Joan Van Ark
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Joan Martha Van Ark (born June 16, 1943) is an American actress, most notable for her role as Valene Ewing, which she originated on the CBS hit series Dallas and continued for thirteen seasons on its long-running spin-off, Knots Landing. Van Ark has also received a Theatre World Award and been nominated for a Tony Award for her stage work. Van Ark was born in New York City, the daughter of Dorothy Jean (née Hemenway), a writer, and Carroll Van Ark.

After receiving a contract with Universal Studios, Van Ark co-starred with Bette Davis in The Judge and Jake Wyler, a 1972 television pilot that failed to be picked up by NBC. After working for several years in a variety of guest roles on television, she gained her best-known role as Valene Ewing (originally as a one-time guest appearance on Dallas) in 1978. However, writers later worked the character into a couple of additional episodes; she then carried the character over into the long-running spin-off Knots Landing in 1979. She remained with Knots Landing for thirteen of the show`s fourteen seasons, leaving in 1992 (although she did return for the series` final episode in May 1993). In the story line she was married three times to husband Gary Ewing played in the series by Ted Shackelford. During her thirteen seasons on Knots Landing, Van Ark earned six nominations and two Soap Opera Digest Awards for Best Actress. During the series` run, Van Ark became best friends with co-star Michele Lee, mirroring their characters` on-screen relationship. Van Ark also starred in the TV comedies, Temperatures Rising and We`ve Got Each Other. After leaving Knots Landing, she starred in an ill-fated pilot called Spin Doctors, a sitcom for NBC that was not picked up. In May 1997, she reprised her role of Valene Ewing in the CBS mini-series, Knots Landing: Back to the Cul-de-sac, while in December 2005, Van Ark appeared in the non-fiction reunion Knots Landing: Together Again in which she reminisced with the other cast members of the long running CBS television show. In addition, she originated the role of Gloria Fisher/Abbott on CBS television`s The Young and the Restless from 2004 - 2005, then decided to leave the role and was replaced by Judith Chapman.

In 2008, Van Ark was reunited with her Knots Landing co-star Donna Mills in an episode of the FX drama series Nip/Tuck. She also appeared at the TV Land awards in April 2009 where Knots Landing was being honoured on its 30 year anniversary. Other Knots Landing actors that appeared with her include Kevin Dobson, Lisa Hartman Black, Michele Lee, Constance McCashin, Donna Mills, Don Murray, Michelle Phillips, and Ted Shackelford, along with Dallas and Knots Landing creator David Jacobs. Joan Van Ark has been married to husband John Marshall, a former reporter with KNBC-TV, since February 1, 1966. They have one child, voice actress/performer Vanessa Marshall (born October 19, 1969).

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    Name Joan Van Ark
    (Joan Martha Van Ark)
    Age 66
    Build Slim
    Eye Color Blue
    Hair Color Blonde
    Date of Birth June 16, 1943
    Birthplace New York City
    Star Sign Gemini
    Nationality American
    Ethnicity White
    University Drama, Yale University
    Occupation Actress
    Celebrity Index Jo
    Claim to Fame Valene Ewing on Dallas

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  • A couple of years ago I ran in the LA Marathon.
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  • Running is my church.
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  • They wanted to make her less rural, less of a cartoon. Not that Southern woman are cartoonish - they`re the strongest women in this country, but with Val they wanted to take the stereotypical things out.
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  • You`ve got to realize that any lady on a soap is devoting her life to it, 24/7.
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  • Joan of Arc is my namesake. I played her character while still in my teens, at a music festival held at the University of Colorado in Boulder.
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  • I need to run every day. If I don`t I feel cheated.
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  • When I`m not involved in an acting job I try to run 10 miles a day.
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  • It was understood that when I left to do the pilot that I wasn`t coming back.
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  • When you`re on a long running series, you reach a very rarefied, high oxygen area and after a while to keep a show on the air they have to make some very drastic changes.
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  • I never ever ran with anyone on Knots.
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  • Running is a great way to relieve stress and clear the mind.
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  • My brother Mark still lives in the house we grew up in.
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  • I want to play trailer trash; I swear to God.
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  • I`m Presbyterian and I don`t go to church very much.
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  • So I had all the names, three names, and that`s good to have on a soap.
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  • I had been doing plays in New York and on a whim we packed up and moved West, I started doing commercials and plays and guest star spots on TV and one thing led to another and I got Knots Landing.
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  • When two characters or two actresses are together for a while there is bound to be chemistry developing.
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  • I didn`t even know Michele before we started the show but we became great friends, and still are.
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  • When I become the village idiot, or at least, it starts to become a joke, you can`t do that much longer.
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  • Knots was about the relationships that were built over many years.
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  • [on why its time for another "Knots Landing" (1979) reunion show] They want to see if we`re in wheelchairs and walkers yet.
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  • Grew up in Boulder, Colorado.
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  • Is of Dutch descent. Her name is literally "Joan of Ark" in Dutch.
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  • Born to Carroll Van Ark, who worked in advertising and public relations, and his wife Dorothy Jean Hemenway, a writer.
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  • Has appeared with Ted Shackelford in episodes of three different series: "Wonder Woman" (1976), "Dallas" (1978) and "Knots Landing" (1979).
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  • Was nominated for Broadway`s 1971 Tony Award as Best Supporting or Featured Actress (Dramatic) for "The School for Wives."
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  • Sister of Carol Kuykendall.
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  • Has two brothers, Dexter J. Van Ark and Mark Clark Van Ark.
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  • Was the second youngest student to attend Yale School of Drama on a scholarship, the youngest was Julie Harris, later playing her mother on "Knots Landing" (1979).
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  • Runs marathons.
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  • Gave birth to her daughter Vanessa Marshall on 19 October 1969.
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  • Was a "Weakest Link" (2001) contestant and was voted off.
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