Biography
Joan Martha Van Ark 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.
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Awards & recognition
- TV Land Award · 2009
- Soap Opera Digest Awards · 1989
- Soap Opera Digest Awards · 1986
- Theatre World Award · 1971
- Soap Opera Digest Awards · 1991 · nominated
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- Soap Opera Digest Awards · 1988 · nominated
- Tony Award — Best Featured Actress in a Play · 1971 · nominated
Filmography41 titles
My First Love
Adventures from the Book of Virtues
The Nanny
Archer
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
M*A*S*H
The Odd Couple
Night Gallery
My Name Is Earl
Spider-Woman
The Rockford Files
Doom Patrol
RuPaul's Drag Race
Quincy, M.E.
Bonanza
Thundarr the Barbarian
Celebrity Ghost Stories
Women of the House
The Six Million Dollar Man
Nip/Tuck
Touched by an Angel
Kojak
Hawaii Five-O
Knots Landing
Wonder Woman
Dallas
Ironside
Mannix
Gunsmoke
The Last Dinosaur
The Love Boat
Great Performances
Cybill
Watercolor Postcards
Dumb and Dumber
The F.B.I.
Tornado Warning
Frogs
Loyal Opposition
Shell Game
Psycho Wedding Crasher