Annie Potts
Actor
Born October 28, 1952 in 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), 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).
Filmography
Toy Story 5
Bo Peep (voice)
40 Dates and 40 Nights
Gigi
Best Medicine
Aunt Joan
Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage
Connie Tucker
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
Janine Melnitz
Sherri
Self - Guest
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Self
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Janine Melnitz
I Heart Arlo
Edmee (voice)
Arlo the Alligator Boy
Edmée (voice)
Reunited Apart
Self
Stars in the House
Self
Lamp Life
Bo Peep (voice)
Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
Self
The Movies That Made Us
Janine Melnitz (archive footage)
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
Toy Story 4
Bo Peep (voice)
Izzy Gets the F*ck Across Town
Mary
Happy Anniversary
Diane
Young Sheldon
Connie Tucker
Humor Me
Dee
Ghostbusters
Desk Clerk
Toy Story at 20: To Infinity and Beyond
Self
Chicago Med
Helen
As Good As You
Dr. Laura Berg
NCIS: New Orleans
Olivia Brody
Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey
Self
Chu and Blossom
Aunt
Instant Mom
Roberta Montgomery
The Fosters
Sharon Elkin
Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja
Tawny Zingwald (voice)
Animal Practice
Virginia Coleman
The Music Teacher
Alyson/Young Alyson
Scandal
Louise Baker
GCB
Gigi Stopper
Five
Helen
Marry Me
Vivienne Carter
The Talk
Self
Fish Hooks
Nurse Fishington (voice)
Don't You Forget About Me
Self
Freshman Father
Dorothy Downs
Royal Pains
Mrs. Sacani
Queen Sized
Joan Baker
The Sunday Man
Mrs. Culp
Ugly Betty
Linda
Men in Trees
Mary Alice O'Donnell
Close to Home
Marla Dodds
Grey's Anatomy
Joyce Bosco
Boston Legal
Joy Espenson
Elvis Has Left the Building
Shirl
Joan of Arcadia
Lieutenant Lucy Preston
Two and a Half Men
Lenore
The Designing Women Reunion
Defending Our Kids: The Julie Posey Story
Julie Posey
Toy Story 2
Bo Peep (voice)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Sophie Devere
Any Day Now
Mary Elizabeth Sims
Over the Top
Hadley Martin
The View
Self
The Story Behind 'Toy Story'
Self
Dangerous Minds
Louanne Johnson
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Self
Making 'Toy Story'
Narrator
Toy Story
Bo Peep (voice)
Her Deadly Rival
Kris Lansford
Meggamorphosis
The Egg
Breaking the Rules
Mary Klinglitch
Love & War
Dana Palladino
Texasville
Karla Jackson
Hanna-Barbera's 50th
Self - Host
Ghostbusters II
Janine Melnitz
Who's Harry Crumb?
Helen Downing
Pass the Ammo
Darla
She's Having a Baby
Annie Potts (uncredited)
The Man Who Fell to Earth
Louise
Jumpin' Jack Flash
Liz Carlson
Designing Women
Mary Jo Shively
Pretty in Pink
Iona
Bayou Romance
Lily
Amazing Stories
Mrs. Bev Binford (voice)
The Twilight Zone
(segment "Wordplay")
Lime Street
The Comedy Factory
Annie
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
Cindy Mills
Crimes of Passion
Amy Grady
Ghostbusters
Janine Melnitz
Why Me?
Daria
Cowboy
D.G.
Something So Right
Sunday
Remington Steele
Annie Carpenter
Heartaches
Bonnie Howard
Magnum, P.I.
Tracy Spencer
The Scarlett O'Hara War
Betty (uncredited)
Goodtime Girls
Edith Bedelmeyer
Black Market Baby
Linda Cleary
Flatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady Truckers
Flatbed Annie
King of the Gypsies
Persa
Corvette Summer
Vanessa
People's Choice Awards
Self - Host
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self