Annie Potts

Born: 1952-10-28

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


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Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire

as Janine Melnitz
Released: 2024-03-20

When the discovery of an ancient artifact unleashes an evil force, Ghostbusters new and old must...

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as Bo Peep (voice)
Released: 1995-10-30

Led by Woody, Andy's toys live happily in his room until Andy's birthday brings Buzz Lightyear...

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as Bo Peep (voice)
Released: 1999-10-30

Andy heads off to Cowboy Camp, leaving his toys to their own devices. Things shift into high...

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as Janine Melnitz
Released: 1984-06-08

After losing their academic posts at a prestigious university, a team of parapsychologists goes...

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Ghostbusters: Afterlife

as Janine Melnitz
Released: 2021-11-18

When single mom Callie and her two kids Trevor and Phoebe arrive in a small Oklahoma town, they...

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as Bo Peep (voice)
Released: 2019-06-19

Woody has always been confident about his place in the world and that his priority is taking...

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Ghostbusters

as Desk Clerk
Released: 2016-07-14

Following a ghost invasion of Manhattan, paranormal enthusiasts Erin Gilbert and Abby Yates,...

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as Janine Melnitz
Released: 1989-06-16

Having lost their status and credibility five years after covering New York City with gooey...

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Crimes of Passion

as Amy Grady
Released: 1984-10-19

Fashion designer Joanna Crane leads a double life. By night she is China Blue, a prostitute...

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Pretty in Pink

as Iona
Released: 1986-02-28

Andie is an outcast, hanging out either with her older boss, who owns the record store where she...

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as Helen Downing
Released: 1989-02-03

Harry Crumb is a bumbling and inept private investigator who is hired to solve the kidnapping of...

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King of the Gypsies

as Persa
Released: 1978-12-20

Zharko, leader of the Romanis in NYC, passes his position of leadership on to his unwilling...

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Jumpin' Jack Flash

as Liz Carlson
Released: 1986-10-09

Terry works for a bank, and uses computers to communicate with clients all over the world. One...

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Izzy Gets the F*ck Across Town

as Mary
Released: 2018-06-22

A woman at rock bottom must find her way across Los Angeles in order to crash her ex-boyfriend's...

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Lamp Life

as Bo Peep (voice)
Released: 2020-01-31

Bo Peep explains what happened to herself and her sheep between the events of Toy Story 2 and...

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She's Having a Baby

as Annie Potts (uncredited)
Released: 1988-02-05

Jake and Kristy Briggs are newlyweds. Being young, they are perhaps a bit unprepared for the...

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The Story Behind 'Toy Story'

as Self
Released: 1996-12-18

The documentary short of Toy Story of why and how the feature length blockbuster sleeper movie...

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Happy Anniversary

as Diane
Released: 2018-03-30

A quirky couple spends their three-year dating anniversary looking back at their relationship...

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Arlo the Alligator Boy

as Edmée (voice)
Released: 2021-04-16

Upon learning that he is from New York City, a wide-eyed boy, who is half human and half...

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Texasville

as Karla Jackson
Released: 1990-09-28

Summer, 1984: 30 years after Duane captained the high school football team and Jacy was...

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Corvette Summer

as Vanessa
Released: 1978-06-02

Ken loves to design and build exotic cars. When the High School shop class project car, a fully...

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Elvis Has Left the Building

as Shirl
Released: 2004-08-27

Harmony had an encounter early in life with the young Elvis, and can't seem to shake his...

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Five

as Helen
Released: 2011-10-10

An anthology of five short films exploring the impact of breast cancer on people's lives.

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Toy Story at 20: To Infinity and Beyond

as Self
Released: 2015-12-10

Retrospective looking at the revolutionary computer-animated feature film Toy Story.

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Don't You Forget About Me

as Self
Released: 2010-07-13

Throughout the ’80s John Hughes defined the teen movie genre and spoke not only to that...

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Hanna-Barbera's 50th

as Self - Host
Released: 1989-07-17

The special is hosted by Tony Danza and Annie Potts celebrating 50 years of William Hanna and...

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Freshman Father

as Dorothy Downs
Released: 2010-06-05

When high school sweethearts John and Kathy find out Kathy is pregnant, they decide to get...

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Heartaches

as Bonnie Howard
Released: 1981-07-04

A young wife becomes pregnant, but the child's father is not her husband. Afraid to tell him,...

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Humor Me

as Dee
Released: 2017-06-16

With an interminable case of writer's block and a personal family crisis, playwright Nate is...

