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
running stress mind
Running is a great way to relieve stress and clear the mind.
understood
It was understood that when I left to do the pilot that I wasn't coming back.
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.
starts
When I become the village idiot, or at least, it starts to become a joke, you can't do that much longer.
relationships
Knots was about the relationships that were built over many years.
friends-or-friendship great
I didn't even know Michele before we started the show but we became great friends, and still are.
life soap
You've got to realize that any lady on a soap is devoting her life to it, 24/7.
quests conscious arcs
Maybe some of my quest for success comes from Joan of Arc but theres no conscious part of Catholicism in my life.
want comedy stills
I still want to do a comedy series.
character colorado boulders
Joan of Arc is my namesake. I played her character while still in my teens, at a music festival held at the University of Colorado in Boulder.
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.
couple years marathon
A couple of years ago I ran in the LA Marathon.
church presbyterians
I'm Presbyterian and I don't go to church very much.
running needs cheated
I need to run every day. If I don't I feel cheated.