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: 4.219
  • 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

    6.436 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...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Paul Reubens

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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...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Joe Piscopo

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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...

    Genre: Action

    Cast: William Windom

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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.

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Fred Armisen

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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,...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Chris Farley

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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...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Martin Short

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  • 1992
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    Frosty Returns
    Frosty Returns

    5.6 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...

    Genre: Animation

    Cast: Jonathan Winters

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  • 1986
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    Wildcats
    Wildcats

    6.25 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...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Goldie Hawn

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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.

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Dana Carvey

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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...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Ashley Judd

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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...

    Genre: Action

    Cast: Michael Keaton

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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...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Martin Short

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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...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Debra Winger

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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.

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Tina Fey

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  • 1993
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    Coneheads
    Coneheads

    5.42 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...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Dan Aykroyd

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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...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Bill Murray

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  • 2024
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    The Simpsons
    The Simpsons

    8.018 2024 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...

    Genre: Family

    Cast: Dan Castellaneta

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  • 2024
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    Futurama
    Futurama

    8.382 2024 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...

    Genre: Animation

    Cast: Billy West

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  • 1993
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    Designing Women
    Designing Women

    6.7 1993 HD

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

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Dixie Carter

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  • 2002
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    Providence
    Providence

    6.5 2002 HD

    Providence is an American television drama series.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Melina Kanakaredes

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  • 2013
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    30 Rock
    30 Rock

    7.4 2013 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.

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Tina Fey

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  • 1987
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    Not Necessarily the News
    Not Necessarily the News

    6.2 1987 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...

    Genre: News

    Cast: Rich Hall

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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...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Martin Short

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  • 2024
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    Saturday Night Live
    Saturday Night Live

    6.9 2024 HD

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

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Michael Che

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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...

    Genre: Animation

    Cast: Patrick Warburton

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  • 2014
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    Fish Hooks
    Fish Hooks

    6.5 2014 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...

    Genre: Animation

    Cast: Kyle Massey

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  • 1992
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    Dear John
    Dear John

    5.8 1992 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...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Judd Hirsch

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  • 2024
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    Saturday Night Live
    Saturday Night Live

    6.9 2024 HD

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

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Michael Che

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  • 2001
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    3rd Rock from the Sun
    3rd Rock from the Sun

    7.474 2001 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....

    Genre: Family

    Cast: John Lithgow

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  • 2003
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    Primetime Glick
    Primetime Glick

    6.9 2003 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.

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Martin Short

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