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Overview
Date of Birth:
Mini Biography:
Joan Van Ark, just out of high school, was the second youngest student... more
Trivia:
Best known by the public for her role as Valene Clements Ewing on... more
Awards:
3 wins & 3 nominations more
NewsDesk:
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(From Cinematical. 20 October 2009, 1:10 PM, PDT)
Alternate Names:
Joan Van Arc | Joan van Ark
Filmography
Actress:
- "My Name Is Earl" (1 episode, 2009)
- Friends with Benefits (2009) TV episode - "Nip/Tuck" .... Annette Wainwright (1 episode, 2008)
- Lulu Grandiron (2008) TV episode .... Annette Wainwright - Channels (2008) .... Megan Phillips
- Diamond Zero (2005) .... The Hemingway Diamond
... aka IceMaker (USA: video title) - "The Young and the Restless" .... Gloria Fisher / ... (54 episodes, 2004-2005)
... aka Y&R (USA: promotional abbreviation)
- Episode #1.8047 (2005) TV episode .... Gloria Abbott
- Episode #1.8045 (2005) TV episode .... Gloria Abbott
- Episode #1.8039 (2004) TV episode .... Gloria Abbott
- Episode #1.8036 (2004) TV episode .... Gloria Abbott
- Episode #1.8032 (2004) TV episode .... Gloria Abbott
(49 more) - "Grim & Evil" .... Mandy #3 / ... (1 episode, 2004)
... aka The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy (USA: new title)
- Whatever Happen to Billy Whatsisname?/Just the Two of Pus (2004) TV episode (voice) .... Wanda / Woman / Mandy #3 - Net Games (2003) .... Dr. Klein
... aka Net G@mes (USA: video title) - Tornado Warning (2002) (TV) .... Mayor McAnders
- "Son of the Beach" .... Ima Cummings (1 episode, 2001)
- Light My Firebush (2001) TV episode .... Ima Cummings - "Twice in a Lifetime" .... Anna / ... (1 episode, 2001)
- Mama Mia (2001) TV episode .... Camilla Bianco/Anna - UP, Michigan! (2001) .... Deborah Michaels
- Held for Ransom (2000) .... Nancy Donavan
- It's the Pied Piper, Charlie Brown (2000) (TV) (voice) .... Secretary
- Loyal Opposition: Terror in the White House (1998) (TV) .... Vice President Lane
- "The Nanny" .... Margo Lange (1 episode, 1998)
- One False Mole and You're Dead (1998) TV episode .... Margo Lange - "Knots Landing: Back to the Cul-de-Sac" (1997) TV mini-series .... Valene 'Val' Ewing
- "Adventures from the Book of Virtues" .... Queen Esther (1 episode, 1997)
... aka The Book of Virtues (USA: short title)
- Loyalty (1997) TV episode (voice) .... Queen Esther - "Santo Bugito" (1995) TV series .... Amelia (unknown episodes, 1996)
- "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" .... Jewel Pemberton (1 episode, 1996)
- Breaking Up Is Hard to Do: Part 1 (1996) TV episode .... Jewel Pemberton - "The Client" .... Gretchen Wainwright (1 episode, 1996)
... aka John Grisham's The Client
- The Morning After (1996) TV episode .... Gretchen Wainwright - "Touched by an Angel" .... Kim Carpenter (1 episode, 1996)
- Til We Meet Again (1996) TV episode .... Kim Carpenter - When the Dark Man Calls (1995) (TV) .... Julianne Kaiser
- Moment of Truth: A Mother's Deception (1994) (TV) .... Nora McGill
... aka Moment of Truth: Cult Rescue (UK) (USA: working title) - "ABC Afterschool Specials" .... Roxanne / ... (2 episodes, 1974-1994)
- Boys Will Be Boys (1994) TV episode .... Susan Cooper
- Cyrano (1974) TV episode (voice) .... Roxanne - In the Shadows, Someone's Watching (1993) (TV) .... Cinnie Merritt
... aka With Harmful Intent - "Knots Landing" .... Valene Ewing / ... (319 episodes, 1979-1993)
- Just Like Old Times: Part 1 (1993) TV episode .... Valene Ewing
- Just Like Old Times: Part 2 (1993) TV episode .... Valene Ewing
- Little Girl Lost (1992) TV episode .... Valene Ewing
