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Janet Vivian Hooks was an American actress and comedian, best known for her work on Saturday Night Live, where she was a repertory player from 1986 to 1991, and continued making cameo appearances until 1994. Her subsequent work included a regular role on the final two seasons of Designing Women, a recurring role on 3rd Rock from the Sun and a number of other roles in film and television including on Tina Fey’s NBC show 30 Rock and The Simpsons.
Birth Name
Janet Vivian Hooks
Born
Tuesday, 23 April 1957
Died
Thursday, 09 October 2014
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Saturday Night Live: 40th Anniversary Special | Self - Cast Member (In Memoriam) | 2015 |
| The Women of SNL | Candy Sweeney / Greta Garbo / Brenda / Various / Self | 2010 |
| SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas | Mary | 2009 |
| The Cleveland Show | Mrs. Kellogg | 2009 |
| Saturday Night Live Presidential Bash '08 | Diane Sawyer | 2008 |
| 30 Rock | Verna Maroney | 2006 |
| Saturday Night Live: The Best of Commercial Parodies | Various Characters | 2005 |
| Saturday Night Live: The Best of Alec Baldwin | Julie | 2005 |
| Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost & Found | Self | 2005 |
| Jiminy Glick in Lalawood | Dixie Glick | 2004 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Saturday Night Live: 40th Anniversary Special | Self - Cast Member (In Memoriam) | 2015 |
| The Women of SNL | Candy Sweeney / Greta Garbo / Brenda / Various / Self | 2010 |
| SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas | Mary | 2009 |
| The Cleveland Show | Mrs. Kellogg | 2009 |
| Saturday Night Live Presidential Bash '08 | Diane Sawyer | 2008 |
| 30 Rock | Verna Maroney | 2006 |
| Saturday Night Live: The Best of Commercial Parodies | Various Characters | 2005 |
| Saturday Night Live: The Best of Alec Baldwin | Julie | 2005 |
| Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost & Found | Self | 2005 |
| Jiminy Glick in Lalawood | Dixie Glick | 2004 |
| Game Over | Nadine | 2004 |
| Primetime Glick | Dixie Glick | 2001 |
| Saturday Night Live: Presidential Bash 2000 | Self / Kitty Dukakis | 2000 |
| Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Farley | Various Characters | 2000 |
| Saturday Night Live Christmas | Jessica Hahn / Self / Mary Bailey | 1999 |
| Saturday Night Live 25 | Self | 1999 |
| The Martin Short Show | Self - Guest | 1999 |
| Futurama | Anglelyne | 1999 |
| Providence | Doreen Dunfey | 1999 |
| Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dana Carvey | Self / Sinead O'Connor / Various Characters | 1998 |
| Simon Birch | Miss Leavey | 1998 |
| Hiller and Diller | Kate | 1997 |
| The Dana Carvey Show | Kathie Lee Gifford | 1996 |
| 3rd Rock from the Sun | Vicki | 1996 |
| The Show Formerly Known as the Martin Short Show | Self / Various | 1995 |
| The Martin Short Show | Meg Harper Short | 1994 |
| A Dangerous Woman | Makeup Girl | 1993 |
| Coneheads | Gladys Johnson, Driving Student | 1993 |
| Frosty Returns | Lil | 1992 |
| Batman Returns | Jen | 1992 |
| The Dennis Miller Show | Self - Guest | 1992 |
| The Simpsons | Manjula Nahasapeemapetilon | 1989 |
| Dear John | Suzanne | 1988 |
| Superman 50th Anniversary | Marcia Connelly | 1988 |
| Funland | Shelly Willingham | 1987 |
| Designing Women | Carlene Frazier Dobbler / Carlene Frazier Dobber, Carlene Frazier Dobbler | 1986 |
| Wildcats | Stephanie Needham / Stephanie | 1986 |
| The Joe Piscopo Special | 1986 | |
| Pee-wee's Big Adventure | Tina | 1985 |
| The 1/2 Hour Comedy Hour | Various | 1983 |
| Not Necessarily the News | 1983 | |
| Saturday Night Live | Various, Various / Tammy Faye Bakker, Jessica Hahn, Dee Kelly, Woman (segment "Love Is a Dream") (archive footage), Woman / Date, Desiree Fortune / Various, Eleonor Clift / Sinead O'Connor / Kay Corleone / Roxanne, Herself / Mrs. Braithwaite / Customer / Miss Connie, Hillary Clinton, Barbara Mandrell / Diana Ross / Mrs. Novack, Candy Sweeney, Cashier / Sally Kellerman / Spelling Bee moderator / Marge Keister / Mother, Chia Head Client's Wife / Drew Barrymore, Client / Diane Sawyer / Mrs. Johnson / Pat Stevens, Colleen Walsh / Mistress, Corazon Aquino, Crystal McLanahan, Kathie Lee Gifford / Donna, Kitty Dukakis / Constance Gregory, Marge Keister / Princess Di / Sally Kellerman, Mary Jo Buttafuoco, Maude Kaufman, Mrs. Hudson / Various, Nancy Reagan / Rose Kennedy / Lesbian Mother / Guest, Reporter / Friend / Candy Sweeney, Sally Jessy Raphael / Kid / Judy Rifkin, Sinead O'Connor, Suspectful Wife / Visitor / Shelley Long / Friend / Megan, Syndi, Tammy Faye Bakker / Ivana Trump / Cheri Carter, Various / Ivana Trump, Various / Nadine Hurley / Log Lady, Various / Nancy Simmons | 1975 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Herself - Guest | 1962 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1998 | Emmy | Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series | Nominated |
