Jan Hoag
{{short description|American film and television actress (born 1948)}}
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| birth_date ={{birth date and age|1948|09|19}}
| birth_place = Portland, Oregon, U.S.
| occupation = Actress
| alma_mater = Oregon State University
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Janet A. Hoag (born September 19, 1948){{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/jan_hoag|work=Rotten Tomatoes|title=Jan Hoag Biography|archive-url=https://archive.today/20230129193220/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/jan_hoag|archive-date=January 29, 2023}} is an American film and television actress. Her first major feature film role was in Brian Yuzna's slasher film The Dentist (1996). She later had minor supporting roles in the films Christmas with the Kranks (2004), Wild (2014) and Steven Spielberg's The Fabelmans (2022).
Hoag has appeared as a guest star in numerous television series, including recurring roles on 8 Simple Rules (2004), Scream Queens (2015), and Big Shot (2021).
Early life
Hoag was born September 19, 1948, in Portland, Oregon. She graduated from Holy Child Academy in Portland and later attended Oregon State University, graduating with a degree in business.{{cite web|work=Raising Flagg Official Website|title=Jan Hoag Biography|url=http://www.raisingflagg.com/mediakit/_pdfs/jan_hoag.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929091956/http://www.raisingflagg.com/mediakit/_pdfs/jan_hoag.pdf|archive-date=September 29, 2007|publisher=Rubicon Film Productions Ltd.}}
She later worked in managerial positions for the Portland-based department store Meier and Frank before taking a sales management position in Southern California. Hoag was inspired to act after attending theater productions in Los Angeles. She abandoned her sales career and enrolled at the Lee Strasberg Institute to study acting.
Career
Since the beginning of the 1990s, Hoag has appeared in several television series, including Murder, She Wrote, Step by Step, Married... with Children, Melrose Place, Murphy Brown, Providence, Judging Amy, The Norm Show, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, 8 Simple Rules, Sunset Beach, Desperate Housewives, Gilmore Girls, Boston Legal, Mad Men, Coop & Cami Ask the World and others, although always playing minor characters. She guest starred on Glee in the episode "I Kissed a Girl", and in The Big Bang Theory in the season 6 episode "The Re-Entry Minimization". Hoag had a recurring character as Agatha Bean on the first season of Scream Queens.
She has also appeared in some feature films, including The Dentist (1996), Progeny (1998), Raising Flagg, and Wild (2014).{{Cite web |last=Baker |first=Jeff |date=December 9, 2014 |title='Wild' premiere: what it's like on the red carpet with Reese Witherspoon and Laura Dern |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/movies/2014/12/wild_premiere_what_its_like_on.html |access-date=November 10, 2022 |website=The Oregonian |language=en}} Subsequent film roles include in Karyn Kusama's thriller Destroyer (2018). In 2022, she had a minor supporting role in Steven Spielberg's The Fabelmans.{{cite web|work=KATU|title=Portland Actor Jan Hoag in Steven Spielberg's "The Fabelmans"|date=December 12, 2022|url-status=live|url=https://katu.com/amnw/am-northwest-special-guests/portland-actor-jan-hoag-in-steven-spielbergs-the-fabelmans|archive-date=January 29, 2023|archive-url=https://archive.today/20230129193718/https://katu.com/amnw/am-northwest-special-guests/portland-actor-jan-hoag-in-steven-spielbergs-the-fabelmans}}
Filmography
= Film =
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ !Year !Title !Role !Notes |
