Years later, Harris appeared on Knots Landing as Lilimae Clements, the mother of Valene Ewing, Van Ark's character. Van Ark was also reportedly the only female student on campus at the time. Van Ark was one of the few acceptees to attend the Yale graduate program without first having earned an undergraduate degree. Van Ark followed in Harris' footsteps and went to Yale Drama on a scholarship. She grew up in Boulder, Colorado, with three siblings.Īt age 15 as a student reporter, Van Ark met and interviewed actress Julie Harris, who recommended that Van Ark apply to the Yale School of Drama, which Harris had attended in her early twenties. Carroll Van Ark's paternal grandfather was an immigrant from Holland. Van Ark was born in New York City to Dorothy Jean Van Ark (née Hemenway) and Carroll Van Ark, an advertiser and public relations consultant from Holland, Michigan, of Dutch ancestry. She reprised her role of Valene in an episode of the new Dallas series in 2013.
From 2004 to 2005, she starred in the soap opera The Young and the Restless. In 1985, she received a Daytime Emmy Award nomination as host of the Tournament of Roses Parade on CBS. She left the show in 1992, although she did return for the series' final two episodes in 1993 as well as the 1997 miniseries Knots Landing: Back to the Cul-de-Sac. For this role, she won the Soap Opera Digest Award for Best Actress in 19.
Van Ark landed her most famous role of Valene Ewing in 1978, first on the CBS series Dallas, then for 13 seasons on its spin-off Knots Landing (1979–92). 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. A life member of The Actors Studio, she made her Broadway debut in 1966 in Barefoot in the Park. She is best known for her role as Valene Ewing on the primetime soap opera Knots Landing.
Joan Van Ark (born June 16, 1943) is an American actress.
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