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Life and work
Annie Potts is an American actress. Born: 28 October 1952. Citizenship recorded in the biographical source: United States.
Actor · 1952–
Annie Potts
Annie Potts is an American actress. Born on 28 October 1952, this profile follows Annie Potts through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include Ghostbusters (1984) and Pretty in Pink (1986). The location trail reaches The Biltmore Los Angeles, Los Angeles Central Library and Stephen A. Schwarzman Building. Each stop belongs to a particular work and moment, keeping the creative credit beside the place that gives the story its geography. Explore the films and programmes below to move between performances, collaborators and settings, and use each location’s own story for the documented connection. These are work locations; a credit alone does not establish a personal visit to every mapped stop. The credit and location sources remain alongside each story for further reading.
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Ghostbusters · The Biltmore Los Angeles
Annie Potts is credited as cast member on Ghostbusters. The work’s existing location story leads to The Biltmore Los Angeles. The hotel interiors stood in for Ghostbusters’ fictional Sedgewick Hotel, including the ballroom where the team catches Slimer. This is Los Angeles production geography for a story set in New York.
Ghostbusters — credits ↗︎Los Angeles Conservancy: Ghostbusters at the Millennium Biltmore ↗︎
Pretty in Pink · The Biltmore Los Angeles
Annie Potts is credited as cast member on Pretty in Pink. The work’s existing location story leads to The Biltmore Los Angeles. The Biltmore Los Angeles is documented as a location associated with Pretty in Pink (1986). The pin identifies the site; individual shots and interior sets can differ.
THE PLACES BEHIND THE STORY
A life on the map.
Explore 5 connections. Each connection links to its evidence; outlined circles mark approximate areas, not exact buildings or camera positions.
The Biltmore Los Angeles ↗︎
The Biltmore becomes the Sedgewick Hotel
The hotel interiors stood in for Ghostbusters’ fictional Sedgewick Hotel, including the ballroom where the team catches Slimer. This is Los Angeles production geography for a story set in New York.
Los Angeles Conservancy: Ghostbusters at the Millennium Biltmore ↗︎
A screen location
The Biltmore Los Angeles is documented as a location associated with Pretty in Pink (1986). The pin identifies the site; individual shots and interior sets can differ.
506 S Grand Avenue
Open street map ↗︎John Marshall High School ↗︎
A screen location
John Marshall High School is documented as a location associated with Pretty in Pink (1986). The pin identifies the site; individual shots and interior sets can differ.
3939 Tracy Street
Open street map ↗︎Los Angeles Central Library ↗︎
Ghostbusters
The basement stacks stood in for the New York Public Library when the team encounters the librarian ghost. The library documents the shoot with its original call sheet.
630 W Fifth Street
Open street map ↗︎Stephen A. Schwarzman Building ↗︎
The Ghostbusters encounter the library ghost
The New York Public Library documents Ghostbusters among the films made at its 42nd Street building.
476 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10018
Open street map ↗︎FDNY Hook & Ladder Company 8 ↗︎
Ladder 8 becomes the Ghostbusters' headquarters exterior
The active Tribeca firehouse supplied the headquarters exterior. Interior firehouse filming took place elsewhere, so this entry does not claim the New York building's interior.
City of New York — renovation of the Ghostbusters firehouse ↗︎
14 North Moore Street, New York, NY 10013
Open street map ↗︎IN THE STORY1952-10-28
Born 28 October 1952
Explore a shared connection.
WORKS
Culture, connected.
Follow the work through its real places.
Ghostbusters ↗︎
Ivan Reitman
Pretty in Pink
Howard Deutch
KEEP EXPLORING
Cities and Worlds.
Los Angeles ↗︎
Follow a scene into the hills. A song onto the Strip. A story all the way to the ocean.
New York ↗︎
Street corners, fire escapes and subway rhythms. A city to read at walking pace.
