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Biography

Best known for her outlandish yet on-target impersonations of figures from Tammy Faye Bakker and Diane Sawyer to Bette Davis and Ann-Margret, Hooks enjoyed personal triumphs when she essayed conflicting pairs of media notables (e.g. Ivana Trump and Marla Maples, Nancy Reagan and Kitty Dukakis). From 1991-93, Hooks left the rigors of live TV to join the cast of the Southern-fried sitcom, "Designing Women", playing the naive, countrified …
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Job Title

Actor

Born

April 23, 1957

LATEST CREDITS

The Martin Short Show

Meg

The Show Formerly Known As The Martin Short Show

Actor

Jiminy Glick in Lalawood

Dixie Glick

Frosty Returns

of Mom

The Joe Piscopo Special

Actor

That Was the Week That Was

Actor

Prime Times

Regular

Saturday Night Live Goes Commercial

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Love Letter to New York

Actor

Wildcats

Stephanie

The Half-Hour Comedy Hour

Regular

A Dangerous Woman

Make-up Girl

Simon Birch

Miss Leavey

Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel

Actor

Lifetime Applauds: The Fight Against Breast Cancer

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The Dana Carvey Show

Actor

Batman Returns

Jen

Pee-Wee's Big Adventure

Tina

Saturday Night Live's Presidential Bash

Nancy Reagan

The 43rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards Presentation

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Saturday Night Live 15th Anniversary

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Hiller and Diller

Katie

The 2nd Annual Saturday Night Live Mother's Day Special

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Coneheads

Gladys Johnson

Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Primetime Special

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