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Making 'Toy Story'

as Narrator
Released: 1995-12-02

Documentary of the making of the groundbreaking Disney/Pixar animated hit movie.

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Chu and Blossom

as Aunt
Released: 2014-01-31

A militant performance-artist and a tall Korean foreign-exchange student become trapped in a...

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Why Me?

as Daria
Released: 1984-03-12

An Air Force nurse about to leave the service is badly disfigured about her face in a car...

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The Scarlett O'Hara War

as Betty (uncredited)
Released: 1980-05-19

The trials and tribulations of David O. Selznick as he attempts to find an actress to play the...

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Something So Right

as Sunday
Released: 1982-11-30

Joey lives with his mother. His father isn't around, he doesn't like school, he is bored and...

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The Man Who Fell to Earth

as Louise
Released: 1987-08-22

In this made-for-TV movie, an alien lands on earth, and decides that he needs to take a job in...

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Flatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady Truckers

as Flatbed Annie
Released: 1979-02-10

This engaging made-for-television movie follows the adventures of Ginny "Sweetie Pie" LaRosa...

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Defending Our Kids: The Julie Posey Story

as Julie Posey
Released: 2003-07-23

After a paedophile approaches her daughter in an on-line chat room, a homemaker (Annie Potts)...

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Queen Sized

as Joan Baker
Released: 2008-01-12

Maggie Baker has a weight problem, and her high school classmates won't let her forget it. They...

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Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters

as Self
Released: 2020-01-07

The documentary that tells us the full story from where it all started through to the future of...

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Breaking the Rules

as Mary Klinglitch
Released: 1992-10-09

Two friends take their dying buddy on one last road trip.

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As Good As You

as Dr. Laura Berg
Released: 2015-09-03

Jo's world is thrown into utter disarray when her wife Amanda passes away and she starts chasing...

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The Music Teacher

as Alyson/Young Alyson
Released: 2012-08-11

Music Teacher revolves around Alyson Daley (Potts), a high school music teacher who is on the...

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Her Deadly Rival

as Kris Lansford
Released: 1995-09-19

A man's life and marriage fall apart when he is stalked and harassed by a mysterious secret...

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It Came Upon the Midnight Clear

as Cindy Mills
Released: 1984-12-15

A man suddenly dies and makes a deal with the Archangel of Heaven to return to Earth for a week...

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Pass the Ammo

as Darla
Released: 1988-03-04

A corrupt television preacher and his congregation are held hostage by a woman, her lover, and...

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Black Market Baby

as Linda Cleary
Released: 1979-10-18

A young college girl becomes pregnant, and she and the baby's father are targeted by a...

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Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey

as Self
Released: 2014-06-15

Hal Holbrook's Mark Twain is an icon of American theater. Since first walking on stage in 1954,...

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Bayou Romance

as Lily
Released: 1986-01-01

Lily, an energetic and charming artist, leaves the city life for a sprawling plantation she's...

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The Designing Women Reunion

as uncredited
Released: 2003-07-28

This five principal original cast members (plus a handful of recurring guests) from the popular...

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The Sunday Man

as Mrs. Culp
Released: 2007-03-28

The misadventures of a remarkably peculiar man, who has some very unusual ideas about who he is.

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Cowboy

as D.G.
Released: 1983-04-30

A man from the city returns to his small home town in the countryside to live like a farmer. He...

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Grey's Anatomy

as Joyce Bosco
First aired: 2005-03-27

Follows the personal and professional lives of a group of doctors at Seattle’s Grey Sloan...

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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Sophie Devere
First aired: 1999-09-20

In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In...

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Two and a Half Men

as Lenore
First aired: 2003-09-22

A hedonistic jingle writer's free-wheeling life comes to an abrupt halt when his brother and...

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Young Sheldon

as Connie Tucker
First aired: 2017-09-25

The early life of child genius Sheldon Cooper, later seen in The Big Bang Theory.

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Chicago Med

as Helen
First aired: 2015-11-17

An emotional thrill ride through the day-to-day chaos of the city's most explosive hospital and...

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Scandal

as Louise Baker
First aired: 2012-04-05

Everyone has secrets and Olivia Pope has dedicated her life to protecting and defending the...

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Magnum, P.I.

as uncredited
First aired: 1980-12-11

A private investigator who works when he wants, lives in a beachfront estate in Hawaii, drives a...

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Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja

as Tawny Zingwald (voice)
First aired: 2012-08-13

Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja is an American animated television series created by Jed...

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The Jennifer Hudson Show

as Self
First aired: 2022-09-12

Talented entertainer and newly-minted EGOT Jennifer Hudson takes on the daytime talk show landscape.

