Annie Potts Movies and Career Information

Anne Hampton "Annie" Potts (born October 28, 1952) is an American television and film actress. In the 1980s she had prominent supporting roles in several popular movies such as Ghostbusters, Pretty in Pink, Toy Story, and Jumpin' Jack Flash, as well as a leading role on CBS sitcom Designing Women. Since 1990 she has featured regularly in guest and cameo roles on TV and in film, while for four seasons she starred in Lifetime network drama Any Day Now. Potts was born in Nashville, Tennessee, and grew up in Franklin, Kentucky, where she graduated from Franklin-Simpson High School. She 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 received a Bachelor in Fine Arts degree (in theater arts) from Stephens College in Missouri. Potts is probably best known for playing the role of Janine Melnitz in the Ghostbusters films and as Mary Jo Shiveley on 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