Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
October 28, 1952
Place of Birth:
Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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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
Filmography
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage | Connie Tucker |
| 2022 | Sherri | Self - Guest |
| 2022 | The Jennifer Hudson Show | Self |
| 2021 | I Heart Arlo | Edmee (voice) |
| 2020 | Stars in the House | Self |
| 2020 | Reunited Apart | Self |
| 2019 | The Movies That Made Us | Janine Melnitz (archive footage) |
| 2017 | Young Sheldon | Connie Tucker |
| 2015 | Chicago Med | Helen |
| 2014 | NCIS: New Orleans | Olivia Brody |
| 2013 | The Fosters | Sharon Elkin |
| 2012 | GCB | Gigi Stopper |
| 2012 | Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja | Tawny Zingwald (voice) |
| 2012 | Scandal | Louise Baker |
| 2012 | Animal Practice | Virginia Coleman |
| 2010 | Marry Me | Vivienne Carter |
| 2010 | The Talk | Self |
| 2010 | Fish Hooks | Nurse Fishington (voice) |
| 2009 | Royal Pains | Mrs. Sacani |
| 2006 | Men in Trees | |
| 2006 | Ugly Betty | Linda |
| 2005 | Grey's Anatomy | Joyce Bosco |
| 2004 | Boston Legal | Joy Espenson |
| 2003 | Joan of Arcadia | |
| 2003 | Two and a Half Men | Lenore |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Sophie Devere |
| 1998 | Any Day Now | Mary Elizabeth Sims |
| 1997 | The View | Self |
| 1997 | Over the Top | Hadley Martin |
| 1996 | Dangerous Minds | Louanne Johnson |
| 1996 | The Rosie O'Donnell Show | Self |
| 1992 | Love & War | Dana Palladino |
| 1986 | Designing Women | Mary Jo Shively |
| 1985 | Amazing Stories | Mrs. Bev Binford (voice) |
| 1985 | The Twilight Zone | (segment "Wordplay") |
| 1985 | Lime Street | |
| 1985 | The Comedy Factory | Annie |
| 1982 | Remington Steele | Annie Carpenter |
| 1980 | Magnum, P.I. | Tracy Spencer |
| 1980 | Goodtime Girls | Edith Bedelmeyer |
| 1977 | Busting Loose | |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self |