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 (2017–2024).
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
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Movies (55)
Toy Story 5
2026 · Bo Peep (voice)
40 Dates and 40 Nights
2026 · Gigi
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
2024 · Janine Melnitz
Ghostbusters: El Legado
2021 · Janine Melnitz
Arlo, el chico caimán
2021 · Edmée (voice)
Toy Story: Vida de lámpara
2020 · Bo Peep (voice)
Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
2020 · Self
Toy Story 4
2019 · Bo Peep (voice)
Izzy Gets the F*ck Across Town
2018 · Mary
Feliz aniversario
2018 · Diane
Humor Me
2017 · Dee
Ghostbusters
2016 · Desk Clerk
Toy Story at 20: To Infinity and Beyond
2015 · Self
As Good As You
2015 · Dr. Laura Berg
Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey
2014 · Self
Chu and Blossom
2014 · Aunt
The Music Teacher
2012 · Alyson/Young Alyson
Five
2011 · Helen
Don't You Forget About Me
2010 · Self
Freshman Father
2010 · Dorothy Downs
Queen Sized
2008 · Joan Baker
The Sunday Man
2007 · Mrs. Culp
Elvis Has Left the Building
2004 · Shirl
The Designing Women Reunion
2003
Defending Our Kids: The Julie Posey Story
2003 · Julie Posey
Toy Story 2
1999 · Bo Peep (voice)
Amazing Stories: The Movie III
1998 · Mrs. Bev Binford (voice)
The Story Behind 'Toy Story'
1996 · Self
The Making of Toy Story
1995 · Narrator
Toy Story
1995 · Bo Peep (voice)
Her Deadly Rival
1995 · Kris Lansford
Meggamorphosis
1993 · The Egg
Breaking the Rules
1992 · Mary Klinglitch
Texasville
1990 · Karla Jackson
Hanna-Barbera's 50th
1989 · Self - Host
Ghostbusters II
1989 · Janine Melnitz
Who's Harry Crumb?
1989 · Helen Downing
Pass the Ammo
1988 · Darla
She's Having a Baby
1988 · Annie Potts (uncredited)
The Man Who Fell to Earth
1987 · Louise
Jumpin' Jack Flash
1986 · Liz Carlson
Pretty in Pink
1986 · Iona
Bayou Romance
1986 · Lily
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
1984 · Cindy Mills
Crimes of Passion
1984 · Amy Grady
Ghostbusters
1984 · Janine Melnitz
Why Me?
1984 · Daria
Cowboy
1983 · D.G.
Something So Right
1982 · Sunday
Heartaches
1981 · Bonnie Howard
The Scarlett O'Hara War
1980 · Betty (uncredited)
Black Market Baby
1979 · Linda
Flatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady Truckers
1979 · Flatbed Annie
King of the Gypsies
1978 · Persa
Corvette Summer
1978 · Vanessa
TV shows (47)
Best Medicine
2026 · Aunt Joan
Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage
2024 · Meemaw
Sherri
2022 · Self - Guest
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022 · Self
Mi querido Arlo
2021 · Edmee (voice)
Reunited Apart
2020 · Self
Stars in the House
2020 · Self
Las películas que nos formaron
2019 · Janine Melnitz (archive footage)
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · Self
El Joven Sheldon
2017 · Connie Tucker
Chicago Med
2015 · Helen
NCIS: New Orleans
2014 · Olivia Brody
Instant Mom
2013 · Roberta Montgomery
The Fosters
2013 · Sharon Elkin
Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja
2012 · Tawny Zingwald (voice)
Animal Practice
2012 · Virginia Coleman
Scandal
2012 · Louise Baker
GCB
2012 · Gigi Stopper
Marry Me
2010 · Vivienne Carter
The Talk
2010 · Self
Fish Hooks
2010 · Nurse Fishington (voice)
Royal Pains
2009 · Mrs. Sacani
Ugly Betty
2006 · Linda
Men in Trees
2006 · Mary Alice O'Donnell
Close to Home
2005 · Marla Dodds
Grey's Anatomy
2005 · Joyce Bosco
Boston Legal
2004 · Joy Espenson
Joan of Arcadia
2003 · Lieutenant Lucy Preston
Two and a Half Men
2003 · Lenore
La Ley y el Orden: Unidad de Víctimas Especiales
1999 · Sophie Devere
Any Day Now
1998 · Mary Elizabeth Sims
Over the Top
1997 · Hadley Martin
The View
1997 · Self
Dangerous Minds
1996 · Louanne Johnson
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996 · Self
Love & War
1992 · Dana Palladino
Designing Women
1986 · Mary Jo Shively
Amazing Stories
1985 · Mrs. Bev Binford (voice)
The Twilight Zone
1985 · (segment "Wordplay")
Lime Street
1985
The Comedy Factory
1985 · Annie
Remington Steele
1982 · Annie Carpenter
Magnum, P.I.
1980 · Tracy Spencer
Goodtime Girls
1980 · Edith Bedelmeyer
Busting Loose
1977
People's Choice Awards
1975 · Self - Host
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Self