Anne Hampton Potts was born on October 28,1952 and is an American actress.
16 Facts About Annie Potts
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Annie Potts voiced Bo Peep in the first, second and fourth films of the Toy Story franchise.
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On television, Annie Potts played Mary Jo Jackson Shively on the CBS sitcom Designing Women.
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Annie Potts was born in Nashville, Tennessee, as the third child of Dorothy Harris and Powell Grisette Annie Potts.
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Annie Potts attended Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri, and graduated with a Bachelor's degree in theater.
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Annie Potts made her debut on the big screen in 1978 in the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer comedy film Corvette Summer, with Mark Hamill.
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Annie Potts was nominated for a Golden Globe Award in 1979 for her role in the film.
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Annie Potts played receptionist Janine Melnitz in the Ghostbusters film series; being from Tennessee, Annie Potts created the character's trademark New York accent based on a friend's who was from the city.
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Annie Potts then achieved fame as pragmatic interior designer Mary Jo Shively on the CBS television sitcom Designing Women, and has had a wide variety of prominent roles in both television and film.
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Annie Potts has done work on audio books; including as the narrator and heroine of Larry McMurtry's Telegraph Days, winning the 2007 Audie Award for Solo Narration-Female, for her portrayal.
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Annie Potts starred in the film version of McMurtry's Texasville, a sequel to The Last Picture Show.
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In 2012, Annie Potts starred as Elizabeth "Gigi" Stopper in ABC's comedy-drama series GCB, with Leslie Bibb, Kristin Chenoweth, Jennifer Aspen, Miriam Shor, and Marisol Nichols.
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In March 2013, Annie Potts signed on for the lead role of the ABC comedy-drama pilot Murder in Manhattan about a mother and daughter who team up as amateur sleuths.
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In late 2013, it was announced that Annie Potts would join Diane Paulus' critically acclaimed revival of Pippin beginning January 21,2014.
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Annie Potts replaced Tony Award nominee Tovah Feldshuh in the role of Pippin's grandmother Berthe.
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Annie Potts is the mother of three sons: one with her third husband Scott Senechal, and two with her fourth and current husband James Hayman.