Joan Van Ark

TV Actress

Birthday June 16, 1943

Birth Sign Gemini

Birthplace New York

Age 81 years old

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About

Best known for portraying Valene Ewing on thirteen seasons of Knots Landing; she later reprised her role on the series Dallas in 2013.

Before Fame

She decided to pursue a career in acting after interviewing actress Julie Harris at age fifteen.

Trivia

Seh was named after Joan of Arc because her dad knew she was going to be a star.

Family Life

She married John Marshall in 1966; the couple welcomed a daughter, Vanessa, in 1969.

Associated With

She starred with Alec Baldwin in Knots Landing.