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Joan Van-Ark Biography and Filmography
Joan Van-Ark
Birthday: June 16, 1943
Birth Place: New York, New York, USA
Height: 0' 0"
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Biography
Joan Van Ark, just out of high school, was the second youngest student to attend the Yale School of Drama on a scholarship. The youngest was Julie Harris. It was the beginning of a lifelong friendship. Years later, they would co-star on the CBS Television series, "Knots Landing" (1979). Van Ark began her professional career at the Minneapolis Guthrie Theater in Moliere's "The Miser", opposite Hume Cronyn and Zoe Caldwell. That was followed by "Death of a Salesman" at the Guthrie with both Cronyn and Jessica Tandy. After a season at the Arena Stage in Washington, D.C., Joan was cast in the national touring company of "Barefoot in the Park" directed by Mike Nichols. She recreated the role in the critically acclaimed London Company and later on Broadway. She earned a Tony nomination for her performance in "The School for Wives" and she won the Theater World Award for "The Rules of the Game".Van Ark also appeared off-Broadway opposite John Rubinstein in "Love Letters". More recently, she co-starred in the New York production of Edward Albee's Pulitzer Prize winning play "Three Tall Women". Her Los Angeles theater credits include "Cyrano de Bergerac", playing Roxanne opposite Richard Chamberlain's Cyrano, "Ring Around the Moon" with Michael York and Glynis Johns, "Chemin de Fer", "Heartbreak House" and "As You Like It", for which she won a Los Angeles Drama Critics Award. She also appeared as "Lady Macbeth" in the Grove Shakespeare Festival's production of "Macbeth".Van Ark has also starred in the Williamstown Theater Festival productions of "Night of the Iguana", "The Legend of Oedipus" and the festival's 40th anniversary production of Stephen Sondheim's "A Little Night Music".She is perhaps best known for her role as "Valene Ewing" beginning on "Dallas" (1978) and then on the spin-off series, "Knots Landing" (1979). During the 13 seasons as Val, she earned six nominations and two Soap Opera Digest Awards for Best Actress. Joan also starred in the TV comedies, "Temperatures Rising" (1972) and _"We've Got Each Other" (1970)_ . In May 1997, she reprieved her role of Valene in the CBS mini-series, _"Knots Landing Reunion: Back to the Cul-de-sac" (1997)_ . Most recently, she guest-starred in an episode of "The Nanny" (1993), which was specially written for her.Van Ark's television movie credits include When the Dark Man Calls (1995) (TV), Moment of Truth: A Mother's Deception (1994) (TV), In the Shadows, Someone's Watching (1993) (TV) (actor/producer), Boys Will Be Boys (1997) (TV) (actor/director), Terror on Track 9 (1992) (TV), Tainted Blood (1993) (TV), Menu for Murder (1994) (TV), Always Remember I Love You (1990) (TV), My First Love (1988) (TV) and Shakedown on the Sunset Strip (1988) (TV).She was also one of the voices for CBS-TV's Saturday morning cartoon series "Santo Bugito" (1995) and she provided the voice of "Spider Woman", another Saturday morning series. In 1997, Joan directed a short documentary on homelessness and domestic violence for the Directors Guild of America, which was nominated for an Emmy.She appeared in the feature film, Held for Ransom (2000), with Dennis Hopper and 'Debi Mazar' (qv0. Joan is currently featured in the film, UP, Michigan! (2001), which was entered in the New York Independent Film Festival. According to Film Festival representatives, the screening of UP, Michigan! (2001) elicited more favorable audience response than any other film throughtout the one week event. Joan also starred as the Vice President of the United States in the FOX Family telefilm, Loyal Opposition (1998). Last summer, she played Camille in Tennessee Williams' "Camino Real" at the Folger Shakespeare Theater in Washington, D.C. She appeared in "Twice in a Lifetime" (1999), filmed in Toronto. She recently completed filming in Los Angeles of "Son of the Beach" (2000). Joan's career was featured on the biographical program, Intimate Portrait: Joan Van Ark (2002) (TV), on the Lifetime Channel for Women. She also played two cameo roles in the independent feature films, Net Games (2003) and the soon to be released IceMaker (2003) with Tippi Hedren.Joan was featured in "The Vagina Monologues" at the Canon Theater in Beverly Hills. She also opened the national tour of "The Vagina Monologues" in Denver's Center for the Performing Arts.In May, 2003, she was a celebrity guest actor in the Los Angeles production of "Blackout" at the McCadden Theater in Hollywood. She also appeared in the off-Broadway production of "The Exonerated" at the Bleeker Street Theater in New York. Last spring, Joan appeared in "Five by Tenn" at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. with Kathleen Chalfant, Patricia Clarkson and Sally Field. It was a world premiere of newly-found Tennessee Williams one-act plays. In addition, she played a regular role for much of last year on CBS Television's "The Young and the Restless" (1973).Joan will soon appear in the world premier of Mark O'Donnell (I)'s new adaptation of "Private Fittings" by Georges Feydeau at the La Jolla Playhouse near San Diego. The production, opening February 22nd, will be directed by Des McAnuff, winner of two Tony Awards.Joan is still married to her high school sweetheart, John Marshall, a former award winning TV newsman, who now heads an on-line news service, eNewswires.com. Their daughter, Vanessa Marshall, is also an accomplished actress, director and comedian.
