Jan Hooks

Jan Hooks

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.

  • Title : Jan Hooks
  • Popularity : 2.145
  • Known For : Acting
  • Birthday : 1957-04-23
  • Place of Birth : Decatur, Georgia, USA
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Jan Hooks Movies

  • 1985
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    Pee-wee's Big Adventure

    Pee-wee's Big Adventure

    6.426 1985 HD

    The eccentric and childish Pee-wee Herman embarks on a big adventure when his beloved bicycle is stolen. Armed with information from a fortune-teller...

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  • 1984
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    The Joe Piscopo Special

    The Joe Piscopo Special

    1 1984 HD

    This is an HBO Special in which Joe Piscopo has 60 minutes to try to do many of his famous impressions. He has mostly his Saturday Night Live friends...

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  • 1987
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    Funland

    Funland

    4 1987 HD

    When a mob family takes over an amusement park after the owner dies under mysterious circumstances, the recently-fired clown mascot seeks vengeance...

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  • 2015
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    Saturday Night Live: 40th Anniversary Special

    Saturday Night Live: 40th Anniversary Special

    8.2 2015 HD

    Former members of Saturday Night Live come together to remember the past 40 years of Saturday Night Live.

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  • 2003
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    Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Farley

    Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Farley

    7.6 2003 HD

    He's gone-but he'll never be forgotten. The best of Chris Farley's wildly funny SNL performances are here, including motivational speaker Matt Foley,...

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  • 2005
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    Jiminy Glick in Lalawood

    Jiminy Glick in Lalawood

    4.5 2005 HD

    Hungry for an A-list interview that could launch him into the gossip-page stratosphere, Jiminy Glick, a small-time journalist with big aspirations...

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  • 1992
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    Frosty Returns

    Frosty Returns

    5.604 1992 HD

    Mr. Twitchell, a greedy old businessman, has invented Summer Wheeze: a spray that instantly removes snow and slush! Now Holly has to keep Frosty from...

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  • 1986
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    Wildcats

    Wildcats

    6.249 1986 HD

    Molly is a high school track coach who knows just as much about football as anyone else on the planet. When a football coach's position becomes...

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  • 1988
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    Love Is a Dream

    Love Is a Dream

    1 1988 HD

    “A touching romantic musical without a single laugh, yet it marks one of the greatest moments in Saturday Night Live history. Love Is a Dream...

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  • 1988
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    Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel

    Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel

    8.5 1988 HD

    A humourous telling of the history of the comic book superhero.

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  • 1998
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    Simon Birch

    Simon Birch

    6.8 1998 HD

    Simon Birch and Joe Wenteworth are boys who have a reputation for being oddballs. Joe never knew his father, and his mother, Rebecca, is keeping her...

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  • 1992
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    Batman Returns

    Batman Returns

    6.9 1992 HD

    Batman must face The Penguin, a sewer-dwelling gangleader intent on being accepted into Gotham society. Meanwhile, another Gotham resident finds...

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  • 1995
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    The Show Formerly Known as the Martin Short Show

    The Show Formerly Known as the Martin Short Show

    8 1995 HD

    Late night, sketch/variety comedy special starring comedian Martin Short. It features most of Marty's classic characters: Ed Grimley, Jackie Rogers...

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  • 1993
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    A Dangerous Woman

    A Dangerous Woman

    5.3 1993 HD

    Martha Horgan is a withdrawn, mentally disabled woman who lives with her aunt, Frances. One of Martha's unusual traits is that she doesn't lie, a...

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  • 2010
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    The Women of SNL

    The Women of SNL

    7.3 2010 HD

    A look back at some of the funniest female characters and sketches in SNL's 39-year history.

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  • 1993
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    Coneheads

    Coneheads

    5.4 1993 HD

    A pair of aliens arrive on Earth to prepare for invasion, but crash instead. With enormous cone-shaped heads, robotlike walks and an appetite for...

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  • 1999
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    Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special

    Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special

    6.8 1999 HD

    A TV special celebrating the 25th anniversary of Saturday Night Live. Before a celebrity audience, many of the former cast members and guest hosts...

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  • 1989
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    The Simpsons

    The Simpsons

    8.014 1989 HD

    Set in Springfield, the average American town, the show focuses on the antics and everyday adventures of the Simpson family; Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa...

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  • 1999
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    Futurama

    Futurama

    8.381 1999 HD

    The adventures of a late-20th-century New York City pizza delivery boy, Philip J. Fry, who, after being unwittingly cryogenically frozen for one...

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  • 1986
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    Designing Women

    Designing Women

    6.7 1986 HD

    Julia Sugarbaker, Mary Jo Shively, Charlene Frazier-Stillfield and Suzanne Sugarbaker are associates at their design firm, Sugarbaker and Associates....

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  • 1999
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    Providence

    Providence

    6.5 1999 HD

    Providence is an American television drama series.

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  • 2006
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    30 Rock

    30 Rock

    7.431 2006 HD

    Liz Lemon, the head writer for a late-night TV variety show in New York, tries to juggle all the egos around her while chasing her own dream.

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  • 1983
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    Not Necessarily the News

    Not Necessarily the News

    6.2 1983 HD

    Not Necessarily the News is a satirical sketch comedy series that first aired on HBO in September 1982 as a comedy special, and then ran as a series...

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  • 1994
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    The Martin Short Show

    The Martin Short Show

    1 1994 HD

    The former `Saturday Night Live' regular plays a variety-show host who's ready for prime time. This series was not; it aired only three episodes and...

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  • 1975
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    Saturday Night Live

    Saturday Night Live

    6.9 1975 HD

    A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture...

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  • 2004
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    Game Over

    Game Over

    5.6 2004 HD

    Game Over is an American computer-animated television series created by David Sacks, produced by Carsey-Werner Productions, and broadcast on UPN in...

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  • 2010
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    Fish Hooks

    Fish Hooks

    6.6 2010 HD

    This inventive animated comedy series, set inside a giant fish tank in Bud's Pet Shop, presents high school life as seen through the eyes of three...

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  • 1988
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    Dear John

    Dear John

    5.8 1988 HD

    Dear John starred Judd Hirsch as easygoing Drake Prep high school teacher John Lacey who is dumped by his wife, Wendy, via a Dear John letter. Wendy...

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  • 1975
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    Saturday Night Live

    Saturday Night Live

    6.9 1975 HD

    A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture...

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  • 1996
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    3rd Rock from the Sun

    3rd Rock from the Sun

    7.467 1996 HD

    The high commander of an alien expedition lands on Earth -- what he considers to be the least-important planet -- in human form as Dick Solomon....

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  • 2001
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    Primetime Glick

    Primetime Glick

    6.9 2001 HD

    Talk-show parody featuring obese host Jiminy Glick, who usually knows nothing about his guests and hurls veiled insults at them during his interviews.

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