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My Take
Annie Potts is, to me, the gold standard of the character actor: someone who makes every project measurably better without demanding the spotlight. Janine in Ghostbusters, the voice of Bo Peep in Toy Story, the flinty grandmother in Young Sheldon — across five decades she keeps finding the precise human note a scene needs. Her Genie Award and early Golden Globe nomination hint at the leading-lady career she might have chased, but I find her chosen path more impressive: durable, versatile, beloved. Hollywood runs on performers like her, and the fact that she rarely tops the poster only deepens my respect.
Overview
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), Ghostbusters II (1989), and in various projects within the Ghostbusters franchise. She also appeared in the films Pretty in Pink (1986), Jumpin' Jack Flash (1986), and Who's Harry Crumb? (1989).
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Annie Potts
- Name (Japanese)
- アニー・ポッツ
- Reading
- あにー・ぽっつ
- Born
- October 28, 1952 (age 73)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Scorpio / Dragon
- Origin
- Nashville, Tennessee, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- film actor / stage actor / television actor / voice actor / speaker
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Franklin-Simpson High School
- University
- Stephens College
Awards & achievements
- Audie Award for Best Female Narrator
- 1982 Genie Award for Best Performance by a Foreign Actress
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
5. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable work | Ghostbusters | — | |
| Notable work | Toy Story | — | |
| Notable work | Young Sheldon | — | |
| Notable work | Designing Women | — | |
| Notable work | Any Day Now | — |
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.