SNL veteran Jan Hooks dead at 57

Actress Jan Hooks, best known for her work on “Saturday Night Live” and “Designing Women,” died today, a spokeswoman of Innovative Artists, the agency that represented her, confirmed. She was 57.

A cause of death was not released.

Hooks was in a variety of other television shows and movies, including a role in the 1992 blockbuster “Batman Returns.”

Shealso had roles on “Third Rock from the Sun,” “The Simpsons” and “30 Rock.”

Hooks was a part of an SNL cast that included Dana Carvey, Nora Dunn, Phil Hartman, Victoria Jackson, Jon Lovitz, Dennis Miller, Kevin Nealon and A. Whitney Brown.

Hooks was born April 23, 1957, in Decatur, Ga.

One of her first roles in film was in 1985’s “Pee-wee’s Big Adventure.”