Jan Hoag
Born: 1948-09-19 in Portland, Oregon, USA
Known For: Acting
Biography
Jan Hoag (born Janet Vilhauer, September 19, 1948, in Portland, Oregon) is an American actress who graduated from Holy Child Academy and Oregon State University with a degree in business. She worked in sales management for the May Company in Southern California before being inspired to act after attending theatre productions in Los Angeles, and enrolled at the Lee Strasberg Institute to study acting. She began her career in 1987 with a guest spot on Married... with Children and has since accumulated over 80 film and television credits as a character actress. Her most notable film credits include Candy in The Dentist (1996, directed by Brian Yuzna), Choir Director in Christmas with the Kranks (2004, with Tim Allen), Neighbor in Evan Almighty (2007, with Steve Carell), Receptionist in Faster (2010, with Dwayne Johnson), Annette in Wild (2014, with Reese Witherspoon), Toby's Mother in Destroyer (2018, with Nicole Kidman), and Nona in The Fabelmans (2022, directed by Steven Spielberg). On television she is best known as Ms. Agatha Bean in Scream Queens (2015, 3 episodes), Rose in The Young Pope (2016, 2 episodes), and Carol in Big Shot (2021–2022), with additional credits in Mad Men (2008), The Big Bang Theory (2012), Shameless (2014), Criminal Minds (2009), The Middle (2011), Buffy the Vampire Slayer (2002), Boston Legal (2006), Melrose Place (1995), How I Met Your Father (2023), Grey's Anatomy (2023), and Young Sheldon (2023).
Filmography
2023
- Invaders from Proxima B as Lulu Felson
2022
- How I Met Your Father as Phyllis
- The Fabelmans as Nona
2021
- Big Shot as Carol
2019
- 3 from Hell as Guard Betty Lou
2018
- Coop & Cami Ask the World as Bidder
- Destroyer as Toby's Mother
2017
- Young Sheldon as Gwen
2016
- Baskets as Nurse
2015
- Scream Queens as Ms. Agatha Bean
2014
- Wild as Annette
2011
- Shameless as Ann Halloran
2010
- Faster as Receptionist
2009
- The Middle as Nurse Fahler
- Glee as Roberta
2007
- Mad Men as Edith Schilling
- The Big Bang Theory as Lillian
- Saving Grace as Molly
- Evan Almighty as Neighbor
2006
- Raising Flagg as Judge Walters
2005
- Criminal Minds as Betts
- Grey's Anatomy as Natalie
- Medium as Middle Aged Woman
- Eyes as Tracy Williams
2004
- Desperate Housewives as Beefy Middle-Aged Woman
- Boston Legal as Jane Baker
- Christmas with the Kranks as Choir Director
2003
- Nip/Tuck as Margot
2002
- Without a Trace as Ms. Ford
- 8 Simple Rules as Secretary
2001
- The Ellen Show
- The Parlor as Bambi
2000
- Malcolm in the Middle as Receptionist
- Gilmore Girls as Nurse
- The Kid as Newsstand Tourist
- Ed Gein as Irene Hill
1999
- Judging Amy as Alison Schaeffer
- S Club 7 as Mrs. Buddy
1998
- Progeny as Nurse Ida
- The Christmas Wish as Mrs. Baker
1997
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer as Cousin Carol
- The Visitor as Nurse
1996
- The Dentist as Candy
1995
- The Courtyard as Medical Examiner
1994
- Roseanne and Tom: Behind the Scenes as Geraldine
1993
- Dave's World as Linda
- Other Mothers
1992
- Melrose Place as Nurse Kelly (voice)
- A Message from Holly
1991
1990
- Cop Rock as Doris
1989
1987
- Married... with Children as Checker #1
1984
- Murder, She Wrote as Book Lover
1971
- Columbo as Woman