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Annie Potts
Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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…
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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 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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2026
Toy Story 5
Movie Bo Peep (voice)
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2026
40 Dates and 40 Nights
Movie Gigi
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2026
Best Medicine
TV show Aunt Joan
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2024
Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage
TV show Meemaw
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2024
Returning to the Firehouse: Making Frozen Empire
Movie Herself
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2024
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
Movie Janine Melnitz
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2022
The Jennifer Hudson Show
TV show Self
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2022
The Sherri Shepherd Show
TV show Self - Guest
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2021
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Movie Janine Melnitz
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2021
I Heart Arlo
TV show Edmee (voice)
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2021
Arlo the Alligator Boy
Movie Edmée (voice)
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2020
Reunited Apart
TV show Self
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2020
Stars in the House
TV show Self
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2020
Lamp Life
Movie Bo Peep (voice)
- 2020
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2019
The Movies That Made Us
TV show Janine Melnitz (archive footage)
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2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV show Self
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2019
Toy Story 4
Movie Bo Peep (voice)
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2018
Izzy Gets the F*ck Across Town
Movie Mary
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2018
Happy Anniversary
Movie Diane
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2017
Young Sheldon
TV show Connie Tucker
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2017
Humor Me
Movie Dee
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2016
Ghostbusters
Movie Desk Clerk
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2015
Toy Story at 20: To Infinity and Beyond
Movie Self
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2015
Chicago Med
TV show Helen
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2015
As Good As You
Movie Dr. Laura Berg
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2014
NCIS: New Orleans
TV show Olivia Brody
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2014
Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey
Movie Self
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2014
Chu and Blossom
Movie Aunt
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2013
Instant Mom
TV show Roberta Montgomery
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2013
The Fosters
TV show Sharon Elkin
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2012
Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja
TV show Tawny Zingwald (voice)
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2012
Animal Practice
TV show Virginia Coleman
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2012
The Music Teacher
Movie Alyson/Young Alyson
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2012
Scandal
TV show Louise Baker
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2012
GCB
TV show Gigi Stopper
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2011
Five
Movie Helen
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2010
Marry Me
TV show Vivienne Carter
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2010
The Talk
TV show Self
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2010
Fish Hooks
TV show Nurse Fishington (voice)
