Jan Hooks
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Jan Hooks was an American actress and comedian best known for her work as a cast member on "Saturday Night Live" in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jan Hooks canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1795052 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jan Hooks Context triple: [Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery, hasNotableBurial, Jan Hooks]
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A.
Laura Jarrett
Laura Jarrett is an American attorney and journalist known for her work as a legal correspondent on major U.S. news networks.
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B.
Kim Hill
Kim Hill is an American singer and songwriter best known for her early work as a vocalist with the hip hop group Black Eyed Peas before their mainstream pop success.
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C.
Elizabeth Hanks
Elizabeth Hanks is an American actress and writer, known for her supporting roles in films like "Forrest Gump" and for being the daughter of actor Tom Hanks.
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D.
Sarah Austin
Sarah Austin is the wife of John Barry, known primarily in relation to her marriage to the acclaimed film composer.
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E.
Sarah Shelton
Sarah Shelton was the first wife of American Founding Father and orator Patrick Henry, with whom she had several children before her early death.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jan Hooks Target entity description: Jan Hooks was an American actress and comedian best known for her work as a cast member on "Saturday Night Live" in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
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A.
Laura Jarrett
Laura Jarrett is an American attorney and journalist known for her work as a legal correspondent on major U.S. news networks.
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B.
Kim Hill
Kim Hill is an American singer and songwriter best known for her early work as a vocalist with the hip hop group Black Eyed Peas before their mainstream pop success.
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C.
Elizabeth Hanks
Elizabeth Hanks is an American actress and writer, known for her supporting roles in films like "Forrest Gump" and for being the daughter of actor Tom Hanks.
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D.
Sarah Austin
Sarah Austin is the wife of John Barry, known primarily in relation to her marriage to the acclaimed film composer.
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E.
Sarah Shelton
Sarah Shelton was the first wife of American Founding Father and orator Patrick Henry, with whom she had several children before her early death.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
actress
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comedian ⓘ film actor ⓘ human ⓘ television actor ⓘ voice actor ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 2010s ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1970s ⓘ |
| birthName | Janet Vivian Hooks ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | throat cancer ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1957-04-23 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2014-10-09 ⓘ |
| employer | Saturday Night Live ⓘ |
| endTime | 1991 (Saturday Night Live cast membership) ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
European American
ⓘ
surface form:
White American
|
| familyName | Hooks ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
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sketch comedy ⓘ |
| givenName | Janet ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | cast of Saturday Night Live ⓘ |
| name | Jan Hooks self-link ⓘ |
| notableFor | impressions and character work on Saturday Night Live ⓘ |
| notableRole |
Carlene Frazier Dobber on Designing Women
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Jen in Batman Returns ⓘ Manicurist in Pee-wee's Big Adventure ⓘ Vicki Dubcek on 3rd Rock from the Sun ⓘ voice of Manjula Nahasapeemapetilon on The Simpsons ⓘ |
| notableWork | Saturday Night Live ⓘ |
| occupation |
actress
ⓘ
comedian ⓘ film actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ voice actor ⓘ |
| performedIn |
3rd Rock from the Sun
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Batman Returns ⓘ The Coneheads ⓘ
surface form:
Coneheads
Designing Women ⓘ Big Top Pee-wee ⓘ
surface form:
Pee-wee's Big Adventure
Saturday Night Live ⓘ The Martin Short Show ⓘ The Simpsons ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Decatur, Georgia
ⓘ
surface form:
Decatur, Georgia, United States
|
| placeOfDeath |
Woodstock, New York
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surface form:
Woodstock, New York, United States
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| residence |
Los Angeles
ⓘ
New York City ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| startTime | 1986 (Saturday Night Live cast membership) ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Jan Hooks Description of subject: Jan Hooks was an American actress and comedian best known for her work as a cast member on "Saturday Night Live" in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.