Ghostbusters ↗︎
Pole: half a firehouse in two cities; sweep Manhattan, then slide down to Los Angeles.
PEOPLE IN THE STORY
Creative connections.
Follow collaborators through their work and the real places tied to it.
Dan Aykroyd ↗︎
Dan Aykroyd is a Canadian-American actor. Born on 1 July 1952, this profile follows Dan Aykroyd through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include The Blues Brothers (1980), Ghostbusters (1984) and Chaplin (1992). The location trail reaches Hollywood Palladium, Former Elwood apartment site and Former Soul Food Cafe filming block, with existing stories in Chicago. Each stop belongs to a particular work and moment, keeping the creative credit beside the place that gives the story its geography. Explore the films and programmes below to move between performances, collaborators and settings, and use each location’s own story for the documented connection. These are work locations; a credit alone does not establish a personal visit to every mapped stop. The credit and location sources remain alongside each story for further reading.
James Spader ↗︎
James Spader is an American actor. Born on 7 February 1960, this profile follows James Spader through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include Pretty in Pink (1986) and Less Than Zero (1987). The location trail reaches The Biltmore Los Angeles, John Marshall High School and The MacArthur · Park Plaza. Each stop belongs to a particular work and moment, keeping the creative credit beside the place that gives the story its geography. Explore the films and programmes below to move between performances, collaborators and settings, and use each location’s own story for the documented connection. These are work locations; a credit alone does not establish a personal visit to every mapped stop. The credit and location sources remain alongside each story for further reading.
Harry Dean Stanton ↗︎
Harry Dean Stanton was an American actor. Born on 14 July 1926, this profile follows Harry Dean Stanton through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include Christine (1983), Repo Man (1984) and Pretty in Pink (1986). The location trail reaches Van Nuys High School, Second Street Tunnel and Sixth Street Viaduct — original bridge site. Each stop belongs to a particular work and moment, keeping the creative credit beside the place that gives the story its geography. Explore the films and programmes below to move between performances, collaborators and settings, and use each location’s own story for the documented connection. These are work locations; a credit alone does not establish a personal visit to every mapped stop. The credit and location sources remain alongside each story for further reading.
Harold Ramis ↗︎
Harold Ramis was an American actor, comedian, and filmmaker. Born on 21 November 1944, this profile follows Harold Ramis through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include Ghostbusters (1984). The location trail reaches The Biltmore Los Angeles, Los Angeles Central Library and Stephen A. Schwarzman Building. Each stop belongs to a particular work and moment, keeping the creative credit beside the place that gives the story its geography. Explore the films and programmes below to move between performances, collaborators and settings, and use each location’s own story for the documented connection. These are work locations; a credit alone does not establish a personal visit to every mapped stop. The credit and location sources remain alongside each story for further reading.
Ivan Reitman ↗︎
Ivan Reitman was a Slovak–Canadian filmmaker. Born on 27 October 1946, this profile follows Ivan Reitman through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include Ghostbusters (1984). The location trail reaches The Biltmore Los Angeles, Los Angeles Central Library and Stephen A. Schwarzman Building. Each stop belongs to a particular work and moment, keeping the creative credit beside the place that gives the story its geography. Explore the films and programmes below to move between performances, collaborators and settings, and use each location’s own story for the documented connection. These are work locations; a credit alone does not establish a personal visit to every mapped stop. The credit and location sources remain alongside each story for further reading.
Molly Ringwald ↗︎
Molly Ringwald is an American actress and writer. Born on 18 February 1968, this profile follows Molly Ringwald through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include Pretty in Pink (1986). The location trail reaches The Biltmore Los Angeles and John Marshall High School. Each stop belongs to a particular work and moment, keeping the creative credit beside the place that gives the story its geography. Explore the films and programmes below to move between performances, collaborators and settings, and use each location’s own story for the documented connection. These are work locations; a credit alone does not establish a personal visit to every mapped stop. The credit and location sources remain alongside each story for further reading.