Joan Van Ark (born June 16, 1943) is an American actress, most notable for her role as Valene Ewing, which she originated on the CBS hit series Dallas and continued for thirteen seasons on its long-running spin-off, Knots Landing. Van Ark has also received a Theatre World Award and been nominated for a Tony Award for her stage work. Description above from the Wikipedia article Joan Van Ark, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

• Doom Patrol — Mrs. Franklin
• 2017Psycho Wedding Crasher — Aunt Daisy
• 2013Watercolor Postcards — Momma
• Archer — Ruth (voice)
• 2008Channels — Megan Phillips
• 2005Diamond Zero — The Hemingway Diamond
• My Name Is Earl — Janine
• 2003Net Games — Dr. Klein
• Nip/Tuck — Annette Wainwright
• 2002Tornado Warning — Mayor McAnders
• 2001UP, Michigan! — Deborah Michaels
• 2000Held for Ransom — Nancy Donavan
• 2000It's the Pied Piper, Charlie Brown — Secretary (voice)
• Son of the Beach
• Twice in a Lifetime — Camilla Bianco / Anna
• 1998Loyal Opposition — Vice President Elizabeth Lane
• Knots Landing: Back to the Cul-de-Sac — Valene Ewing
• Adventures from the Book of Virtues — Queen Esther (voice)
• Cybill — Joan Van Ark
• Dumb and Dumber — Aunt Bea (voice), Norma Jean (voice), Casey (voice)
• Santo Bugito — Amelia (voice)
• 1995When the Dark Man Calls — Julianne Kaiser
• 1994A Mother's Deception — Nora McGill
• 1994Boys Will Be Boys — Susan Cooper, Director
• Touched by an Angel — Kim Carpenter
• 1993In the Shadows, Someone's Watching
• 1993Tainted Blood — Mrs. Drew
• The Nanny — Margo Lange
• 1992Terror on Track 9 — Leslie Renner
• 1990Always Remember I Love You — Martha Mendham
• 1990Menu for Murder — Julia Alberts
• The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air — Jewel Pemberton
• 1988Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz — Joan Van Ark
• 1988My First Love — Claire Thomas
• 1988Shakedown on the Sunset Strip — Brenda Allen
• 1982Spider-Woman — Spider-Woman / Jessica Drew (voice)
• 1981Red Flag: The Ultimate Game — Marie Rivers
• Thundarr the Barbarian — Captain Corden (voice), Cinda (voice)
• Knots Landing — Valene Ewing, Director
• Spider-Woman — Spider-Woman / Jessica Drew (voice)
• Dallas — Valene Ewing, Valene Clements (archive footage) (uncredited), Valene Wallace
• Tarzan and the Super 7 — Moray
• The Waverly Wonders
• Vega$
• Testimony of Two Men — Jane Robson
• 1977The Last Dinosaur — Francesca Banks
• The Love Boat — Kris Hayley, Lila Chandler, Mary Sue Higgins
• We've Got Each Other — Dee Dee Baldwin
• Quincy, M.E.
• Barbary Coast — Eleanor Graham
• Joe Forrester
• Medical Story — Peggy Fowler
• 1975Shell Game — Shirley
• 1975The Last of the Mohicans — Cora Munro (voice)
• 1975The Rules of the Game — Silvia Gala
• Wonder Woman — Cassandra Loren
• 1974Big Rose — Nina
• 1974Cyrano — Roxanne (voice)
• Firehouse — Cynthia
• Petrocelli
• Rhoda
• The Manhunter
• The Rockford Files — Barbara Kelbaker, Susan Alexander, Christina Marks
• The Six Million Dollar Man — Valerie Sheffield
• Kojak — Det. Josephine Long
• ABC Afterschool Special — Director
• 1972Frogs — Karen Crockett
• M*A*S*H — Lt. Erika Johnson
• Temperatures Rising — Annie Carlisle
• 1972The Judge and Jake Wyler — Alicia Dodd
• Cannon — Francine Dexter
• Great Performances — Silvia Gala
• Matt Lincoln — Katherine
• Night Gallery — Sondra Blanco (as Joan van Ark)
• The Odd Couple — Trudy
• The Silent Force — Louise Hanson
• Hawaii Five-O — Freda Cowan
• Love, American Style — Jelen, Alice
• Medical Center
• The Mod Squad
• Ironside
• Mannix
• The Guns of Will Sonnett
• Felony Squad
• Run for Your Life — Donna Hayward
• The F.B.I. — Cynthia Scott, Julie Rhodes
• Bonanza — Annie Laurie Adams
• Gunsmoke — Sarah Jean Stryker
• Miss Universe — Host

Appearances as themselves (9)

• Celebrity Ghost Stories — Self
• RuPaul's Drag Race — Self - Guest Judge
• Women of the House — Self
• Intimate Portrait — Self
• 1990Night of 100 Stars III — Self
• 1987Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood — Self
• 1986All Star Party for Clint Eastwood — Self (uncredited)
• 1985Night of 100 Stars II — Self
• Miss USA — Self - Host