Joan Van Ark
Joan Van Ark
Joan Van Ark is an American actress, 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...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionActress
Date of Birth16 June 1942
CountryUnited States of America
less strongest val women
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.
friends-or-friendship great
I didn't even know Michele before we started the show but we became great friends, and still are.
understood
It was understood that when I left to do the pilot that I wasn't coming back.
relationships
Knots was about the relationships that were built over many years.
play swear-to-god want
I want to play trailer trash; I swear to God.
taught influence jacob
David Jacobs is a great influence on my life, has taught me so much about so many things.
running jobs trying
When I'm not involved in an acting job I try to run 10 miles a day.
character two together
When two characters or two actresses are together for a while there is bound to be chemistry developing.
names soap three
So I had all the names, three names, and that's good to have on a soap.
running church
Running is my church.
running needs cheated
I need to run every day. If I don't I feel cheated.
church presbyterians
I'm Presbyterian and I don't go to church very much.
couple years marathon
A couple of years ago I ran in the LA Marathon.
running air oxygen
When youre 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.