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Annie Potts, Dixie Carter, Julia Duffy, Jan Hooks, and Meshach Taylor in Designing Women (1986)

Mark Hamill and Annie Potts in Corvette Summer (1978)

Annie Potts, Delta Burke, Jean Smart, and Dixie Carter in Designing Women (1986)

Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray, Ernie Hudson, and Annie Potts in Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024)

Annie Potts and Brian Thompson in Pass the Ammo (1987)

Tim Curry and Annie Potts in Pass the Ammo (1987)

Tim Curry, Annie Potts, John Cody, Paul Cody, and Brian Thompson in Pass the Ammo (1987)

Molly Ringwald, Jon Cryer, and Annie Potts in Pretty in Pink (1986)

Molly Ringwald and Annie Potts in Pretty in Pink (1986)

Jeff Bridges and Annie Potts in Texasville (1990)

Annie Potts, Lance Barber, Raegan Revord, Montana Jordan, and Iain Armitage in The Sin of Greed and a Chimichanga from Chi-Chi's (2019)

Annie Potts and Iain Armitage in Young Sheldon (2017)

Tim Curry and Annie Potts in Over the Top (1997)

Annie Potts, Joyce Allison, Beverly Boatright, Sherry Dodson, Kelly Householder, Pam Lawrence, Patty Pasternostro, Joanna Simmons, Dana Tanner, Sherry Williams, and Chris Martin in Pass the Ammo (1987)

Tim Curry, Annie Potts, and Grace Zabriskie in Over the Top (1997)

Annie Potts, Lance Barber, Zoe Perry, Raegan Revord, and Iain Armitage in Young Sheldon (2017)

Teri Polo, Annie Potts, Sherri Saum, Cierra Ramirez, Maia Mitchell, Noah Centineo, David Lambert, and Hayden Byerly in The Fosters (2013)

Teri Polo and Annie Potts in The Fosters (2013)

Teri Polo, Annie Potts, Sherri Saum, Jake T. Austin, Cierra Ramirez, Maia Mitchell, David Lambert, and Hayden Byerly in The Fosters (2013)

Annie Potts, Wallace Shawn, and Iain Armitage in Young Sheldon (2017)

Annie Potts, Delta Burke, Jean Smart, and Dixie Carter in The Designing Women Reunion (2003)

Annie Potts is an American film, television and stage actress. She is known for her roles in popular 1980s films such as Ghostbusters (1984) and Pretty in Pink (1986). She made her debut on the big screen in 1978 in the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer comedy film Corvette Summer (1978), with Mark Hamill, for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe. In 2017 she was cast to portray Meemaw in Young Sheldon (2017), a spin-off of the CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory (2007). Potts also voiced voiced Bo Peep in the animated films Toy Story (1995), Toy Story 2 (1999) and Toy Story 4 (2019).

Interested in stage and film at an early age, Annie Potts attended Stephens College in Missouri, enrolling in the theater studies course, followed by graduate work in California. At the age of 20, she married her college sweetheart, Steven Hartley. Only a short time later, she and her husband were in serious automobile accident in Sumner, Washington -- their Volkswagen bus was demolished by two drivers who were drag racing. Steve lost a leg, and Annie had multiple fractures (resulting in a traumatic arthritis that still persists). Early roles were primarily in television, such as Black Market Baby (1977), but her presence moved up with an appearance in the mega-hit Ghostbusters (1984), and then she hit the big time with a seven-year stint as one of the stars of Designing Women (1986). A brief period in Love & War (1992) ended with the cancellation of the show, about which she remains resentful.

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