Annie Potts
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Annie Potts (born October 28, 1952) is an American television and film actress. She was born in Nashville, Tennessee and grew up in Franklin, Kentucky, where she graduated from Franklin-Simpson High School. She then received her Bachelor in Fine Arts degree (in theater arts) from Stephens College in Missouri. 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 is probably best known for her roles in Ghostbusters and in the television sitcom, Designing Women, but has done a wide variety of prominent roles in both television and film.
Today, Potts continues as a dedicated alumnus and Board Member of Stephens College. She has been instrumental in fundraising efforts for the college for many years. Potts is currently a visiting professor of Drama at the school.
Selected filmography
- 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