- Do You Love Me? (1992) TV episode .... Valene Ewing
- Sea of Love (1992) TV episode .... Valene Ewing
(314 more) - Tainted Blood (1993) (TV) .... Mrs. Drew
- Terror on Track 9 (1992) (TV) .... Leslie Renner
- "Dallas" .... Valene Ewing / ... (8 episodes, 1978-1991)
- Conundrum: Part 1 (1991) TV episode .... Valene Ewing
- The Split (1981) TV episode .... Valene Ewing
- End of the Road: Part 2 (1981) TV episode .... Valene Ewing
- No More Mister Nice Guy: Part 1 (1980) TV episode .... Valene Ewing
- Return Engagement (1979) TV episode .... Valene Ewing
(3 more) - Always Remember I Love You (1990) (TV) .... Martha Mendham
- Menu for Murder (1990) (TV) .... Julia Alberts
... aka Murder at the P.T.A. Luncheon - My First Love (1988) (TV) .... Claire Thomas
- Shakedown on the Sunset Strip (1988) (TV) .... Brenda Allen
- "The Love Boat" .... Kris / ... (4 episodes, 1979-1984)
- And One to Grow On/Seems Like Old Times/I'll Never Forget What's Her Name (1984) TV episode
- Incredible Hunk, The/Isaac, the Marriage Counselor/Jewels & Jim (1981) TV episode .... Ms. Chandler
- She Stole His Heart/Return of the Captain's Brother/Swag and Mag (1980) TV episode .... Mary Sue Huggins
- Cindy/Play by Play/What's a Brother For? (1979) TV episode .... Kris - Glitter (1984) (TV)
- "Thundarr the Barbarian" .... Captain Corden / ... (2 episodes, 1980-1981)
- Prophecy of Peril (1981) TV episode (voice) .... Cinda, Voice of Crystal
- Treasure of the Moks (1980) TV episode (voice) .... Captain Corden - Red Flag: The Ultimate Game (1981) (TV) .... Marie
- "Spider-Woman" .... Jessica Drew / ... (1 episode, 1979)
- Pyramids of Terror (1979) TV episode (voice) .... Jessica Drew / Spider-Woman - "Vega$" .... Dr. Haven Grant (1 episode, 1979)
- Death Mountain (1979) TV episode .... Dr. Haven Grant - "Tarzan and the Super 7" (1978) TV series (voice) .... Moray (1978)
- "Wonder Woman" .... Cassandra Loren (1 episode, 1978)
... aka The New Adventures of Wonder Woman (USA: new title)
... aka The New Original Wonder Woman (USA: first episodes title)
- Time Bomb (1978) TV episode .... Cassandra Loren - "Quark" .... Princess Libido (2 episodes, 1978)
- All the Emperor's Quasi-Norms: Part 2 (1978) TV episode .... Princess Libido
- All the Emperor's Quasi-Norms: Part 1 (1978) TV episode .... Princess Libido - "Quincy M.E." .... Bert Phillips (1 episode, 1978)
... aka Quincy (International: English title: informal title)
- Gone But Not Forgotten (1978) TV episode .... Bert Phillips - "We've Got Each Other" .... Dee Dee Baldwin (11 episodes, 1977-1978)
- Pumping Iron (1978) TV episode .... Dee Dee Baldwin
- The Long Vacation (1977) TV episode .... Dee Dee Baldwin
- The Magic Show (1977) TV episode .... Dee Dee Baldwin
- Miss Wonderful (1977) TV episode .... Dee Dee Baldwin
- The Oil Spill (1977) TV episode .... Dee Dee Baldwin
(6 more) - "The Waverly Wonders" .... Joyce (1 episode, 1978)
- Joe Checks Out the Librarian (1978) TV episode .... Joyce - "Testimony of Two Men" (1977) TV mini-series .... Jane Robson
- "McMillan & Wife" .... Georgie (1 episode, 1977)
... aka McMillan (USA: sixth season title)
- Have You Heard About Vanessa? (1977) TV episode .... Georgie - "Kojak" .... Det. Josephine Long (1 episode, 1977)
- Lady in the Squad Room (1977) TV episode .... Det. Josephine Long - The Last Dinosaur (1977) .... Francesca 'Frankie' Banks
... aka Kyokutei tankensen Pora-Bora (Japan) - "The Rockford Files" .... Barbara Kelbaker / ... (3 episodes, 1974-1977)
... aka Jim Rockford, Private Investigator (USA: syndication title)
- There's One in Every Port (1977) TV episode .... Christina Marks
- Resurrection in Black and White (1975) TV episode .... Susan Alexander
