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Biography

Remembered mostly as Mary Jo on Designing Women, Annie Potts became interested in acting at an early age and studied it at Stephens College…more

Born

10/28/1952, Franklin, Kentucky

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Role
- GCB
  Gigi Stopper
  - S 1: Ep 6 Turn the Other Cheek
    4/8/12
  - S 1: Ep 5 Forbidden Fruit
    4/1/12
  - S 1: Ep 4 A Wolf In Sheep's Clothing
    3/25/12
  - S 1: Ep 3 Love Is Patient
    3/18/12
  - S 1: Ep 2 Hell Hath No Fury
    3/11/12
  - + 1 More Credits
- Julie Reno: Bounty Hunter
  Angel Reno
  - S 1: Ep 1 Pilot
    1/1/07
- Designing Women
  Mary Jo Jackson Shively
  - S 8: Ep 1 Designing Women Reunion
    7/28/03
- Any Day Now
  Mary Elizabeth "M.E." O'Brien Sims
  - S 4: Ep 22 Just The Beginning (2)
    3/10/02
  - S 4: Ep 21 Just The Beginning (1)
    3/10/02
  - S 4: Ep 20 Let The Games Begin
    3/3/02
  - S 4: Ep 19 Boys Will Be Boys
    2/17/02
  - S 4: Ep 18 Truth Hurts
    1/27/02
  - + 83 More Credits
- Over the Top
  Hadley Martin
  - S 1: Ep 3 The Nemesis
    11/4/97
  - S 1: Ep 2 The Kernel
    10/28/97
  - S 1: Ep 1 I'm Bonnie, I'm Clyde
    10/21/97
  - S 1: Ep 12 Pilot
  - S 1: Ep 11 The Southern Story
  - + 7 More Credits
- Dangerous Minds
  Louanne Johnson
  - S 1: Ep 17 Teach, Don't Touch
    3/15/97
  - S 1: Ep 16 A Different Light
    3/8/97
  - S 1: Ep 15 Three Guns
    3/1/97
  - S 1: Ep 14 Everybody Wants It
    2/10/97
  - S 1: Ep 13 The Feminine Mystique
    1/13/97
  - + 12 More Credits
- Love & War
  Dana Paladino [Seasons 2-3]
  - S 3: Ep 18 One Strike, You're Out
    8/25/95
  - S 3: Ep 17 Atlantic City
    8/18/95
  - S 3: Ep 16 I'd Like to Be in America
    2/1/95
  - S 3: Ep 15 Mob Story
    1/25/95
  - S 3: Ep 14 Nadine Sings the Blues
    1/18/95
  - + 63 More Credits
- People's Choice Awards
  Herself - Host
  - S 21: Ep 1 The 21st Annual People's Choice Awards
    1/1/95
- Designing Women
  Mary Jo Shively
  - S 7: Ep 22 Gone With a Whim (2)
    5/24/93
  - S 7: Ep 21 Gone With a Whim (1)
    5/24/93
  - S 7: Ep 20 The Lying Game
    5/7/93
  - S 7: Ep 19 The Woman Who Came to Sugarbakers
    4/30/93
  - S 7: Ep 18 It's Not So Easy Being Green
    4/2/93
  - + 155 More Credits
- Goodtime Girls
  Edith Bedelmeyer
  - S 1: Ep 12 Sing Til It Hurts
    8/29/80
  - S 1: Ep 11 Who's Benny?
    8/22/80
  - S 1: Ep 10 The Show Must Go On
    8/15/80
  - S 1: Ep 9 Internal Injury
    8/8/80
  - S 1: Ep 8 Loretta's Dilemma
    8/1/80
  - + 6 More Credits
Recurring Role (1)

Role
- Joan of Arcadia
  Lieutenant Lucy Preston
  - S 2: Ep 15 Romancing the Joan
    2/11/05
  - S 2: Ep 14 The Rise & Fall of Joan Girardi
    1/28/05
  - S 2: Ep 12 Game Theory
    1/7/05
  - S 2: Ep 11 Dive
    12/10/04
  - S 2: Ep 10 The Book of Questions
    11/26/04
  - + 6 More Credits
Guest Star (32)

