Jan Hooks

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Janet Vivian Hooks (April 23, 1957 – October 9, 2014) was an American actress and comedian best known for her appearances on Saturday Night Live, where she performed as a repertory performer from 1986 to 1991 and then appeared on cameo shows from 1996 to 1994.

Her subsequent work included a regular appearance on the final two seasons of Designing Women, a recurring role on 3rd Rock from the Sun, and a variety of other film and television appearances, including on Tina Fey's Show 30 Rock.

Early life

Hooks was born and raised in Decatur, Georgia, where she attended Canby Lane Elementary School and Towers High School. When her father, a Sears employee, was transferred to Fort Myers, Florida, she was in 1974, her junior year. She attended Cypress Lake High School, made her stage debut in a play there, and graduated in 1975. She studied theatre at Edison State College but then moved to pursue acting full time, but not in theatre.

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Career

Hooks began her acting career as a member of The Groundlings, as well as in an Atlanta nightclub performance called The Wits End Players.

She appeared on Tush on Ted Turner's television station, WTBS, from 1980 to 1981, which later became TBS. In the early 1980s, she drew attention on the HBO comedy film Not Necessarily the News and made guest appearances on Comedy Break with Mack & Jamie. She made her film debut in Pee-Wee's Big Adventure as a know-it-all tour guide at the Alamo and appeared in the Goldie Hawn film Wildcats.

Hooks talked to producer Lorne Michaels about a spot on Saturday Night Live in 1985, but her appeal was turned down in favour of Joan Cusack. Michaels gave Hooks a second chance after the show's 1985–86 season was deemed a ratings disaster and the show was put on the chopping block for cancellation. Despite a six-minute audition, Dana Carvey, Phil Hartman, Victoria Jackson, and Kevin Nealon were all offered a contract. They were instrumental in the show's continuous ratings rise and a return to the national spotlight. Candy Sweeney of The Sweeney Sisters was among Hooks' characters. Bette Davis, Sinéad O'Connor, Kathie Lee Gifford, and Diane Sawyer were among the prominent political wives of the period, including Nancy Reagan, Hillary Clinton, Kitty Dukakis, Betty Ford, and Elizabeth Dole, and Elizabeth Dole, and Katherine Dole.

Hooks left SNL in 1991 after being asked by Linda Bloodworth-Thomason to replace Jean Smart on the CBS sitcom Designing Women, as a result of the strain of being on a live show. Hooks appeared in Carlene Dobber for the show's final two seasons. She continued to appear on SNL on occasion from 1994, mainly as Hillary Clinton.

Hooks have continued to work in support roles and guest appearances for many years, but the number has decreased. Vicki Dubcek on 3rd Rock from the Sun earned her an Emmy Award nomination. Manjula played in two Matt Groening-produced cartoons for the Fox Broadcasting Company between 1997 and 2002 as Apu's wife Manjula (although Tress MacNeille occasionally substituted for her, and eventually replaced her), and in the Futurama episode "Bendless Love" as the robot's voice. In Lalawood's series Primetime Glick and the film Jiminy Glick, she appeared as Dixie Glick. Jen was small in several other films, including Batman Returns as Jen, the Penguin's image consultant, during his campaign to become mayor of Gotham City. In 2010, she appeared on 30 Rock, replacing Jenna Maroney's mother, Verna Maroney, in the last live-action spots Hooks did. She appeared in "Mr. and Mrs. Brown," her last acting role, on the 2013 The Cleveland Show.

Hooks' anxiety about acting and passive involvement in her career culminated in her rejection of prestigious auditions and lucrative acting roles, according to a 2014 Grantland article about her career and death. Tina Fey said after her death that she was angry that Hooks didn't have a more fruitful career (Fey said Hooks was a bigger celebrity on SNL than Rob Schneider, and she may have had at least as long a film career as he did). Hooks' companion, film critic Ann Hornaday, said that Hooks didn't have doors slammed in her face and that they made no attempt to seek out jobs. Hooks canceled his role in the 2003 television film The Music Man (which went to Molly Shannon) and decided to reprise her SNL sketch "The Sweeney Sisters" with Nora Dunn in a special performance at Carnegie Hall in 2014. Bill Tush, Hooks' companion, believed that her drinking had made her indifferent about her future, but she may not have wanted more money or fame. Hooks had to work just enough to keep her Screen Actor Guild health insurance, according to another friend.

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