Annie Potts

Anne Hampton Potts (born October 28, 1952) is an American film, television and stage actress. She is known for her roles in popular 1980s films such as Ghostbusters (1984), Ghostbusters II (1989), Pretty in Pink (1986), Jumpin' Jack Flash (1986) and Who's Harry Crumb? (1989). In the 1990s, she voiced Bo Peep in the animated films Toy Story (1995) and Toy Story 2 (1999). She is also known for playing Mary Jo Jackson Shively on the CBS sitcom Designing Women (1986–1993). Potts was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award in 1994 for playing Dana Palladino on the CBS sitcom Love & War (1993–1995), and was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award in 1998 and 1999 for playing Mary Elizabeth Sims in the Lifetime drama series Any Day Now (1998–2002). In 2012, she starred as Gigi Stopper on the ABC comedy-drama series GCB. 2Early life and education Potts was born in Nashville, Tennessee, as the third daughter of Powell Grisette Potts and Dorothy Harris (née Billingslea) Potts. Her older sisters are: Mary Eleanor (Potts) Hovious, and Elizabeth Grissette ("Dollie") Potts. They grew up in Franklin, Kentucky, where she graduated from Franklin-Simpson High School in 1970. She received a Bachelor in Fine Arts degree (in theater arts) from Stephens College in Columbia, Missour