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Joan Van Ark

Television Actress / Actress / Stage Actress / Film Actress / Voice Actress | * 06/16/1943 (80) | New York City, New York (United States of America (USA))
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Joan Van Ark (born June 16, 1943) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Valene Ewing on the primetime soap opera Knots Landing. A life member of The Actors Studio, she made her Broadway debut in 1966 in Barefoot in the Park. In 1971, she received a Theatre World Award and was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for the revival of The School for Wives. In 1978, Van Ark landed her most famous role of Valene Ewing, who first appeared on the CBS series Dallas, then was a leading character for 13 seasons on its spin-off Knots Landing (1979–92). For her performance on Knots Landing, she won the Soap Opera Digest Award for Best Actress in 1986 and 1989. She left the show in 1992, although she did return for the series' final two episodes in 1993 as well as the 1997 miniseries Knots Landing: Back to the Cul-de-Sac. In 1985, she rec... ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Mystery

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Wealthy big game hunter (Boone), along with his group, gets trapped in pre-historic times where they are stalked by a ferocious dinosaur. ...

The Last Dinosaur

Certification unknown

1977 | 3.6/5 | 1h 46min
Adventure, Science Fiction, TV Movie
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Dramatically presented situations, often controversial, of interest to children and teenagers. Several episodes were either in animated form or presented as documentaries. Topics included illiteracy, ...

ABC Afterschool Special

Certification unknown

1972 | 3.1/5 | 1h per episode
Drama
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The domestic adventures, misdeeds and everyday interactions of five families living on a cul-de-sac in a small California community. ...

Knots Landing

TV-14

1979 | 3.5/5 | 44min per episode
Drama, Soap / Telenovela
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Pretty the Series

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2024-
 
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Awards & Nominations for Joan Van Ark

Theatre World Award 2x Soap Opera Digest Awards TV Land Award Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play 2x Soap Opera Digest Awards
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Movies with Joan Van Ark as Actress(27)

as Aunt Daisy2017 Psycho Wedding Crasher
as Momma2013 Watercolor Postcards
as Megan Phillips2008 Channels
as The Hemingway Diamond2005 Diamond Zero
as Dr. Klein2003 Net Games
as Mayor McAnders2002 Tornado Warning
as Secretary (voice)2000 It's the Pied Piper, Charlie Brown
as Nancy Donavan2000 Held for Ransom
as Vice President Elizabeth Lane1998 Loyal Opposition
as Julianne Kaiser1995 When the Dark Man Calls
as Nora McGill1994 A Mother's Deception
1993 In the Shadows, Someone's Watching
as Mrs. Drew1993 Tainted Blood
as Leslie Renner1992 Terror on Track 9
as herself1990 Night Of 100 Stars III
as Martha Mendham1990 Always Remember I Love You
as Julia Alberts1990 Menu for Murder
as Brenda Allen1988 Shakedown on the Sunset Strip
as Claire Thomas1988 My First Love
as Marie Rivers1981 Red Flag: The Ultimate Game
as Francesca Banks1977 The Last Dinosaur
as Shirley1975 Shell Game
as Silvia Gala1975 The Rules of the Game
as Roxanne (voice)1974 Cyrano
as Nina1974 Big Rose: Double Trouble
as Alicia Dodd1972 The Judge and Jake Wyler
as Karen Crockett1972 Frogs

TV Shows/Series with Joan Van Ark as Actress(61)

as Mrs. Franklin2019 Doom Patrol
as Self - Judge2009 RuPaul's Drag Race
as Self - Judge (archive footage)2009 RuPaul's Drag Race
as Ruth (voice)2009 Archer
as herself2009 Celebrity Ghost Stories
2003 Nip/Tuck
2000 Son of the Beach
1999 Twice in a Lifetime
as Valene Ewing1997 Knots Landing: Back to the Cul-de-Sac
as Queen Esther (voice)1996 Adventures from the Book of Virtues
as Gretchen Wainwright1995 The Client
as Amelia1995 Santo Bugito
1995 Women of the House
as Margo Lange1993 The Nanny
as Jewel Pemberton1990 The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
as Spider-Woman (Jessica Drew)1979 Spider-Woman
as Valene Ewing1979 Knots Landing
1978 Vega$
as Moray1978 Tarzan and the Super 7
1978 The Waverly Wonders
as Valene Ewing1978 Dallas
as Valene Clements (archive footage) (uncredited)1978 Dallas
as Valene Wallace1978 Dallas
as Kris Hayley1977 The Love Boat
as Mary Sue Higgins1977 The Love Boat
as Lila Chandler1977 The Love Boat
as Jane Robson1977 Testimony of Two Men
as Dee Dee Baldwin1977 We've Got Each Other
1976 Quincy, M.E.
as Eleanor Graham1975 Barbary Coast
as Cassandra Loren1975 Wonder Woman
1975 Medical Story
1975 Joe Forrester
1974 The Manhunter
as Barbara Kelbaker1974 The Rockford Files
as Susan Alexander1974 The Rockford Files
as Christina Marks1974 The Rockford Files
1974 Rhoda
1974 Petrocelli
1974 Firehouse
as Det. Josephine Long1973 Kojak
as Annie Carlisle1972 Temperatures Rising
as Lt. Erika Johnson1972 M*A*S*H
as Francine Dexter1971 Cannon
as Silvia Gala1971 Great Performances
as Trudy1970 The Odd Couple
1970 The Silent Force
as Louise Hanson1970 The Silent Force
1970 Night Gallery
1969 Medical Center
as Freda Cowan1968 Hawaii Five-O
1968 The Mod Squad
1967 Ironside
1967 Mannix
1967 The Guns of Will Sonnett
1966 Felony Squad
as Cynthia Scott1965 The F.B.I.
as Julie Rhodes1965 The F.B.I.
as Donna Hayward1965 Run for Your Life
as Annie Laurie Adams1959 Bonanza
as Sarah Jean Stryker1955 Gunsmoke

TV Shows/Series with Joan Van Ark as Crew(2)

Directing/Director1979 Knots Landing
Directing/Director1972 ABC Afterschool Special

Born: Wednesday, 06/16 1943 (June) in New York City, New York (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 80 years + 316 days)
Zodiac sign: Gemini (Chinese zodiac sign: Goat)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: Yale School of Drama, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder High School, Yale University, Fairview High School
Net worth estimate: 10,000,000 USD
Other names for Joan Van Ark (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Joan Van Arc"
"Joan Martha Van Ark"
Joan Van Ark frequently works together with these people:
Morgan Woodward (27x, Actor)
Milton Selzer (24x, Actor)
William Windom (23x, Actor)
Victor French (23x, Actor)
Ford Rainey (23x, Actor)
Andrew Duggan (22x, Actor)
John Dehner (22x, Actor)
Harold Gould (22x, Actor)
Charles Aidman (22x, Actor)
Jason Evers (22x, Actor)
Buck Young (22x, Actor)
Andrew Van Slee (4x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:257100, Added: 08/09/2018, Last updated: 04/24/2024