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Jan Hooks
Jan Hooks in 1988
Born	Janice Hooks April 23, 1957 (1957-04-23) (age 52) Decatur, Georgia, U.S.
Occupation	Actress/Comedian
Years active	1978–present

Janice "Jan" Hooks (born April 23, 1957) is an American actress and comedian best known for her work on NBC's Saturday Night Live (SNL), on which she appeared from 1986 to 1991.

Contents 1 Career 2 Filmography 2.1 Film 2.2 Television 3 External links

[edit] Career

She was born in Decatur, Georgia, near Atlanta. Hooks began her career as a member of the Los Angeles-based comedy troupe The Groundlings. In 1978–1979, she appeared in The Bill Tush Show on Ted Turner's television station WTCG, which eventually became TBS. She later achieved notice on the HBO comedy series Not Necessarily the News in the early 1980s. Jan also had guest comedian appearances on Comedy Tonight with Mack and Jamie in the mid 1980s.

Hooks was first considered for SNL in 1985, but at that time, the show's producers chose Joan Cusack instead. After SNLs 1985 season proved to be a ratings disaster, returning producer Lorne Michaels offered Hooks a contract in 1986. Together with new recruits Dana Carvey, Phil Hartman, and others, Hooks helped put the show back in the national spotlight. Her characters included one half of "The Sweeney Sisters" with Nora Dunn. She also performed notable impressions of Bette Davis, Ann-Margret, Betty Ford, Brooke Shields, Nancy Reagan, Sinéad O'Connor, Jodie Foster, Tammy Faye Bakker, Kathie Lee Gifford, Kitty Dukakis, Diane Sawyer, and Hillary Clinton.

Tiring of the stress of performing on a live show, Hooks left SNL in 1991 after being asked by Linda Bloodworth-Thomason to replace Jean Smart on the CBS sitcom Designing Women. Jan played the role of Carlene Dobber for the final two seasons of the show. Since then, she has made appearances in several movies, done voice work on The Simpsons as Manjula Nahasapeemapetilon, starred as Dixie Glick in the series Primetime Glick and the movie Jiminy Glick in Lalawood, and had a recurring role as the trashy Vicki Dubcek on 3rd Rock from the Sun.

She guest-starred on the animated series Futurama, in the episode "Bendless Love", as the voice of a female robot named Angleyne. She also played a memorable role in Pee-wee's Big Adventure as a know-it-all tour guide at the Alamo.

Hooks made a cameo appearance in the 1992 movie Batman Returns as Jen, the Penguin's image consultant during his campaign for becoming Mayor of Gotham City.

[edit] Filmography

[edit] Film

Year	Film	Role
1985	Pee-wee's Big Adventure	Tina
1986	Wildcats	Stephanie Needham
1987	Funland	Shelly Willingham
1992	Batman Returns	Jen
1993	Coneheads	Gladys Johnson
	A Dangerous Woman	Makeup Girl
1998	Simon Birch	Miss Leavey
2004	Jiminy Glick in Lalawood	Dixie Glick

[edit] Television

Year	Series	Role	Notes
1980	Tush	Various characters
1983	Prime Times	Various characters	TV special
	The 1/2 Hour Comedy Hour	Various characters
1983-1984	Not Necessarily the News	Various characters	Appeared 24 episodes
1984	The Joe Piscopo Special	Various characters	TV special
1985	Comedy Break	Various characters
1986-1994	Saturday Night Live	Various characters	Appeared in 102 episodes; main cast member until 1991
1989	Dear John	Suzanne	Episode 2.4: "John's Blind Date"
1991-1993	Designing Women	Carlene Frazier Dobber	Appeared in 30 episodes
1992	Frosty Returns	Lil	TV special
1994	The Martin Short Show	Meg Harper Short
1996	The Dana Carvey Show	Kathie Lee Gifford	Episode 1.4: "The Diet Mug Root Beer Dana Carvey"
1996-2000	3rd Rock from the Sun	Vicki Dubcek	Appeared in 16 episodes
1997	Hiller and Diller	Kate	Appeared in two episodes
1997-2002	The Simpsons	Manjula Nahasapeemapetilon	Appeared in seven episodes
2001	Providence	Doreen Dunfey	Episode 3.10: "The Gun"
	Futurama	Anglelyne	Episode 3.6: "Bendless Love"
2001-2003	Primetime Glick	Dixie Glick
2004	Game Over	Nadine

[edit] External links

• Jan Hooks at the Internet Movie Database

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