Jan Hooks
Highest Rated: 89% Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985)
Lowest Rated: 23% Jiminy Glick in Lalawood (2004)
Birthday: Apr 23, 1957
Birthplace: Decatur, Georgia, USA
Actress and comedian Jan Hooks was among the most gifted players of the "Saturday Night Live" (NBC 1974- ) renaissance in the late 1980s. She later enjoyed steady work as a guest actress on television, including two years co-starring on "Designing Women" (CBS, 1986-1993). Although she did not go on to the prolific film and television careers that many of her SNL alumni did, Hooks was fondly remembered by sketch comedy fans for her ability to perform both broad characters and straight roles, in much the same way that her castmate and close friend Phil Hartman did. When Hooks died at the age of 57 on October 9, 2014 after battling a lengthy illness, tributes poured in from all corners of the comedy world, including a tender on-air tribute on "Saturday Night Live" itself by former cast members Bill Hader and Kristen Wiig.
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Jan Hooks
Filmography
Movies
Credit | |||||
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23% |
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Jiminy Glick in Lalawood | Dixie Glick (Character) | $25.7K | 2004 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Designing Women Reunion | Self | - | 2003 |
44% |
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Simon Birch | Miss Leavey (Character) | $18.3M | 1998 |
47% |
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A Dangerous Woman | Makeup Girl (Character) | $1.1M | 1993 |
82% |
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Batman Returns | Jen (Character) | $160.3M | 1992 |
26% |
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Wildcats | Stephanie Needham (Character) | $23.6M | 1986 |
89% |
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Pee-wee's Big Adventure | Tina (Character) | $40.9M | 1985 |
TV
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No Score Yet | 64% | The Cleveland Show | Mrs. Kellogg (Guest Voice) | 2013 |
78% | 92% | 30 Rock | Verna Maroney (Guest Star) | 2010 |
85% | 76% | The Simpsons | Manjula Nahasapeemapetilon (Guest Voice) | 1997 1999 2001-2002 |
86% | 89% | Futurama | Anglelyne (Guest Voice) | 2001 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Providence | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2001 |
No Score Yet | 67% | 3rd Rock From the Sun | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996-2000 |
No Score Yet | 62% | Saturday Night Live | Unknown (Character) | 1986-1991 1998 |
23% | No Score Yet | Hiller and Diller | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Designing Women | Carlene Frazier Dobber (Character) | 1991-1993 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dear John | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1989 |
36% | No Score Yet | Game Over | Unknown (Guest Voice) |