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Annie Potts

Film Actress / Stage Actress / Television Actress / Voice Actress | * 10/28/1952 (71) | Franklin, Kentucky (United States of America (USA))
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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 fran... ()
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Annie Potts is an American film and television actress, best known for playing Mary Jo Shively, one of the leading roles in the television sitcom "Designing Women", as well as several supporting roles in features films such as "Ghostbusters", "Pretty in Pink", and "Jumpin' Jack Flash".

Most frequent genres for this person: Comedies | Drama | Kids & Family

Known for these Movies & Shows

After losing their academic posts at a prestigious university, a team of parapsychologists goes into business as proton-pack-toting "ghostbusters" who exterminate ghouls, hobgoblins and supernatural p ...

Ghostbusters

PG

1984 | 3.7/5 | 1h 47min
Comedy, Fantasy
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Andie is an outcast, hanging out either with her older boss, who owns the record store where she works, or her quirky high school classmate Duckie, who has a crush on her. When one of the rich and pop ...

Pretty in Pink

PG-13

1986 | 3.4/5 | 1h 37min
Comedy, Romance / Love, Drama
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Woody has always been confident about his place in the world and that his priority is taking care of his kid, whether that's Andy or Bonnie. But when Bonnie adds a reluctant new toy called "Forky" to ...

Toy Story 4

G

2019 | 3.8/5 | 1h 40min
Kids & Family, Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
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Julia Sugarbaker, Mary Jo Shively, Charlene Frazier-Stillfield and Suzanne Sugarbaker are associates at their design firm, Sugarbaker and Associates. Julia is the owner and is very outspoken and stron ...

Designing Women

TV-PG

1986 | 3.3/5 | 30min per episode
Comedy
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Awards & Nominations for Annie Potts

Audie Award for Best Female Narrator
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Movies with Annie Potts as Actress(47)

as Janine Melnitz2024 Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
as Janine Melnitz2021 Ghostbusters: Afterlife
as Edmée (voice)2021 Arlo the Alligator Boy
as herself2020 Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
as Bo Peep (voice)2020 Lamp Life
as Bo Peep (voice)2019 Toy Story 4
as Diane2018 Happy Anniversary
as Mary2018 Izzy Gets the F*ck Across Town
as Dee2017 Humor Me
as Desk Clerk2016 Ghostbusters
as Dr. Laura Berg2015 As Good As You
as herself2015 Toy Story at 20: To Infinity and Beyond
2014 Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey
as Aunt2014 Chu and Blossom
as Alyson/Young Alyson2012 The Music Teacher
as Helen2011 Five
as Dorothy Downs2010 Freshman Father
as herself2010 Don't You Forget About Me
as Joan Baker2008 Queen Sized
as Shirl2004 Elvis Has Left the Building
as Julie Posey2003 Defending Our Kids: The Julie Posey Story
as Bo Peep (voice)1999 Toy Story 2
as herself1996 The Story Behind 'Toy Story'
as Kris Lansford1995 Her Deadly Rival
as Bo Peep (voice)1995 Toy Story
as Mary Klinglitch1992 Breaking The Rules
as Karla Jackson1990 Texasville
as Self - Host1989 Hanna-Barbera's 50th
as Janine Melnitz1989 Ghostbusters II
as Helen Downing1989 Who's Harry Crumb?
as Darla1988 Pass the Ammo
as Annie Potts (uncredited)1988 She's Having a Baby
as Louise1987 The Man Who Fell to Earth
as Liz Carlson1986 Jumpin' Jack Flash
as Iona1986 Pretty in Pink
as Janine Melnitz1984 Ghostbusters
as Daria1984 Why Me?
as Cindy Mills1984 It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
as Amy Grady1984 Crimes of Passion
as D.G.1983 Cowboy
as Sunday1982 Something So Right
as Bonnie Howard1981 Heartaches
as Betty (uncredited)1980 The Scarlett O'Hara War
as Flatbed Annie1979 Flatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady Truckers
as Persa1978 King of the Gypsies
as Vanessa1978 Corvette Summer
as Linda Cleary1977 Black Market Baby

TV Shows/Series with Annie Potts as Actress(28)

as Edmee (voice)2021 I Heart Arlo
as herself2020 Reunited Apart
as Connie Tucker2017 Young Sheldon
as Helen2015 Chicago Med
as Sharon Elkin2013 The Fosters
as Gigi Stopper2012 GCB
as herself2010 The Talk
as Vivienne Carter2010 Marry Me
as Linda2006 Ugly Betty
2006 Men in Trees
as Joy Espenson2004 Boston Legal
2003 Joan of Arcadia
as Lenore2003 Two and a Half Men
as Sophie Devere1999 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Mary Elizabeth Sims1998 Any Day Now
as Hadley Martin1997 Over the Top
as herself1997 The View
as herself1996 The Rosie O'Donnell Show
as Louanne Johnson1996 Dangerous Minds
as Dana Palladino1992 Love & War
as Mary Jo Shively1986 Designing Women
1985 Lime Street
as Mrs. Bev Binford (voice)1985 Amazing Stories
1985 The Twilight Zone
as Annie Carpenter1982 Remington Steele
1980 Magnum, P.I.
as Edith Bedelmeyer1980 Goodtime Girls
1977 Busting Loose

Full Name: Annie Hampton Potts
Born: Tuesday, 10/28 1952 (October) in Franklin, Kentucky (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 71 years + 182 days)
Zodiac sign: Scorpio (Chinese zodiac sign: Dragon)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: Stephens College, Franklin-Simpson High School
Spouses (current/former): James Hayman, Greg Antonacci
Other names for Annie Potts (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Anne Hampton "Annie" Potts"
"Anne Hampton Potts"
Annie Potts frequently works together with these people:
Dan Aykroyd (17x, Actor)
Andrew Stanton (12x, Crew)
Chuck Lorre (11x, Crew)
Harold Ramis (10x, Crew)
Ivan Reitman (10x, Crew)
Mark Whitten (10x, Actor)
John Lasseter (9x, Crew)
Dick Wolf (9x, Crew)
James Hayman (9x, Crew)
Randy Newman (9x, Crew)
Pete Docter (8x, Crew)
Michelle McMillan (8x, Cast)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:9287, Added: 05/06/2018, Last updated: 04/20/2024