- Find Me If You Can (1974) TV episode (as Joan Van Arc) .... Barbara Kelbaker/Florence Baker - "The Six Million Dollar Man" .... Valerie Sheffield (1 episode, 1976)
- The Bionic Boy (1976) TV episode .... Valerie Sheffield - "Petrocelli" .... Chris (1 episode, 1976)
- The Night Visitor (1976) TV episode .... Chris - "Joe Forrester" (1 episode, 1976)
- Girl on a String (1976) TV episode - "Medical Story" .... Peggy Fowler (1 episode, 1975)
- Woman in White (1975) TV episode .... Peggy Fowler - The Last of the Mohicans (1975) (TV) (voice) .... Cora Munro
- "Medical Center" .... Chris / ... (3 episodes, 1971-1975)
- Too Late for Tomorrow (1975) TV episode .... Eileen
- Adults Only (1974) TV episode .... Chris
- Edge of Violence (1971) TV episode .... Deborah Walters - "Barbary Coast" .... Eleanor (1 episode, 1975)
- Guns for a Queen (1975) TV episode .... Eleanor - "Rhoda" .... Marian Gerard (1 episode, 1975)
- Rhoda Meets the Ex-Wife (1975) TV episode .... Marian Gerard - Shell Game (1975) (TV) .... Shirley
- The Rules of the Game (1975) (TV) .... Silvia Gala
- "Cannon" .... Anna / ... (3 episodes, 1971-1974)
- The Man Who Couldn't Forget (1974) TV episode .... Anna
- Duel in the Desert (1974) TV episode .... Nona
- Country Blues (1971) TV episode .... Francine Dexter - "The Manhunter" (1 episode, 1974)
- The Deadly Brothers (1974) TV episode - "Ironside" .... Caroline Ward (1 episode, 1974)
... aka The Raymond Burr Show (USA: syndication title)
- Trial by Terror (1974) TV episode .... Caroline Ward - "Barnaby Jones" .... Sheila Barner (1 episode, 1974)
- The Challenge (1974) TV episode .... Sheila Barner - Big Rose: Double Trouble (1974) (TV) .... Nina
... aka Double Trouble - "The Girl with Something Extra" (1 episode, 1974)
- A Zircon in the Rough (1974) TV episode - "Firehouse" .... Cynthia (1 episode, 1974)
- Burst of Flame (1974) TV episode .... Cynthia - "M*A*S*H" .... Lt. Erica Johnson (1 episode, 1973)
- Radar's Report (1973) TV episode .... Lt. Erica Johnson - "Mannix" .... Jennifer Crane (1 episode, 1973)
- The Girl in the Polka Dot Dress (1973) TV episode .... Jennifer Crane - "Temperatures Rising" .... Nurse Annie Carlisle (26 episodes, 1972-1973)
... aka The New Temperatures Rising Show (USA: new title)
- Gorilla of My Dreams (1973) TV episode .... Nurse Annie Carlisle
- Super Doc (1973) TV episode .... Nurse Annie Carlisle
- It Don't Mean a Ping If You Ain't Got That Pong (1973) TV episode .... Nurse Annie Carlisle
- Creepy-Peepy (1973) TV episode .... Nurse Annie Carlisle
- My Doctor, the Patient (1973) TV episode .... Nurse Annie Carlisle
(21 more) - The Judge and Jake Wyler (1972) (TV) .... Alicia Dodd
- "Night Gallery" .... Sondra Blanco (1 episode, 1972)
... aka Rod Serling's Night Gallery (USA: alternative title)
- The Ring with the Red Velvet Ropes (1972) TV episode (as Joan van Ark) .... Sondra Blanco - "Love, American Style" .... Alice (segment "Love and the Triple Threat") / ... (2 episodes, 1970-1972)
- Love and the Know-It-All/Love and the Perfect Wife/Love and the Sensuous Twin/Love and the Triple Threat (1972) TV episode .... Alice (segment "Love and the Triple Threat")
- Love and the Fighting Couple/Love and the Pick-Up/Love and the Proposal (1970) TV episode .... Betty Jane (segment "Love and the Proposal") - Captain Newman, M.D. (1972) (TV)
- Frogs (1972) .... Karen Crockett
- "The Odd Couple" .... Trudy (1 episode, 1972)
- A Night to Dismember (1972) TV episode .... Trudy - "The Bold Ones: The New Doctors" .... Evelyn Baker (1 episode, 1971)
... aka The New Doctors
- Close Up (1971) TV episode .... Evelyn Baker - "The F.B.I." .... Cynthia Scott / ... (3 episodes, 1969-1971)