Role
- Two and a Half Men
  Lenore
  - S 7: Ep 3 Mmm, Fish. Yum
    10/5/09
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
  Sophie Devere
  - S 10: Ep 19 Selfish
    4/28/09
  - S 9: Ep 3 Impulsive
    10/9/07
  - S 7: Ep 12 Infected
    1/3/06
  - S 7: Ep 9 Rockabye
    11/22/05
- Boston Legal
  Joy Espenson
  - S 5: Ep 5 The Bad Seed
    10/20/08
- Ugly Betty
  Linda
  - S 2: Ep 11 Zero Worship
    1/10/08
- Men In Trees
  Mary Alice O'Donnell
  - S 2: Ep 7 Sea Change
    11/23/07
  - S 2: Ep 6 Nice Day For a Dry Wedding (2)
    11/16/07
  - S 2: Ep 5 The Girl Who Cried Wolf (1)
    11/9/07
  - S 1: Ep 17 The Indecent Proposal
    2/15/07
- The Wedding Bells
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 2 Wedding from Hell
    3/16/07
- Close to Home
  Dr. Marla Dodds
  - S 1: Ep 4 Divine Directions
    10/25/05
- Huff
  Doris Johnson
  - S 1: Ep 6 Is She Dead!
    12/12/04
  - S 1: Ep 5 Flashpants
    12/5/04
  - S 1: Ep 4 Control
    11/28/04
  - S 1: Ep 3 Lipstick on Your Panties
    11/21/04
- The View
  Herself
  - S 6: Ep 208 July 14, 2003
    7/14/03
- The Wonderful World of Disney (1997)
  Bo Peep
  - S 5: Ep 4 Toy Story 2
    11/4/01
  - S 1: Ep 1 Toy Story
    9/28/97
- Intimate Portrait
  Narrator
  - S 7: Ep 8 Dixie Carter
    2/5/01
- E! True Hollywood Story
  Herself
  - S 4: Ep 9 The Mod Squad
    2/13/00
- The Rosie O'Donnell Show
  Herself
  - S 3: Ep 64 Show #495
    12/14/98
  - S 2: Ep 34 Show #276
    10/23/97
  - S 1: Ep 83 Show #83
    10/23/96
- Disney's Hercules
  voice of Syrinx, the Muse
  - S 2: Ep 10 Hercules and the Muse of Dance
    11/21/98
- Live! with Kelly
  Herself
  - S 6: Ep 53 November 18, 1993
    11/18/93
- Late Show with David Letterman
  Guest
  - S 1: Ep 49 Show #0049
    11/4/93
- The Arsenio Hall Show
  Herself
  - S 6: Ep 5 September 14, 1993
    9/14/93
  - S 3: Ep 15 September 28, 1990
    9/28/90
  - S 1: Ep 24 February 3, 1989
    2/3/89
- The Dennis Miller Show
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 21 February 17, 1992
    2/17/92
- The Primetime Emmy Awards
  Herself
  - S 43: Ep 1 The 43rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
    8/25/91
  - S 41: Ep 1 The 41st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
    9/17/89
- The Pat Sajak Show
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 25 February 10, 1989
    2/10/89
- Late Night With David Letterman
  Guest
  - S 6: Ep 103 Show #0921
    9/29/87
- Amazing Stories
  voice of Mother/Bev Binford
  - S 2: Ep 16 The Family Dog
    2/16/87
- CBS Schoolbreak Special
  Kathy Sanders
  - S 4: Ep 3 My Dissident Mom
    1/14/87
- Magnum, P.I.
  Tracy Spencer
  - S 7: Ep 5 A.A.P.I.
    10/22/86
  - S 3: Ep 19 Legacy from a Friend
    3/10/83
- Lime Street
  Unknown
  - S 1: Ep 4 Diamonds Aren't Forever
    10/12/85
- The Twilight Zone (1985)
  Kathy Lowery
  - S 1: Ep 3 Wordplay
    10/4/85
- Remington Steele
  Annie Carpenter
  - S 1: Ep 16 Steele Crazy After All These Years
    2/18/83
- The Hollywood Squares (1966)
  Herself
  - S 13: Ep 43 February 5-9, 1979 (NBC-TV)
    2/5/79
- Family
  Caddy Wilde
  - S 4: Ep 4 Magic
    10/19/78
- Dinah!
  Herself
  - S 4: Ep 194 July 10, 1978
    7/10/78
- Busting Loose
  Helene
  - S 2: Ep 8 All in Love's Unfair
    11/16/77
  - S 1: Ep 6 Hell Hath No Fury
    2/28/77
  - S 1: Ep 2 Five's a Crowd
    1/24/77
- Sidewalks Entertainment
  Herself / Guest
  - S 10: Ep 13 Any Day Now
  - S 10: Ep 3 No Food For Brian
Producer (1)

Role
- Over the Top
  Producer

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GCB: Girl Power, Conundrums, and BBQ

By Lily Sparks, Apr 30, 2012

I had a number of problems with this episode, none of which are easy to explain. So let's talk about the good stuff that happened instead. read more
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GCB: Glee Could Barf

By Lily Sparks, Apr 16, 2012

"Pride Comes Before a Fall" attempted to give GCB's characters some depth...and almost killed Kristin Chenoweth for laughs. read more

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- In 1994 Annie was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for Love & War.
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- Annie has been nominated for two SAG awards. In 1999 and 2000 she was nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series for Any Day Now.
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- In 1979 Annie was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture Acting Debut-Female for Corvette Summer.
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