Annie Potts

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Role

Actress

Date of birth

10/27/1952

Place of birth

Nashville, Tennessee, USA

Awards

1 nomination

Primetime Emmy Awards
Primetime Emmy Awards

1 nomination

Annie Potts

Biography

Annie Potts is an American film, television, and stage actress. She is known for her roles in popular 1980s films such as Ghostbusters (1984) and Pretty in Pink (1986). She made her debut on the big screen in 1978 in the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer comedy film Corvette Summer (1978), with Mark Hamill, for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe. In 2017 she was cast to portray Meemaw in Young Sheldon (2017), a spin-off of the CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory (2007). Potts also voiced voiced Bo Peep in the animated films Toy Story (1995), Toy Story 2 (1999) and Toy Story 4 (2019). Interested in stage and film at an early age, Annie Potts attended Stephens College in Missouri, enrolling in the theater studies course, followed by graduate work in California. At the age of 20, she married her college sweetheart, Steven Hartley. Only a short time later, she and her husband were in serious automobile accident in Sumner, Washington -- their Volkswagen bus was demolished by two drivers who were drag racing. Steve lost a leg, and Annie had multiple fractures (resulting in a traumatic arthritis that still persists). Early roles were primarily in television, such as Black Market Baby (1977), but her presence moved up with an appearance in the mega-hit Ghostbusters (1984), and then she hit the big time with a seven-year stint as one of the stars of Designing Women (1986). A brief period in Love & War (1992) ended with the cancellation of the show, about which she remains resentful.

Known For

Ghostbusters

Ghostbusters

7.8
7.8
Toy Story 4

Toy Story 4

7.7
7.7
Designing Women

Designing Women

7.3
7.3
Pretty in Pink

Pretty in Pink

6.9
6.9

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Toy Story

Toy Story

8.4
8.4
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Role: Bo Peepvoice
Acting
Role: Janine Melnitz
Ghostbusters

Ghostbusters

7.8
7.8
Acting
Role: Janine Melnitz
Toy Story 2

Toy Story 2

8.2
8.2
Acting
Role: Bo Peepvoice
Toy Story 4

Toy Story 4

7.7
7.7
Acting
Role: Bo Peepvoice
Acting
Role: Janine Melnitz
Pretty in Pink

Pretty in Pink

6.9
6.9
Acting
Role: Iona
Ghostbusters

Ghostbusters

6.7
6.7
Acting
Role: Desk Clerk
Ghostbusters II

Ghostbusters II

6.8
6.8
Acting
Role: Janine Melnitz
Acting
Role: Liz Carlson
Acting
Role: Helen Downing
Acting
Role: Annie Potts (uncredited)
Acting
Role: Amy Grady
Acting
Role: Diane
Lamp Life

Lamp Life

7.2
7.2
Acting
Role: Bo Peepvoice
Corvette Summer

Corvette Summer

5.7
5.7
Acting
Role: Vanessa
Texasville

Texasville

6.0
6.0
Acting
Role: Karla Jackson
Acting
Role: Shirl
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