Acting · Nashville, Tennessee, USA · Born October 28, 1952
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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as Edmée (voice)
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as Self
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as Bo Peep (voice)
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2019
as Janine Melnitz (archive footage)
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2019
as Self
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as Bo Peep (voice)
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2018
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2018
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2017
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as Virginia Coleman
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as Joy Espenson
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1999
as Bo Peep (voice)
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1998
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as Hadley Martin
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1997
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1996
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1996
as Louanne Johnson
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1996
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as Bo Peep (voice)
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as Kris Lansford
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1993
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1992
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1992
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1990
as Karla Jackson
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1989
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1989
as Janine Melnitz
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1989
as Helen Downing
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1988
as Darla
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1988
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1987
as Louise
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1986
as Liz Carlson
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1986
as Mary Jo Shively
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1986
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1986
as Lily
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1985
as Mrs. Bev Binford (voice)
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1985
as (segment "Wordplay")
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1985
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1985
as Annie
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1984
as Cindy Mills
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as Amy Grady
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1984
as Janine Melnitz
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1984
as Daria
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1983
as D.G.
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1982
as Sunday
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1982
as Annie Carpenter
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1981
as Bonnie Howard
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1980
as Tracy Spencer
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1980
as Betty (uncredited)
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1980
as Edith Bedelmeyer
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1979
as Linda Cleary
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1979
as Flatbed Annie
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1978
as Persa
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1978
as Vanessa
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1977
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1975
as Self - Host
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1962
as Self
