Photos: Jan Hooks | 1957-2014

Actress Jan Hooks attends the Primetime Emmy Awards on Aug. 25, 1991, at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium. (Ron Galella / WireImage)

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Oct. 9, 2014 5:22 PM PT

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

The cast of the TV show “Designing Women” is shown around 1993. Seated from left are Jan Hooks, Annie Potts, Dixie Carter and Judith Ivey. Standing in back is Meshach Taylor. (Fotos International / Getty Images)

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Photos: Jan Hooks | 1957-2014

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