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Personal Info

Gender

Female

Birthday

1957-04-23 (67 years old)

Place of Birth

Decatur, Georgia, USA

Jan Hooks

Biography:

Janet Vivian Hooks (April 23, 1957 – October 9, 2014) was an American actress and comedian. Hooks was best known for her tenure on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live, where she was a repertory player from 1986 to 1991. After leaving SNL, she continued to make cameo appearances until 1994. Her subsequent work included a regular role on the last two seasons of Designing Women, a recurring role on 3rd Rock from the Sun, and a number of other film and television roles, including on 30 Rock and The Simpsons.

Known For

Acting

2010

The Women of SNL as Various (archive footage)
Fish Hooks as Savannah Salmons (voice)

2006

30 Rock as Verna Maroney

2005

2004

Game Over as Nadine (voice)

2003

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Farley as Various (archive footage) (uncredited)

2001

Primetime Glick as Dixie Glick

1999

Futurama as Anglelyne (voice)
Providence as Doreen Dunfey

1998

Simon Birch as Miss Agnes Leavey

1996

1995

1994

The Martin Short Show as Meg Harper Short

1993

A Dangerous Woman as Makeup Girl
Coneheads as Gladys Johnson, Driving Student

1992

Frosty Returns as Lil (voice)

1989

The Simpsons as Manjula Nahasapeemapetilon (voice)

1988

1987

Funland as Shelly Willingham

1986

Wildcats as Stephanie Needham
Designing Women as Carlene Frazier Dobber

1985

1984

1983

1975

Saturday Night Live as Self - Various Characters
Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)