Joan Van Ark is an American actress born on June 16, 1943, in New York City. She is best known fore her role of Valene Ewing in Knots Landing, a soap opera made as a spin-off of TV series Dallas, where she played as a guest actress. She has won a Theatre World Award in 1971 and received a Tony nomination for her performance in The School for Wives. She also made appearances in Bonanza, M*A*S*H, The Six Million Dollar Man, Quincy, Kojak, Barnaby Jones. Recently she played a role The Young and the Restless from 2004 to 2005. In 2012 she played a role of Momma in drama Watercolor Postcards. Continue reading