Remembering Jan Hooks

On "Saturday Night Live," Jan Hooks made a name for herself portraying real-life characters from Bette Davis to Tammy Faye Bakker.

Veteran actor and "Saturday Night Live" performer Jan Hooks died Oct. 9, 2014, after battling a serious illness. Before her death, Hooks appeared on "30 Rock" and "The Simpsons." In the 1990s, she co-starred on popular sitcom "Designing Women." But the actress who got her start as a member of The Groundlings improv group in Los Angeles, is best remembered for her many years on "Saturday Night Live." On "SNL" she made a name for herself portraying real-life characters such as Bette Davis, Tammy Faye Bakker, Ivana Trump, and Kathie Lee Gifford, as well as first ladies Hillary Rodham Clinton, Betty Ford, and Nancy Reagan.

Remembering Jan Hooks: Her 5 Best SNL Characters

This is Jan Hooks singing "I'm Commercial," a parody of "I Am Woman" by Helen Reddy: "I originally wrote this when I had the Hahavishnu Orchestra and I had to change the melody a little for TV."

Here, Hooks and Major League Baseball Hall of Famer Mike Piazza star in a television commercial.

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