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Annie Potts (born October 28, 1952) is an American television and film actress. She is probably best known for playing the role of Janine Melnitz in the Ghostbusters films and for the television sitcom Designing Women, but has had a wide variety of prominent roles in both television and film. Other notable roles include Mary Elizabeth (O'Brien) Sims on the Lifetime Television show Any Day Now, the voice of Little Bo Peep in the Toy Story films, a supporting role in the John Hughes drama Pretty in Pink, and a recent guest-starring role on the CBS drama Joan of Arcadia.
She has done work on talking books, including as the narrator and heroine of Larry McMurtry's "Telegraph Days".
Annie Potts is the daughter of Powell Grisette Potts and Dorothy Harris (Billingslea) Potts and has two older sisters, Mary Eleanor (Potts) Hovious, and Elizabeth Grissette ("Dollie") Potts. She was born in Nashville, Tennessee,[citation needed] and grew up in Franklin, Kentucky, where she graduated from Franklin-Simpson High School. She received a Bachelor in Fine Arts degree (in theater arts) from Stephens College in Missouri.
Potts is married to television director James Hayman and is the mother of three sons, Clay, James (called Doc), and Harry. Doc is following in his mother's footsteps as a member of the Children's Theatre Group of Southern California. Annie is a dedicated Board Member of Stephens College, and has been instrumental in fundraising efforts for the college for many years. She is currently a visiting professor of Drama at the school.
AccomplishmentsSelected filmography
- Ghostbusters III (2008) - not yet confirmed
- Toy Story 2 (1999)
- Toy Story (1995; voice only)
- Breaking the Rules (1992)
- Texasville (1990)
- Ghostbusters II (1989)
- Who's Harry Crumb? (1989)
- Pass the Ammo (1988)
- She's Having a Baby (1988)
- Pretty in Pink (1986)
- Jumpin' Jack Flash (1986)
- Crimes of Passion (1984)
- Ghostbusters (1984)
- Bayou Romance (1982)
- Heartaches (1981)
- Corvette Summer (1978)
- King of the Gypsies (1978)
Television
- Goodtime Girls (1980)
- Designing Women (1986-1993)
- Love and War (1994-1995)
- Dangerous Minds (1996)
- Over the Top (1997)
- Any Day Now (1998)
- Hercules
- Her Deadly Rival
- Fifty Years of Funny Females
- The Ultimate Driving Challenge
Other
Trivia
When Potts was 17, she was hit by a car driven by a man under the influence of alcohol.
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Sweeney Field (Boston, MA) Northeastern Huskies, MA - 26:11 NU Clayman, Annie (1) Sweeney, Meg 2. 34:22 UMASS Kelly, Katie (2) Parker, Erin 3. 60:13 UMASS Kelly, Katie (3) Unassisted PLAYER CARDS: GC-NU #6 ... |
Newly renovated Grinter House opens this weekend Kansas City Kansan, KS - The second stage will host the following performances: Jeff Potts, magician Roger Miller, Richard Mowen and wife, All American Clogers and Kathryn Mask and ... |
 E! Online | Back from the dead? guardian.co.uk, UK - No word yet on whether other original cast members, such as geeky Rick Moranis, or secretary Annie Potts, might return. But we're sort of wondering if ... Columbia Calls Ghostbusters Again Office Scribes Set to Craft Ghostbusters III Script Ghostbusters 3 Script in the Works for Columbia |
 Monsters and Critics.com | DVD Review: Queen Sized Monsters and Critics.com - Her mother (played by Annie Potts) is concerned, but the way she expresses this care translates to Maggie that her mother is majorly disappointed in her ... |
 Sydney Morning Herald | Ugly Betty Sydney Morning Herald, Australia - The writing is rich with humour, particularly for Annie Potts (who guest stars as the psychic Linda), the bitchy Marc (Michael Urie) and a classroom of ... |
Q. Is Ben Affleck still acting? -- JE Winston-Salem Journal, NC - Former Designing Women star Annie Potts plays her mother, and Beau Bridges, her father. Q. I think actor Robert Downey Jr. is so great. ... |
Totally tubular: ’80s TV teen success stories KOAA, CO - ... announced that it picked up the pilot for the 35-year-old Milano’s new sitcom, “Single with Parents,” which also stars Beau Bridges and Annie Potts. ... |
 E! Online | NBC Ups Chuck, ABC Enlists de Rossi, Tamblyn, Milano E! Online - ... struggling to juggle her personal and professional lives. Annie Potts and Beau Bridges also star. All five series are expected to have midseason debuts. |
Potts, Wellington win big at Timberman 70.3 Triathlete Magazine - Canadian Annie Gervais rounded out the top five in 4:39:52. Even without an 18-minute gap between first and second places, the men's race proved a decent ... |
 The Ann Arbor News - MLive.com | At home in Ypsilanti's Depot Town The Ann Arbor News - MLive.com, MI - Potts' studio took over the Silver Spoon Antiques space after that store consolidated this summer. with Apple Annie's Vintage Clothing and Jim MacDonald's ... |
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