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–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

Cast

Toy Story 2

(Bo Peep (voice))

Toy Story

(Bo Peep (voice))

Ghostbusters

(Janine Melnitz)

Ghostbusters II

(Janine Melnitz)

King of the Gypsies

(Persa)

Pretty in Pink

(Iona)

Who's Harry Crumb?

(Helen Downing)

Corvette Summer

(Vanessa)

Crimes of Passion

(Amy Grady)

Don't You Forget About Me

(Self)

Elvis Has Left the Building

(Shirl)

It Came Upon the Midnight Clear

(Cindy Mills)

Texasville

(Karla Jackson)

Queen Sized

(Joan Baker)

Pass the Ammo

(Darla)

Flatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady Truckers

(Flatbed Annie)

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire

(Janine Melnitz)

The Music Teacher

(Alyson/Young Alyson)

Defending Our Kids: The Julie Posey Story

(Julie Posey)

Freshman Father

(Dorothy Downs)

Why Me?

(Daria)

The Man Who Fell to Earth

(Louise)

Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters

(Self)

Chu and Blossom

(Aunt)

Her Deadly Rival

(Kris Lansford)

Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey

(Self)

Making 'Toy Story'

(Narrator)

Cowboy

(D.G.)

The Scarlett O'Hara War

(Betty (uncredited))

Bayou Romance

(Lily)

Hanna-Barbera's 50th

(Self - Host)

The Sunday Man

(Mrs. Culp)

Izzy Gets the F*ck Across Town

(Mary)

Heartaches

(Bonnie Howard)

Ghostbusters

(Desk Clerk)

Five

(Helen)

The Designing Women Reunion

Happy Anniversary

(Diane)

Humor Me

(Dee)

The Story Behind 'Toy Story'

(Self)

As Good As You

(Dr. Laura Berg)

She's Having a Baby

(Annie Potts (uncredited))

Black Market Baby

(Linda Cleary)

Jumpin' Jack Flash

(Liz Carlson)

Toy Story 4

(Bo Peep (voice))

Lamp Life

(Bo Peep (voice))

Ghostbusters: Afterlife

(Janine Melnitz)

Breaking the Rules

(Mary Klinglitch)

Arlo the Alligator Boy

(Edmée (voice))

Something So Right

(Sunday)

Toy Story at 20: To Infinity and Beyond

(Self)

Magnum, P.I.

Remington Steele

(Annie Carpenter)

Amazing Stories

(Mrs. Bev Binford (voice))

Designing Women

(Mary Jo Shively)

Joan of Arcadia

The Twilight Zone

Men in Trees

The View

(Self)

Two and a Half Men

(Lenore)

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

(Sophie Devere)

Any Day Now

(Mary Elizabeth Sims)

Ugly Betty

(Linda)

Boston Legal

(Joy Espenson)

Goodtime Girls

(Edith Bedelmeyer)

Love & War

(Dana Palladino)

Lime Street

Dangerous Minds

(Louanne Johnson)

Busting Loose

Over the Top

(Hadley Martin)

GCB

(Gigi Stopper)

I Heart Arlo

(Edmee (voice))

Marry Me

(Vivienne Carter)

The Talk

(Self)

The Fosters

(Sharon Elkin)

Fish Hooks

(Nurse Fishington (voice))

Chicago Med

(Helen)

Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja

(Tawny Zingwald (voice))

The Rosie O'Donnell Show

(Self)

Young Sheldon

(Connie Tucker)

Scandal

(Louise Baker)

Grey's Anatomy

(Joyce Bosco)

Sherri

(Self - Guest)

The Movies That Made Us

(Janine Melnitz (archive footage))

The Jennifer Hudson Show

(Self)

Stars in the House

(Self)

NCIS: New Orleans

(Olivia Brody)

Reunited Apart

(Self)

Animal Practice

(Virginia Coleman)

Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage

(Connie Tucker)

Comedy Factory

(Annie)