Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

101

Gender

Female

Birthday

1943-06-16 (81 years old)

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Also Known As

Joan Van Arc

Joan Van Ark

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.

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Known For

7.9%

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

Sep 10, 1990

7.6%

Doom Patrol

Feb 15, 2019

7.9%

Archer

Sep 17, 2009

8.1%

The Nanny

Nov 3, 1993

7.7%

My Name Is Earl

Sep 20, 2005

7.9%

MAS*H

Sep 17, 1972

7.2%

Nip/Tuck

Jul 22, 2003

7.0%

Wonder Woman

Nov 7, 1975

7.5%

Bonanza

Sep 12, 1959

7.2%

The Six Million Dollar Man

Jan 18, 1974

7.5%

RuPaul's Drag Race

Feb 2, 2009

7.5%

RuPaul's Drag Race

Feb 2, 2009

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Acting

2019

Doom Patrol as Mrs. Franklin

2017

Psycho Wedding Crasher as Aunt Daisy

2013

Watercolor Postcards as Momma

2009		Celebrity Ghost Stories as Self
2009		Archer as Ruth (voice)
2009		RuPaul's Drag Race as Self - Guest Judge
2009		RuPaul's Drag Race as Self - Judge (archive footage)

2008

Channels as Megan Phillips

2005		My Name Is Earl as Janine
2005		Diamond Zero as The Hemingway Diamond

2003		Nip/Tuck
2003		Net Games as Dr. Klein

2002

Tornado Warning as Mayor McAnders

2001

UP, Michigan! as Deborah Michaels

2000		Held for Ransom as Nancy Donavan
2000		It's the Pied Piper, Charlie Brown as Secretary (voice)
2000		Son of the Beach

1999

Twice in a Lifetime

1998

Loyal Opposition as Vice President Elizabeth Lane

1997

Knots Landing: Back to the Cul-de-Sac as Valene Ewing

1996

Adventures from the Book of Virtues as Queen Esther (voice)

1995		When the Dark Man Calls as Julianne Kaiser
1995		Women of the House as Self
1995		Santo Bugito as Amelia (voice)

1994		A Mother's Deception as Nora McGill
1994		Touched by an Angel as Kim Carpenter

1993		Intimate Portrait as Self
1993		The Nanny as Margo Lange
1993		In the Shadows, Someone's Watching
1993		Tainted Blood as Mrs. Drew

1992

Terror on Track 9 as Leslie Renner

1990		Always Remember I Love You as Martha Mendham
1990		Menu for Murder as Julia Alberts
1990		The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air as Jewel Pemberton
1990		Night of 100 Stars III as Self

1988		My First Love as Claire Thomas
1988		Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz as Joan Van Ark
1988		Shakedown on the Sunset Strip as Brenda Allen

1987

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood as Self

1985

Night of 100 Stars II as Self

1981

Red Flag: The Ultimate Game as Marie Rivers

1979		Knots Landing as Valene Ewing
1979		Spider-Woman as Spider-Woman / Jessica Drew (voice)

1978		Vega$
1978		Tarzan and the Super 7 as Moray
1978		The Waverly Wonders
1978		Dallas as Valene Ewing
1978		Dallas as Valene Clements (archive footage) (uncredited)
1978		Dallas as Valene Wallace

1977		We've Got Each Other as Dee Dee Baldwin
1977		The Love Boat as Kris Hayley
1977		The Love Boat as Lila Chandler
1977		The Love Boat as Mary Sue Higgins
1977		The Last Dinosaur as Francesca Banks
1977		Testimony of Two Men as Jane Robson

1976

Quincy, M.E.

1975		The Last of the Mohicans as Cora Munro (voice)
1975		Wonder Woman as Cassandra Loren
1975		Joe Forrester
1975		Barbary Coast as Eleanor Graham
1975		Medical Story
1975		Shell Game as Shirley
1975		The Rules of the Game as Silvia Gala

1974		The Rockford Files as Barbara Kelbaker
1974		The Rockford Files as Susan Alexander
1974		The Rockford Files as Christina Marks
1974		Petrocelli
1974		The Manhunter
1974		Rhoda
1974		Firehouse
1974		Big Rose as Nina
1974		Cyrano as Roxanne (voice)
1974		The Six Million Dollar Man as Valerie Sheffield

1973

Kojak as Det. Josephine Long

1972		The Judge and Jake Wyler as Alicia Dodd
1972		MAS*H as Lt. Erika Johnson
1972		Temperatures Rising as Annie Carlisle
1972		Frogs as Karen Crockett

1971		Cannon as Francine Dexter
1971		Great Performances as Silvia Gala

1970		Night Gallery as Sondra Blanco (as Joan van Ark)
1970		The Odd Couple as Trudy
1970		Matt Lincoln as Katherine
1970		The Silent Force
1970		The Silent Force as Louise Hanson

1969		Love, American Style as Jelen
1969		Love, American Style as Alice
1969		Medical Center

1968		The Mod Squad
1968		Hawaii Five-O as Freda Cowan

1967		Mannix
1967		The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967		Ironside

1966

Felony Squad

1965		The F.B.I. as Cynthia Scott
1965		The F.B.I. as Julie Rhodes
1965		Run for Your Life as Donna Hayward

1963

Miss USA as Host

1959

Bonanza as Annie Laurie Adams

1955		Gunsmoke as Sarah Jean Stryker
1955		Miss Universe as Host

Directing

1979

Knots Landing as Director

1972

ABC Afterschool Special as Director