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Date of Birth: 1952, October 28
Years: 68 years
Nation of birth: United States of America
Height: 5 feet 3 inches
Name Annie Potts
birth name Anne Hampton Potts
Dad Powell Grisette Potts
Mother Dorothy Harris Potts
Nationality American
Place of birth / city Nashville, Tennessee, United States
ethnicity white-american
Profession Actress
Net worth $8 million
eye color Light brown
Hair color Brown
face color white
breast size 34B
waist size 25 inches (64 cm)
hip size 3. 4
subject with Tim Curry
Married Yes
Married to Steven Hartley (d. 1973 – div. 1978) Greg Antonacci (d. 1978 – div. 1980) B. Scott Senechal (d. 1981 – div. 1989) James Hayman (d. 1990)
Kids Clay Senechal, Harry Hayman, and James Hayman.
sisters Mary Eleanor Hovious and Elizabeth Grissette Potts
Brothers two

Genie Award winner, Annie Potts is an American actress, known for her appearances in 1980s movies. Ghostbusters II, Ghostbusters, Jumpin’ Jack Flash, Pretty in Pink and Who is Harry Crumb? . As of 2018, she plays the lead role of Meemaw in the CBS series Young Sheldon. She was nominated for a Golden Globe in 1979 for her big screen debut in the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer comedy Corvette Summer. Potts has been married four times and has three children. Her fourth husband From her James Hayman is an American television producer, director, and cinematographer

Early life and education of Annie Potts

Annie Potts was born as Anne Hampton Potts on October 28, 1952 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. She is of White American ethnicity and holds American citizenship.

 

Potts is the youngest child of his parents, Powell Grisette Potts and Dorothy Harris Potts . She grew up with her sisters Maria Eleanor Hovious and Elizabeth Grissette Potts in Franklin, Kentucky.

Potts graduated from Franklin-Simpson High School in 1970. He then joined Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri, where he earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts. Potts was in a car accident at the age of 21, which left several bones below her waist broken.

Annie Pott’s career

Annie Potts has played iconic roles in various television series and movies. She made her debut in the 1977 television movie, Black Market Baby as Linda Cleary. The same year, she starred in an American sitcom, a television series, Bust Loose .

 

Potts has been playing on the American television sitcom, Young Sheldon since 2017. In the series, he shares the screen with Iain Armitage, Zoe Perry , Barber Lance, Montana Jordan, Raegan Revord , and Jim Parsons.

Some of his other hits are:

Year T.V. series Paper cast member
1980 Goodtime Girls Edith Bedelmeyer Lorna Patterson
Georgia Engel
Francine Tacker
Marcia Lewis
1982 bayou romance Lily Michael Ansara
Michael Durrell
Virginia Capers
Louis Jourdan
1986–1993 Designing Women Mary Jo Shively Meshach Taylor
Jean Smart
Delta Burke
Jan Hooks
1993–1995 love war Dana Palladino Susan Dey
John Hancock
Jay Thomas
Charlie Robinson
1998–2002 Any of these days Mary Elizabeth ‘ME’ Sims Lorraine Toussaint
Mae Middleton
Olivia Hack
Shari Dyon Perry
2004–2005 Joan of Arcadia Lieutenant Lucy Preston Joe Mantegna
Maria Steenburgen
Amber Tamblyn
Jason Ritter
2005–2009 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Sophie DeVere Christopher Meloni
Mariska Hargitay
Richard Belzer
So Florek
2013-2018 The Fosters Sharon Foster Teri Polo
Hem Sherri
Jake T. Austin
Hayden Byerly
2015-2016 Chicago Med Helen Nick Gehlfuss
Yaya DaCosta

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Torrey DeVitto
Rachel DiPillo

In 1978, Potts made her big screen debut in the 1978 American comedy-adventure film Corvette Summer as Vanessa. The same year, she acted in another American drama film, King of the Gypsies .

Potts won Genie Awards for her performance in the 1981 comedy film Heartbreak , which starred Margot Kidder , Robert Carradine , and Winston Rekert.

Annie Potts later made her appearances in various movies;

Year Movie Paper cast member
1984 Ghostbusters Janine Melnitz Bill Murray
and Aykroyd
Sigourney Weaver
Harold Ramis
1986 pretty in pink iona Molly Ringwald
Harry Dean Stanton
Jon Cryer
James Spader
1988 pass the ammo give her Bill Paxton
Linda Kozlowski
Glenn Withrow
Tim Curry
1989 Who is Harry Crumb? Helen Downing John Candy
Jeffrey Jones
Tim Thomerson
Barry Corbin
1990 texasville carla jackson Jeff Bridges
Pastor Cybill
Cloris Leachman
Randy Quaid
1992 Breaking the rules Mary Klinglitch Jason Bateman
C. Thomas Howell
Jonathan Silverman
Frank Welker
2004 Elvis has left the building shirl John Corbett
Kim Basinger
Sean Astin
Mike Starr
2016 two for one Ginny Maxwell Erika Christensen
Lydia Hearst
Summer Phoenix
Mickey Sumner
2017 Izzy gets the F*ck across town Maria Alia Shawkat
Lauren Miller
Haley Joel Osment
Carrie Coon

Potts is currently working on his upcoming 2019 American computer-animated comedy film Toy Story 4 alongside Tom Hanks, Laurie Metcalf, Patricia Arquette , and many others.

Annie Potts Net Worth

Annie Potts net worth is $8 million today. The multiple award winner, Annie Potts has been active in the industries since the 1970s and has starred in several movies and television series.

Potts and her husband James sold their $3.875 million home in Tarzana Los Angeles. The house had 1.5 acres of land along with a tennis court and two swimming pools.

In 2017, Potts and James bought a new $1.61 million home in Sherman Oaks, California. He paid more than the asking price of $1.495 million. The home boasts 2,194 square feet of living space along with three bedrooms and two baths.

Some of his highest grossing movies are listed below along with his budget and box office collection,

Movie Budget box office collections IMDB Rating cast member
Ghostbusters (1984) $30 million $295.2 million 5.3 Bill Murray
and Aykroyd
Sigourney Weaver
Harold Ramis
Pretty in Pink (1986) $9 million $40.4 million (US) 6.8 Molly Ringwald
Harry Dean Stanton
Jon Cryer
James Spader
Ghostbusters II (1989) $37 million $215.4 million 6.5 Bill Murray
and Aykroyd
Sigourney Weaver
Harold Ramis
Toy Story (1995) $30 million $373.5 million 8.3 Tom Hanks
Tim Allen
Don Rickles
Jim Varney
Toy Story 2 (1999) $90 million $497.4 million 7.9 Tim Allen
Joan Cusack
Kelsey Grammer
Don Rickles
Ghostbusters (2016) $144 million $229.1 million 5.3 Melissa McCarthy
Kristen Wiig
Kate McKinnon
Leslie Jones

Her television roles include Young Sheldon, Chicago Med, The Fosters, GCB, Juana de Arcadia, Any Day Now, Over the Top, Dangerous Minds, and Goodtime Girls.

The personal life of Annie Potts

Annie Potts was married four times in her life. She first married Steven Hartley on August 26, 1973, and divorced in 1978. Shortly thereafter, Poots exchanged vows with an American actor, Greg Antonacci on June 21, 1978, and divorced a year later.

After that, Potts married B. Scott Senechal in 1981, and they have a son, Clay Senechal . But things went wrong between the couple and they broke up after eight years in 1989. Potts was also rumored to be dating. Tim Curry .

Potts later married an American television producer, director, and cinematographer, James Hayman . They exchanged vows on September 2, 1990 and have two children. Harry Hayman and James Hayman.

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