About Jan Hooks
Janet Vivian Hooks was an American actress and comedian. She 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. She died of complications of throat cancer on October 9, 2014 at the age of 57. Myers, Florida, made her stage debut in a play there, and graduated in 1975. From 1980 to 1981, Hooks appeared in Bill Tush's Tush on Ted Turner's television station, WTBS, which eventually became TBS.
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