Filmography
Channels (2006)
Net Games (2003)
[ Marina Sirtis ][ Lala Sloatman ]
IceMaker (2003)
[ Tippi Hedren ]
Tornado Warning (2002)
UP, Michigan! (2001)
Held for Ransom (2000)
[ Debi Mazar ][ Morgan Fairchild ][ Kam Heskin ]
It's the Pied Piper, Charlie Brown (2000)
Loyal Opposition: Terror in the White House (1998)
[ Tanja Reichert ]
When the Dark Man Calls (1995)
Moment of Truth: A Mother's Deception (1994)
[ Brooke Langton ]
Boys Will Be Boys (1994)
[ Alanna Ubach ][ Lindsay Price ][ Ami Dolenz ]
Tainted Blood (1993)
[ Raquel Welch ][ Kerri Green ][ Natasha Gregson-Wagner ][ Alley Mills ][ Rochelle Swanson ]
In the Shadows, Someone's Watching (1993)
[ Suzen Johnson ]
Just Like Old Times: Part 2 (1993)
[ Donna Mills ]
Terror on Track 9 (1992)
[ Swoosie Kurtz ]
Always Remember I Love You (1990)
[ Patty Duke ]
Menu for Murder (1990)
[ Morgan Fairchild ][ Edie McClurg ][ Julia Duffy ][ Cindy Williams ][ Marla Gibbs ]
My First Love (1988)
[ Beatrice Arthur ][ Anne Francis ]
Shakedown on the Sunset Strip (1988)
[ Season Hubley ]
Glitter (1984)
[ Markie Post ][ Ginger Rodgers ][ Patricia Neal ][ Tracy Nelson ][ Cyd Charisse ]
The Split (1981)
[ Victoria Principal ][ Charlene Tilton ][ Audrey Landers ]
End of the Road: Part 2 (1981)
End of the Road: Part 1 (1981)
Incredible Hunk, The/Isaac, the Marriage Counselor/Jewels & Jim (1981)
Red Flag: The Ultimate Game (1981)
Land of the Free (1980)
[ Michele Lee ]
No More Mister Nice Guy: Part 1 (1980)
She Stole His Heart/Return of the Captain's Brother/Swag and Mag (1980)
[ Erin Gray ][ Arlene Dahl ]
Bottom of the Bottle: Part 2 (1980)
The Constant Companion (1980)
[ Michele Lee ]
Cindy/Play by Play/What's a Brother For? (1979)
[ Melissa Sue Anderson ][ Lynda Day George ]
All the Emperor's Quasi-Norms: Part 1 (1978)
[ Susan Blackline ]
The Last Dinosaur (1977)
The Bionic Boy (1976)
[ Kerry Sherman ]
The Bionic Boy: Part 2 (1976)
Resurrection in Black and White (1975)
The Last of the Mohicans (1975)
Shell Game (1975)
The Rules of the Game (1975)
[ Glenn Close ]
Find Me If You Can (1974)
Adults Only (1974)
Duel in the Desert (1974)
Big Rose: Double Trouble (1974)
[ Shelley Winters ]
Cyrano (1974)
Captain Newman, M.D. (1972)
Frogs (1972)
The Judge and Jake Wyler (1972)
[ Betty Davis ][ Celeste Yarnall ]
Edge of Violence (1971)
Country Blues (1971)
The Condemned (1970)
The Maze (1969)
Cry Hard, Cry Fast: Part 1 (1967)
[ Susan Clark ]
Vendetta (1966)
Trivia
  • Mother of Vanessa Marshall
  • Was a "Weakest Link" (2001) contestant and was voted off.
  • Daughter Vanessa Marshall was born in 1970.
  • Runs marathons.
  • Attended Yale School of Drama on a scholarship.
  • Brothers: Dexter J. Van Ark and Mark Clark Van Ark
  • Sister: Carol Kuykendall.
  • Was nominated for Broadway's 1971 Tony Award as Best Supporting or Featured Actress (Dramatic) for "The School for Wives."
  • Has appeared with Ted Shackelford in episodes of three different series: "Wonder Woman" (1976), "Dallas" (1978) and "Knots Landing" (1979).
  • Daughter of George and Dorothy Van Ark.

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