Anne Hampton Potts (born October , ) is an American actress. She was
nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Corvette Summer () and won a
Genie Award for Heartaches (), before appearing in Ghostbusters (),
Pretty in Pink (), Jumpin' Jack Flash (), Who's Harry Crumb? (), and
Ghostbusters II (). She also voiced Bo Peep in the Disney and Pixar
animated films Toy Story (), Toy Story (), and Toy Story (). Potts
is also known for playing Mary Jo Jackson Shively on the CBS sitcom
Designing Women (â€"). She went on to be nominated for a Primetime
Emmy Award for playing Dana Palladino on the CBS sitcom Love & War
(â€"), and was nominated for Screen Actors Guild Awards in and for
playing Mary Elizabeth Sims in the Lifetime drama series Any Day Now
(â€"). Her other television credits include GCB (), The Fosters (â€"),
and Young Sheldon (â€"present).Potts was born in Nashville, Tennessee,
as the third child of Powell Grisette Potts (â€") and Dorothy Harris
(née Billingslea) Potts (â€"). 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 .She received a bachelor in fine arts degree (in theater
arts) from Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri. At the age of ,
Potts and her first husband, Steven Hartley, were in a car accident
that left several bones below her waist broken, including compound
fractures to both legs, and the loss of the heel of her right foot;
Hartley lost his left leg.Potts made her debut on the big screen in
in the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer comedy film Corvette Summer, with Mark
Hamill. She was nominated for a Golden Globe Award in for her role in
the film. In , she won Genie Awards for Best Performance by a Foreign
Actress for her role in the film Heartaches, about a young woman
married to a stock car racer and carrying his friend's child. In , she
played Edith Bedelmeyer, a woman who shared an attic apartment with
three other women (played by Georgia Engel, Lorna Patterson, and
Francine Tacker) on the short-lived comedy series, Goodtime Girls.
nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Corvette Summer () and won a
Genie Award for Heartaches (), before appearing in Ghostbusters (),
Pretty in Pink (), Jumpin' Jack Flash (), Who's Harry Crumb? (), and
Ghostbusters II (). She also voiced Bo Peep in the Disney and Pixar
animated films Toy Story (), Toy Story (), and Toy Story (). Potts
is also known for playing Mary Jo Jackson Shively on the CBS sitcom
Designing Women (â€"). She went on to be nominated for a Primetime
Emmy Award for playing Dana Palladino on the CBS sitcom Love & War
(â€"), and was nominated for Screen Actors Guild Awards in and for
playing Mary Elizabeth Sims in the Lifetime drama series Any Day Now
(â€"). Her other television credits include GCB (), The Fosters (â€"),
and Young Sheldon (â€"present).Potts was born in Nashville, Tennessee,
as the third child of Powell Grisette Potts (â€") and Dorothy Harris
(née Billingslea) Potts (â€"). 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 .She received a bachelor in fine arts degree (in theater
arts) from Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri. At the age of ,
Potts and her first husband, Steven Hartley, were in a car accident
that left several bones below her waist broken, including compound
fractures to both legs, and the loss of the heel of her right foot;
Hartley lost his left leg.Potts made her debut on the big screen in
in the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer comedy film Corvette Summer, with Mark
Hamill. She was nominated for a Golden Globe Award in for her role in
the film. In , she won Genie Awards for Best Performance by a Foreign
Actress for her role in the film Heartaches, about a young woman
married to a stock car racer and carrying his friend's child. In , she
played Edith Bedelmeyer, a woman who shared an attic apartment with
three other women (played by Georgia Engel, Lorna Patterson, and
Francine Tacker) on the short-lived comedy series, Goodtime Girls.
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