- The Deadly Gift (1971) TV episode
- The Condemned (1970) TV episode .... Cynthia Scott
- The Maze (1969) TV episode .... Eleanor O'Keefe - "Days of Our Lives" (1965) TV series .... Janie Whitney #3 (unknown episodes, 1970)
... aka Cruise of Deception: Days of Our Lives (USA: summer title)
... aka DOOL (USA: informal short title)
... aka Days (USA: short title) - "Hawaii Five-O" .... Freda Cowan (1 episode, 1970)
... aka McGarrett (USA: rerun title)
- The Double Wall (1970) TV episode .... Freda Cowan - "Dan August" (1 episode, 1970)
- The Union Forever (1970) TV episode - "Matt Lincoln" .... Katherine (1 episode, 1970)
- Nick (1970) TV episode .... Katherine - "The Silent Force" (1 episode, 1970)
- A Deadly Game of Love (1970) TV episode - "Gunsmoke" .... Sarah Jean Stryker (1 episode, 1969)
... aka Gun Law (UK)
... aka Marshal Dillon (USA: rerun title)
- Stryker (1969) TV episode .... Sarah Jean Stryker - "The Guns of Will Sonnett" .... Laurie (1 episode, 1969)
- The Man Who Killed Jim Sonnett (1969) TV episode .... Laurie - "Bonanza" .... Annie Laurie Adams (1 episode, 1969)
... aka Ponderosa (USA: rerun title)
- Sweet Annie Laurie (1969) TV episode .... Annie Laurie Adams - "Peyton Place" (1964) TV series .... Nurse Paula (unknown episodes, 1968)
- "The Mod Squad" .... April Showers (1 episode, 1968)
- Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Starlet (1968) TV episode .... April Showers - "Felony Squad" .... Lynne Thackeray (1 episode, 1968)
- A Fashion for Dying (1968) TV episode .... Lynne Thackeray - "Run for Your Life" .... Donna Hayward (2 episodes, 1967)
- Cry Hard, Cry Fast: Part 2 (1967) TV episode .... Donna Hayward
- Cry Hard, Cry Fast: Part 1 (1967) TV episode .... Donna Hayward
Director:
- "ABC Afterschool Specials" (1 episode, 1994)
- Boys Will Be Boys (1994) TV episode - "Knots Landing" (2 episodes, 1992-1993)
- Hints and Evasions (1993) TV episode
- Letting Go (1992) TV episode - "Second Chance" (1987) TV series (unknown episodes)
... aka Boys Will Be Boys
Self:
- Comedy Central Roast of Joan Rivers (2009) (TV) (uncredited) .... Herself - Audience
- The 7th Annual TV Land Awards (2009) (TV) .... Herself
- "Today" .... Herself (1 episode, 2008)
... aka NBC News Today (USA: promotional title)
... aka The Today Show (USA: alternative title)
- Episode dated 28 February 2008 (2008) TV episode .... Herself - "TV Land's Top Ten" .... Herself (2 episodes, 2005-2006)
- Top 10 TV Spinoffs (2006) TV episode .... Herself
- Holiday Moments (2005) TV episode .... Herself - Knots Landing Reunion: Together Again (2005) (TV)
- "TV Land Confidential" .... Herself (1 episode, 2005)
... aka TV Land Confidential: The Untold Stories (USA: second season title)
- Breakout and Disappearing Star (2005) TV episode .... Herself - "TV Land Moguls" (2004) TV mini-series .... Herself (unknown episodes)
... aka TV Moguls (Australia) - "Pyramid" .... Herself (1 episode, 2004)
... aka The $100,000 Pyramid (USA: alternative title)
- Episode dated 5 February 2004 (2004) TV episode .... Herself - "Biography" .... Herself (1 episode, 2004)
- Alec Baldwin (2004) TV episode .... Herself - CBS at 75 (2003) (TV) .... Herself
- "SoapTalk" .... Herself (1 episode, 2003)
- Episode dated 23 October 2003 (2003) TV episode .... Herself - "I Love the '80s Strikes Back" (2003) TV series .... Herself
- "Open Mike with Mike Bullard" .... Herself (1 episode, 2003)
... aka Open Mike (Canada: English title: short title)
... aka The Mike Bullard Show (Canada: English title: new title)
- Episode dated 20 February 2003 (2003) TV episode .... Herself - "Intimate Portrait" .... Herself / ... (5 episodes, 1999-2002)
