Annie Potts was one of those actresses in the 1980s who made everything she touched funnier and smarter just by showing up.

It’s been a minute since she was “Pretty in Pink.” Forty years to be exact. “I’m 73 now,” Annie Potts says. “I look at that number and say, ‘What!’ I’m not just 70 — I’m into my 70s now. When did that ...