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Sherri

as Self - Guest
First aired: 2022-09-12

Sherri Shepherd, actress, comic, and Emmy Award-winning longtime co-host of "The View", appears...

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Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage

as Connie Tucker
First aired: 2024-10-17

Georgie and Mandy raise their young family in Texas while navigating the challenges of...

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Boston Legal

as Joy Espenson
First aired: 2004-10-03

Alan Shore and Denny Crane lead a brigade of high-priced civil litigators in an upscale Boston...

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NCIS: New Orleans

as Olivia Brody
First aired: 2014-09-23

A drama about the local field office that investigates criminal cases affecting military...

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The Twilight Zone

as uncredited
First aired: 1985-09-27

This 1980s revival of the classic sci-fi series features a similar style to the original...

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The View

as Self
First aired: 1997-08-11

ABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin,...

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The Fosters

as Sharon Elkin
First aired: 2013-06-03

Stef Foster, a dedicated police officer, and her partner Lena Adams, a school vice principal,...

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Amazing Stories

as Mrs. Bev Binford (voice)
First aired: 1985-09-29

A truly amazing, fantastical, science fiction, funny and odd, and sometimes scary, sad and...

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Remington Steele

as Annie Carpenter
First aired: 1982-10-01

Laura Holt, a licensed private detective, opens a detective agency but finds that potential...

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Ugly Betty

as Linda
First aired: 2006-09-28

Betty Suarez is smart, tough and tenacious, but also sensitive and loving. She hopes these...

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Stars in the House

as Self
First aired: 2020-03-16

In the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic and theatres across the world closing their curtains...

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The Talk

as Self
First aired: 2010-10-18

A panel of well-known news and entertainment personalities discussing current events, pop...

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Fish Hooks

as Nurse Fishington (voice)
First aired: 2010-09-03

This inventive animated comedy series, set inside a giant fish tank in Bud's Pet Shop, presents...

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Joan of Arcadia

as uncredited
First aired: 2003-09-26

Joan Girardi has begun acting a little strange since her family moved to the city of Arcadia. No...

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The Movies That Made Us

as Janine Melnitz (archive footage)
First aired: 2019-11-29

These blockbusters brought us together and gave us the time of our lives. Meet the actors,...

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Any Day Now

as Mary Elizabeth Sims
First aired: 1998-08-18

Any Day Now is an American drama series that aired on the Lifetime network from 1998 to 2002....

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Designing Women

as Mary Jo Shively
First aired: 1986-09-29

Julia Sugarbaker, Mary Jo Shively, Charlene Frazier-Stillfield and Suzanne Sugarbaker are...

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Love & War

as Dana Palladino
First aired: 1992-09-21

A woman running a bar in New York City while trying to maintain a romance with an egotistical...

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Men in Trees

as uncredited
First aired: 2006-09-12

Relationship coach Marin Frist knows what to look for, what to avoid and what will make her...

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Dangerous Minds

as Louanne Johnson
First aired: 1996-09-30

Dangerous Minds is an American drama television series that aired on ABC network between...

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The Rosie O'Donnell Show

as Self
First aired: 1996-06-10

The Rosie O'Donnell Show was an American daytime television talk show hosted and produced by...

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Reunited Apart

as Self
First aired: 2020-04-27

Josh Gad reunites the cast and crews of various classic movies, and discusses the the films in...

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Animal Practice

as Virginia Coleman
First aired: 2012-08-12

Dr. George Coleman is a top veterinarian with an impressive list of famous animal patients at...

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GCB

as Gigi Stopper
First aired: 2012-03-04

Amanda Vaughn, once the ultimate high school "mean girl," is forced to return home in disgrace...

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I Heart Arlo

as Edmee (voice)
First aired: 2021-08-27

Arlo and his newfound crew set up shop in an abandoned seaside neighborhood and help bring it...

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Over the Top

as Hadley Martin
First aired: 1997-10-21

Over the Top is an American sitcom starring Tim Curry, Annie Potts, and Steve Carell. The series...

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Lime Street

as uncredited
First aired: 1985-09-21

Lime Street is an American action/drama series that aired on the ABC television network during...

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Marry Me

as Vivienne Carter
First aired: 2010-12-12

Rae Ann Carter always wanted the fairytale where she meets a prince, falls in love and gets...

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Goodtime Girls

as Edith Bedelmeyer
First aired: 1980-01-22

Goodtime Girls is an American situation comedy which ran on ABC from January 22, 1980 until...

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