- Joan Van Ark (2002) TV episode .... Herself
- Linda Gray (2002) TV episode .... Herself
- Michelle Phillips (2002) TV episode .... Herself
- Lisa Hartman-Black (2001) TV episode .... Narrator
- Michele Lee (1999) TV episode .... Herself - 42nd Annual L.A. County Arts Commission Holiday Celebration (2001) (TV) .... Herself
- "Hollywood Squares" .... Guest Appearance (2 episodes, 2001)
... aka H² (USA: promotional abbreviation)
... aka H2: Hollywood Squares (USA: fifth season title)
- Episode dated 7 December 2001 (2001) TV episode .... Guest Appearance
- Episode dated 6 December 2001 (2001) TV episode .... Guest Appearance - "Weakest Link" .... Herself (1 episode, 2001)
... aka The Weakest Link USA (UK: promotional title)
- Classic TV Stars (2001) TV episode .... Herself - The 13th Annual Genesis Awards (1999) (TV) .... Herself - Presenter
- "Cybill" .... Herself (1 episode, 1997)
- Mother's Day (1997) TV episode .... Herself - "Women of the House" .... Herself (1 episode, 1995)
- Women in Film (1995) TV episode .... Herself - The 49th Annual Tony Awards (1995) (TV) .... Herself - Presenter
- "Marilu" .... Herself (1 episode, 1994)
- Episode dated 10 October 1994 (1994) TV episode .... Herself - The Knots Landing Block Party (1993) (TV) .... Herself
- Circus of the Stars #15 (1990) (TV) .... Ringmaster
- Night of 100 Stars III (1990) (TV) .... Herself
- All-Star Tribute to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1989) (TV) .... Herself
- The 14th Annual People's Choice Awards (1988) (TV) .... Herself
- Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood (1987) (TV) .... Herself
- Battle of the Network Stars XVIII (1985) (TV) .... Herself (Host)
- Night of 100 Stars II (1985) (TV) .... Herself
- Comedy Salute to the Soaps (1985) (TV) .... Herself
... aka Bob Hope's Comedy Salute to the Soaps (USA: complete title) - Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz (1985) (TV) .... Herself
- CBS Tournament of Roses Parade (1985) (TV) .... Herself - Host
- CBS Tournament of Roses Parade (1984) (TV) .... Herself - Host
- Battle of the Network Stars XV (1983) (TV) .... Herself (CBS Team contestant)
- Battle of the Network Stars XIII (1982) (TV) .... CBS Team Contestant
- Battle of the Network Stars XII (1982) (TV) .... Herself - CBS Team Contestant
- "The Alan Thicke Show" .... Herself (1 episode, 1981)
... aka Fast Company (Canada: English title: recut version)
... aka Prime Cuts (Canada: English title: rerun title)
- Episode dated 21 September 1981 (1981) TV episode .... Herself - Battle of the Network Stars IX (1980) (TV) .... Herself (CBS Team)
- CBS All American Thanksgiving Day Parade (1980) (TV) .... Herself
- Battle of the Network Stars VIII (1980) (TV) .... Herself (CBS Team contestant)
- "The Alan Hamel Show" .... Herself (2 episodes, 1977-1978)
- Episode dated 24 January 1978 (1978) TV episode .... Herself
- Episode dated 2 November 1977 (1977) TV episode .... Herself
Archive Footage:
- Dallas Reunion: Return to Southfork (2004) (TV) (uncredited) .... Valene Ewing
- Bob Hope's Bag Full of Christmas Memories (1993) (TV) .... Herself
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"Dallas"
- Comings and Goings (1989) TV episode (uncredited) .... Valene Ewing -
"M*A*S*H"
- Our Finest Hour (1978) TV episode .... Lt. Erica Johnson
Additional Details
Other Works:
1971: TV commercial for Betty Crocker. more
Publicity Listings:
21 Articles | 2 Pictorials | 9 Magazine Cover Photos more
Plot Keywords:
Character Name In Title | Beautiful Woman | Sitcom | Cult Favorite more
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