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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
June 16, 1943
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
- Joan Van Arc
Joan Van Ark
1.1 Popularity
Biography
Joan 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Joan Van Ark, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
7.6
Mrs. Franklin
Doom Patrol
2019
4.3
Aunt Daisy
Psycho Wedding Crasher
2017
5.8
Momma
Watercolor Postcards
2013
7.3
Self
Celebrity Ghost Stories
2009
8.0
Ruth (voice)
Archer
2009
7.5
Self - Guest Judge
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009
7.5
Self - Judge (archive footage)
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009
3.0
Megan Phillips
Channels
2008
7.7
Janine
My Name Is Earl
2005
🎬
0.0
The Hemingway Diamond
Diamond Zero
2005
Credits
Doom Patrol
as Mrs. Franklin
2019
7.6
Psycho Wedding Crasher
as Aunt Daisy
2017
4.3
Watercolor Postcards
as Momma
2013
5.8
Celebrity Ghost Stories
as Self
2009
7.3
Archer
as Ruth (voice)
2009
8.0
RuPaul's Drag Race
as Self - Guest Judge
2009
7.5
RuPaul's Drag Race
as Self - Judge (archive footage)
2009
7.5
Channels
as Megan Phillips
2008
3.0
My Name Is Earl
as Janine
2005
7.7
🎬
Diamond Zero
as The Hemingway Diamond
2005
0.0
Nip/Tuck
2003
7.2
Net Games
as Dr. Klein
2003
4.8
Tornado Warning
as Mayor McAnders
2002
4.1
UP, Michigan!
as Deborah Michaels
2001
0.0
Held for Ransom
as Nancy Donavan
2000
4.8
It's the Pied Piper, Charlie Brown
as Secretary (voice)
2000
7.7
Son of the Beach
2000
6.7
Twice in a Lifetime
1999
5.5
Loyal Opposition
as Vice President Elizabeth Lane
1998
3.8
Knots Landing: Back to the Cul-de-Sac
as Valene Ewing
1997
9.0
Adventures from the Book of Virtues
as Queen Esther (voice)
1996
9.0
When the Dark Man Calls
as Julianne Kaiser
1995
0.0
Women of the House
as Self
1995
6.0
Santo Bugito
as Amelia (voice)
1995
0.0
🎬
A Mother's Deception
as Nora McGill
1994
7.5
Touched by an Angel
as Kim Carpenter
1994
7.2
🎬
Boys Will Be Boys
as Susan Cooper
1994
0.0
Intimate Portrait
as Self
1993
4.5
The Nanny
as Margo Lange
1993
8.1
🎬
In the Shadows, Someone's Watching
1993
5.0
Tainted Blood
as Mrs. Drew
1993
4.9
Terror on Track 9
as Leslie Renner
1992
3.3
Always Remember I Love You
as Martha Mendham
1990
7.8
Menu for Murder
as Julia Alberts
1990
5.0
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
as Jewel Pemberton
1990
7.9
Night of 100 Stars III
as Self
1990
4.0
My First Love
as Claire Thomas
1988
10.0
Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz
as Joan Van Ark
1988
0.0
🎬
Shakedown on the Sunset Strip
as Brenda Allen
1988
0.0
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
as Self
1987
7.5
Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
1985
8.0
Red Flag: The Ultimate Game
as Marie Rivers
1981
4.0
Knots Landing
as Valene Ewing
1979
6.8
Spider-Woman
as Spider-Woman / Jessica Drew (voice)
1979
7.7
Vega$
1978
7.0
Tarzan and the Super 7
as Moray
1978
0.0
The Waverly Wonders
1978
4.5
Dallas
as Valene Ewing
1978
6.8
Dallas
as Valene Clements (archive footage) (uncredited)
1978
6.8
Dallas
as Valene Wallace
1978
6.8
We've Got Each Other
as Dee Dee Baldwin
1977
5.0
The Love Boat
as Kris Hayley
1977
6.3
The Love Boat
as Lila Chandler
1977
6.3
The Love Boat
as Mary Sue Higgins
1977
6.3
The Last Dinosaur
as Francesca Banks
1977
6.2
Testimony of Two Men
as Jane Robson
1977
5.0
Quincy, M.E.
1976
7.5
The Last of the Mohicans
as Cora Munro (voice)
1975
7.5
Wonder Woman
as Cassandra Loren
1975
7.0
Joe Forrester
1975
7.0
Barbary Coast
as Eleanor Graham
1975
5.0
🎬
Medical Story
1975
5.0
Shell Game
as Shirley
1975
3.0
The Rules of the Game
as Silvia Gala
1975
0.0
The Rockford Files
as Barbara Kelbaker
1974
7.5
The Rockford Files
as Susan Alexander
1974
7.5
The Rockford Files
as Christina Marks
1974
7.5
Petrocelli
1974
7.0
The Manhunter
1974
5.0
Rhoda
1974
6.3
Firehouse
1974
5.0
Big Rose
as Nina
1974
0.0
Cyrano
as Roxanne (voice)
1974
9.0
The Six Million Dollar Man
as Valerie Sheffield
1974
7.2
Kojak
as Det. Josephine Long
1973
7.0
The Judge and Jake Wyler
as Alicia Dodd
1972
3.0
M*A*S*H
as Lt. Erika Johnson
1972
7.9
🎬
Temperatures Rising
as Annie Carlisle
1972
5.0
Frogs
as Karen Crockett
1972
4.7
Cannon
as Francine Dexter
1971
6.5
Great Performances
as Silvia Gala
1971
5.3
Night Gallery
as Sondra Blanco (as Joan van Ark)
1970
7.8
The Odd Couple
as Trudy
1970
7.8
🎬
Matt Lincoln
as Katherine
1970
5.0
The Silent Force
1970
5.0
The Silent Force
as Louise Hanson
1970
5.0
Love, American Style
as Jelen
1969
6.0
Love, American Style
as Alice
1969
6.0
Medical Center
1969
6.1
The Mod Squad
1968
6.3
Hawaii Five-O
as Freda Cowan
1968
7.1
Mannix
1967
6.7
The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967
6.2
Ironside
1967
6.8
Felony Squad
1966
6.4
The F.B.I.
as Cynthia Scott
1965
5.5
The F.B.I.
as Julie Rhodes
1965
5.5
Run for Your Life
as Donna Hayward
1965
7.2
Miss USA
as Host
1963
6.0
Bonanza
as Annie Laurie Adams
1959
7.5
Gunsmoke
as Sarah Jean Stryker
1955
6.6
Miss Universe
as Host
1955
6.0