Annie Potts (born October 28, 1952) is an American television and film actress. She is probably best known for playing the role of Janine Melnitz in the Ghostbusters films and for 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 Now, the voice of Little Bo Peep in the Toy Story films, a supporting role in the John Hughes drama Pretty in Pink, and a recent guest-starring role on the CBS drama Joan of Arcadia. October 28 is the 301st day of the year (302nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 64 days remaining. ... 1952 (MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Janine as seen in the various incarnations of Ghostbusters Janine Melnitz is the street-savvy, dont-take-no-crap-from-Venkman secretary of the Ghostbusters. ... Ghostbusters is a 1984 sci-fi comedy film about three eccentric New York City parapsychologists. ... Designing Women was a U.S. television sitcom that centered around the working and personal lives of four women in an interior design firm in Atlanta, Georgia. ... Original logo (1984-1995) 20th Anniversary logo (2004) Lifetime Television is an American television network which as its former tagline notes, is Television for Women. ... Any Day Now is a hit Lifetime TV series which originally ran four seasons from 1998 to 2002. ... Toy Story is a computer-generated imagery (CGI) animation film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures and Buena Vista Distribution in the United States on November 22, 1995, and the United Kingdom on 22 March 1996. ... John Hughes (born February 18, 1950 in Lansing, Michigan) is a noted film director, producer and writer, responsible for some of the most successful comedy films of the 1980s and 1990s. ... Pretty in Pink is a popular 1986 film about teenage love and social cliques in 1980s American high school. ... CBS (an abbreviation for Columbia Broadcasting System, its former legal name) is one of the largest television networks, and formerly one of the largest radio networks, in the United States. ... Joan of Arcadia was an American television fantasy/family drama which aired on Fridays, 8-9 PM ET/PT on CBS from 2003 until 2005. ...

She has done work on talking books and does an outstanding job with Larry McMurtry's "Telegraph Days" as the narrator and heroine of the book.

Annie Potts 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 was born in Nashville, Tennessee, and grew up in Franklin, Kentucky, where she graduated from Franklin-Simpson High School. She received a Bachelor in Fine Arts degree (in theater arts) from Stephens College in Missouri. Nickname: Music City; Buckle of the Bible Belt Location in Davidson County and the state of Tennessee Coordinates: Country United States State Tennessee Counties Davidson County Founded: 1779 Incorporated: 1806 Mayor Bill Purcell (D) Area    - City 526. ... Franklin is a city located in Simpson County, Kentucky. ... This page meets Wikipedias criteria for speedy deletion. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ...

Potts is married to television director James Hayman and is the mother of three sons, Clay, Doc, and Harry. She is a dedicated Board Member of Stephens College, and 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)

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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
• The Ultimate Driving Challenge

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Trivia

When Potts was 17, she was hit by a car driven by a man under the influence of alcohol.

External link

• Annie Potts at the Internet Movie Database