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
life soap
You've got to realize that any lady on a soap is devoting her life to it, 24/7.
names soap three
So I had all the names, three names, and that's good to have on a soap.
soap realizing
You've got to realize that any lady on a soap is devoting her life to it, 24/7.
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.
running stress mind
Running is a great way to relieve stress and clear the mind.
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.