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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

The Women of SNL	Herself / Candy Sweeney / Greta Garbo / Brenda / Various	2010
The Cleveland Show	Mrs. Kellogg	2009
30 Rock	Verna Maroney	2006
Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost & Found	Herself (archive footage)	2005
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood	Dixie Glick	2004
Game Over	Nadine	2004
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Farley	Various Characters (archive footage) (uncredited)	2003
Primetime Glick	Dixie Glick	2001
Saturday Night Live Christmas	Herself / Jessica Hahn / Mary Bailey (archive footage)	1999
The Martin Short Show	Herself - Guest	1999

(see additional filmography)

Actress Filmography

Title	Character	Year

The Women of SNL	Herself / Candy Sweeney / Greta Garbo / Brenda / Various	2010
The Cleveland Show	Mrs. Kellogg	2009
30 Rock	Verna Maroney	2006
Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost & Found	Herself (archive footage)	2005
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood	Dixie Glick	2004
Game Over	Nadine	2004
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Farley	Various Characters (archive footage) (uncredited)	2003
Primetime Glick	Dixie Glick	2001
Saturday Night Live Christmas	Herself / Jessica Hahn / Mary Bailey (archive footage)	1999
The Martin Short Show	Herself - Guest	1999
Futurama	Anglelyne	1999
Providence	Doreen Dunfey	1999
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dana Carvey	Herself	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 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	Herself - Guest	1992
The Simpsons	Manjula Nahasapeemapetilon (voice), Manjula Nahasapeemapetilon	1989
Dear John	Suzanne	1988
Superman 50th Anniversary	Marcia Connelly	1988
Funland	Shelly Willingham	1987
Designing Women	Carlene Frazier Dobbler	1986
Wildcats	Stephanie Needham	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, Dee Kelly, Jessica Hahn, 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, Desiree Fortune / Various, Eleonor Clift / Sinead O'Connor / Kay Corleone / Roxanne, Herself / Mrs. Braithwaite / Customer / Miss Connie, Hillary Clinton, Woman (segment "Love Is a Dream") (archive footage), Woman / Date	1975
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	Herself - Guest	1962