Jan Hooks, a comedian known best for her work on Saturday Night Live during the late-80s and early 90s, passed away on Thursday, October 9, 2014. Hooks was 57.
In addition to her work on SNL, Hooks was a regular on television comedies including recurring appearances on Designing Women and Third Rock From the Sun.
Ms. Hooks joined “S.N.L.” in 1986 and was part of a cast that is widely regarded as one of the best in the show’s history, alongside the likes of Phil Hartman, Dana Carvey, Jon Lovitz, Nora Dunn and later Mike Myers.
Among the prominent women she impersonated were Donald Trump’s wife, Ivana, and the television evangelist Tammy Faye Bakker, whom she had seen on cable in Atlanta before Ms. Bakker and her husband, Jim, became nationally known. After leaving the show in 1991, Ms. Hooks returned several times to portray Hillary Rodham Clinton — the first “S.N.L.” cast member to tackle that assignment.
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