6.8
Queen Sized
as Joan Baker
2008
4.8
The Sunday Man
as Mrs. Culp
2007
0.0
Ugly Betty
as Linda
2006
6.4
Men in Trees
as Mary Alice O'Donnell
2006
6.6
Close to Home
as Dr. Marla Dodds
2005
5.9
Grey's Anatomy
as Joyce Bosco
2005
8.2
Boston Legal
as Joy Espenson
2004
7.9
Elvis Has Left the Building
as Shirl
2004
5.2
Joan of Arcadia
as Lieutenant Lucy Preston
2003
7.3
Two and a Half Men
as Lenore
2003
7.4
The Designing Women Reunion
2003
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Defending Our Kids: The Julie Posey Story
as Julie Posey
2003
6.8
Toy Story 2
as Bo Peep (voice)
1999
7.6
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Sophie Devere
1999
7.9
Any Day Now
as Mary Elizabeth Sims
1998
7.4
Over the Top
as Hadley Martin
1997
7.3
The View
as Self
1997
4.3
The Story Behind 'Toy Story'
as Self
1996
7.5
Dangerous Minds
as Louanne Johnson
1996
8.5
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
as Self
1996
3.9
Making 'Toy Story'
as Narrator
1995
5.9
Toy Story
as Bo Peep (voice)
1995
8.0
Her Deadly Rival
as Kris Lansford
1995
4.5
Breaking the Rules
as Mary Klinglitch
1992
5.2
Love & War
as Dana Palladino
1992
6.2
Texasville
as Karla Jackson
1990
6.0
Hanna-Barbera's 50th
as Self - Host
1989
9.2
Ghostbusters II
as Janine Melnitz
1989
6.6
Who's Harry Crumb?
as Helen Downing
1989
5.9
Family Dog
as Mrs. Bev Binford
1988
0.0
Pass the Ammo
as Darla
1988
4.1
She's Having a Baby
as Annie Potts (uncredited)
1988
5.9
The Man Who Fell to Earth
as Louise
1987
5.3
Jumpin' Jack Flash
as Liz Carlson
1986
6.1
Designing Women
as Mary Jo Shively
1986
6.8
Pretty in Pink
as Iona
1986
6.7
Bayou Romance
as Lily
1986
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Amazing Stories
as Mrs. Bev Binford (voice)
1985
7.4
The Twilight Zone
as (segment "Wordplay")
1985
7.8
Lime Street
1985
5.5
The Comedy Factory
as Annie
1985
0.0
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
as Cindy Mills
1984
5.6
Crimes of Passion
as Amy Grady
1984
6.3
Ghostbusters
as Janine Melnitz
1984
7.5
Why Me?
as Daria
1984
5.4
Cowboy
as D.G.
1983
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Something So Right
as Sunday
1982
5.5
Remington Steele
as Annie Carpenter
1982
7.1
Heartaches
as Bonnie Howard
1981
5.3
Magnum, P.I.
as Tracy Spencer
1980
7.3
The Scarlett O'Hara War
as Betty (uncredited)
1980
6.1
Goodtime Girls
as Edith Bedelmeyer
1980
5.0
Black Market Baby
as Linda Cleary
1979
6.0
Flatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady Truckers
as Flatbed Annie
1979
4.7
King of the Gypsies
as Persa
1978
5.7
Corvette Summer
as Vanessa
1978
5.4
🎬
Busting Loose
1977
5.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
7.5
🎬
40 Dates and 40 Nights
as Gigi
N/A
0.0