Anne Hampton “Annie” Potts was born on the 28th October 1952, in Nashville, Tennessee USA, and is an actress and producer, perhaps best known for her roles as Janine Melnitz in “Ghostbusters” (1984) and Mari Jo Shively in the television series “Designing Women” (1986 – 1993). Annie also lent her voice to the shepherdess in both parts of the animated film “Toy Story” (1995, 1999). Potts has been active in the entertainment industry since 1976.
How much is the net worth of Annie Potts? Authoritative sources have announced that the overall size of her wealth is as much as $8 million, as of the data presented in the late 2016. Acting is the main source of Potts’ wealth.
Annie Potts Net Worth $8 Million
To begin with, she is the daughter of Powell Grisette Potts and Dorothy Harris. Annie Potts was raised in Franklin, Kentucky, where she matriculated from Franklin-Simpson High School. As she had developed an early interest in theatre and cinema, when she studied at Stephens College in Missouri she enrolled in acting classes, and after graduating, she put all her efforts into becoming a successful actress.
Concerning her professional career, Potts debuted in the television film “Black Market Baby” in 1977, which was followed by a role in cinema in “Corvette Summer” (1978) produced by MGM, in which she starred opposite Mark Hamill, and her performance earned Potts a nomination for Golden Globe Award for the Best Motion Picture Acting Debut – Female. In 1982, her portrayal of a young woman married to a stock car driver in “Heartaches” was worth a Genie Award for the Best Foreign Actress, however, she is best known for playing the role of the receptionist Janine Melnitz in the film “Ghostbusters” (1984). which grossed $295.2 million in the box office. Her net worth was already well established.
Five years later, Annie landed the role of Mari Jo Shively in the series “Designing Women” (1986 – 1993), then she was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for the Best Actress after interpreting the leading role in the TV sitcom “Love & War” (1993 – 1995). Other notable roles have included Mary Elizabeth Sims in the series “Any Day Now” (1998 – 2002) which saw her nominated twice for a Screen Actors Guild Award for the Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series. It should be noted that she successfully guest starred in the television series “Magnum P.I.” (1983 – 1986), “Men in Trees: Lessons of seduction” (2007), “Ugly Betty” (2008), “Boston Legal” (2008) and “Grey’s Anatomy” (2013). She voiced the figure of the shepherd in the animated film “Toy Story” (1995) and its sequel (1999), and held a recurring role in the series “Joan of Arcadia” (2004 – 2005) and in “New York, Special Unit” (2005 – 2009). In recent years, her career is centred on television where she has appeared in television movies and several TV series, including a lead role in the series “Chicago Med” (2015 – present), but she also had a cameo role of a hotel clerk in the film “Ghostbusters” (2016).
Finally, in the personal life of the actress, she has married four times, firstly to Steven Hartley (1973 – 1978) with whom she suffered a terrible car accident after which her husband lost a leg. In 1978, she married Greg Antonacci whom she divorced two years later. In 1981, she married B. Scott Senechal – they had one child together before divorcing in 1989. The following year, she married James Hayman with whom she has two children.