| 1991
|My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys |Nurse | |
| 1996
|Candy | |
| 1998
|Nurse Ida | |
| 2000
|The Extreme Adventures of Super Dave |Super Fan | |
| 2000
|Newsstand Tourist | |
| 2000
|Judy Anderson | |
| 2002
|Role of a Lifetime |Chick's Receptionist | |
| 2004
|Choir Director | |
| 2005
|Saphron Jenkins | |
| 2006
|Judge Walters | |
| 2007
|Neighbor | |
| 2010
|Receptionist | |
| 2014
|Woman Buying Truck | |
| 2014
|Wild |Annette | |
| 2018
|Toby's Mother | |
| 2019
|Funeral Woman |Uncredited |
| 2019
|Guard Betty Lou | |
| 2022
|Nona | |
= Television =
| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year !Title !Role !Notes |
| 1990
|Book Lover |Episode: "The Great Twain Robbery" |
| 1991
|Woman |Episode: "Caution: Murder Can Be Hazardous to Your Health" |
| 1991
|Jan |Episode: "A Well-Kept Housekeeper" |
| 1991
|Kim |Episode: "Men Seeking Women" |
| 1991
|Santa's Visitor |Episode: "Away in a Manger" |
| 1992
|The Price She Paid |Mrs. Jacobs | rowspan="2" |Television film |
| 1992
|A Message from Holly |Mistress |
| 1993
|Fan #2 |Episode: "The Un-Natural" |
| 1994
|Sandy |Television film |
| 1994
|Dave |Episode: "The Funeral" |
| 1994
|Checker #1 |Episode: "Assault and Batteries" |
| 1994
|Roseanne & Tom: Behind the Scenes |Geraldine | rowspan="2" |Television film |
| 1995
|Medical Examiner |
| 1995
|Nurse Kelly |3 episodes |
| 1997
|Assistant |Episode: "When One Door Closes..." |
| 1997
|Nurse |Episode: "Reunion" |
| 1998
|Doreen |Episode #1.319 |
| 1998
|Mrs. Baker |Television film |
| 1999
|Cheryl |Episode: "Airplane" |
| 1999
|Pig Farmer |Television film |
| 1999, 2001
|Margaret Barrow |2 episodes |
| 2000
|Apartment Agent |Episode: "The Apartment" |
| 2000
|Mrs. Buddy |Episode: "Fall Out" |
| 2000
|The Last Dance |Zeena |Television film |
| 2000
|Alison Schaeffer |Episode: "Waterworld" |
| 2001
|Daisy |Episode: "The Contest" |
| 2001
|Francine |Episode: "Muskrat Love" |
| 2002
|Cousin Carol |Episode: "Hell's Bells" |
| 2004
|Secretary |2 episodes |
| 2004
|Beefy Middle-Aged Woman |Episode: "Ah, But Underneath" |
| 2005
|Eyes |Tracy Williams |Episode: "Trial" |
| 2005
|Middle Aged Woman |Episode: "Judge, Jury and Executioner" |
| 2006
|Receptionist |Episode: "Stevie in the Hospital" |
| 2006
|Nurse |Episode: "Super Cool Party People" |
| 2006
|Ms. Ford |Episode: "Requiem" |
| 2006
|Jane Baker |Episode: "Fine Young Cannibal" |
| 2007
|The News |Stage Manager |Television film |
| 2008
|Margot |Episode: "Kyle Ainge" |
| 2008
|Edith Schilling |Episode: "The Benefactor" |
| 2009
|Molly |Episode: "We're Already Here" |
| 2009
|Mrs. Murphy |Episode: "Mom at Bar/Train Buddy" |
| 2009
|Betts |Episode: "Retaliation" |
| 2011
|Nurse Fahler |Episode: "Back to Summer" |
| 2011
|Glee |Roberta |Episode: "I Kissed a Girl" |
| 2012
|Lillian |Episode: "The Re-Entry Minimization" |
| 2014
|Sister Ann Halloran |Episode: "Iron City" |
| 2015
|Ms. Agatha Bean |3 episodes |
| 2016
|Rose |2 episodes |
| 2019
|Nurse |Episode: "Common Room Wake" |
| 2020
|Bidder |Episode: "Would You Wrather Trash a Friend?" |
| 2021–2022
|Carol |2 episodes |
| 2023
|Phyllis |Episode: "Rewardshment" |
| 2023
|Natalie | Episode: "Cowgirls Don't Cry" |
| 2023
|Gwen | Episode: "A New Weather Girl and a Stay-at-Home Coddler" |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0387431}}
- [http://www.filmreference.com/film/67/Jan-Hoag.html Jan Hoag Biography of films]
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Category:American film actresses
Category:American television actresses
Category:Actresses from Portland, Oregon
Category:Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute alumni
Category:Oregon State University alumni