# Jan Hoag

Janet A. Hoag (born September 19, 1948) 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.
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). 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.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1991 | My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys | Nurse | |
| 1996 | The Dentist | Candy | |
| 1998 | Progeny | Nurse Ida | |
| 2000 | The Extreme Adventures of Super Dave | Super Fan | |
| 2000 | Disney's The Kid | Newsstand Tourist | |
| 2000 | In the Light of the Moon | Judy Anderson | |
| 2002 | Role of a Lifetime | Chick's Receptionist | |
| 2004 | Christmas with the Kranks | Choir Director | |
| 2005 | Dating Games People Play | Saphron Jenkins | |
| 2006 | Raising Flagg | Judge Walters | |
| 2007 | Evan Almighty | Neighbor | |
| 2010 | Faster | Receptionist | |
| 2014 | Small Time | Woman Buying Truck | |
| 2014 | Wild | Annette | |
| 2018 | Destroyer | Toby's Mother | |
| 2019 | The Laundromat | Funeral Woman | Uncredited |
| 2019 | 3 from Hell | Guard Betty Lou | |
| 2022 | The Fabelmans | Nona | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1990 | Murder, She Wrote | Book Lover | Episode: "The Great Twain Robbery" |
| 1991 | Columbo | Woman | Episode: "Caution: Murder Can Be Hazardous to Your Health" |
| 1991 | Who's the Boss? | Jan | Episode: "A Well-Kept Housekeeper" |
| 1991 | Silk Stalkings | Kim | Episode: "Men Seeking Women" |
| 1991 | Baby Talk | Santa's Visitor | Episode: "Away in a Manger" |
| 1992 | The Price She Paid | Mrs. Jacobs | Television film |
| 1992 | A Message from Holly | Mistress | Television film |
| 1993 | Step by Step | Fan #2 | Episode: "The Un-Natural" |
| 1994 | Armed and Innocent | Sandy | Television film |
| 1994 | Dave's World | Dave | Episode: "The Funeral" |
| 1994 | Married... with Children | Checker #1 | Episode: "Assault and Batteries" |
| 1994 | Roseanne & Tom: Behind the Scenes | Geraldine | Television film |
| 1995 | The Courtyard | Medical Examiner | Television film |
| 1995 | Melrose Place | Nurse Kelly | 3 episodes |
| 1997 | Murphy Brown | Assistant | Episode: "When One Door Closes..." |
| 1997 | The Visitor | Nurse | Episode: "Reunion" |
| 1998 | Sunset Beach | Doreen | Episode #1.319 |
| 1998 | The Christmas Wish | Mrs. Baker | Television film |
| 1999 | G vs E | Cheryl | Episode: "Airplane" |
| 1999 | Silk Hope | Pig Farmer | Television film |
| 1999, 2001 | The Norm Show | Margaret Barrow | 2 episodes |
| 2000 | Providence | Apartment Agent | Episode: "The Apartment" |
| 2000 | L.A. 7 | Mrs. Buddy | Episode: "Fall Out" |
| 2000 | The Last Dance | Zeena | Television film |
| 2000 | Judging Amy | Alison Schaeffer | Episode: "Waterworld" |
| 2001 | Any Day Now | Daisy | Episode: "The Contest" |
| 2001 | The Ellen Show | Francine | Episode: "Muskrat Love" |
| 2002 | Buffy the Vampire Slayer | Cousin Carol | Episode: "Hell's Bells" |
| 2004 | 8 Simple Rules | Secretary | 2 episodes |
| 2004 | Desperate Housewives | Beefy Middle-Aged Woman | Episode: "Ah, But Underneath" |
| 2005 | Eyes | Tracy Williams | Episode: "Trial" |
| 2005 | Medium | Middle Aged Woman | Episode: "Judge, Jury and Executioner" |
| 2006 | Malcolm in the Middle | Receptionist | Episode: "Stevie in the Hospital" |
| 2006 | Gilmore Girls | Nurse | Episode: "Super Cool Party People" |
| 2006 | Without a Trace | Ms. Ford | Episode: "Requiem" |
| 2006 | Boston Legal | Jane Baker | Episode: "Fine Young Cannibal" |
| 2007 | The News | Stage Manager | Television film |
| 2008 | Nip/Tuck | Margot | Episode: "Kyle Ainge" |
| 2008 | Mad Men | Edith Schilling | Episode: "The Benefactor" |
| 2009 | Saving Grace | Molly | Episode: "We're Already Here" |
| 2009 | Brothers | Mrs. Murphy | Episode: "Mom at Bar/Train Buddy" |
| 2009 | Criminal Minds | Betts | Episode: "Retaliation" |
| 2011 | The Middle | Nurse Fahler | Episode: "Back to Summer" |
| 2011 | Glee | Roberta | Episode: "I Kissed a Girl" |
| 2012 | The Big Bang Theory | Lillian | Episode: "The Re-Entry Minimization" |
| 2014 | Shameless | Sister Ann Halloran | Episode: "Iron City" |
| 2015 | Scream Queens | Ms. Agatha Bean | 3 episodes |
| 2016 | The Young Pope | Rose | 2 episodes |
| 2019 | Baskets | Nurse | Episode: "Common Room Wake" |
| 2020 | Coop & Cami Ask the World | Bidder | Episode: "Would You Wrather Trash a Friend?" |
| 2021–2022 | Big Shot | Carol | 2 episodes |
| 2023 | How I Met Your Father | Phyllis | Episode: "Rewardshment" |
| 2023 | Grey's Anatomy | Natalie | Episode: "Cowgirls Don't Cry" |
| 2023 | Young Sheldon | Gwen | Episode: "A New Weather Girl and a Stay-at-Home Coddler" |