Actress and comedienne, Jan Hooks, died today in New York. She was 57.
Hooks rose to fame and fortune on the late-night cult favorite, Saturday Night Live, where she worked for five seasons from the late ’80s to early ’90s. She later had parts in the southern, gal-pal sitcom, “Designing Women, “and in movies such as “Pee Wee’s Big Adventure,”” Batman Returns” and “Simon Burch,” but she’ll perhaps always be best remembered by fans of SNL for her portrayal of flawed 80s icons Tammy Faye Bakker, Kathie Lee Gifford and even Nancy Reagan. (Don’t even consider moving the Limoges.)