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Joan Van Ark

Joan Van Ark's biography

Joan Van Ark is 79 years old television actor born at New York City. She was born on Wednesday 16th of June 1943. According to year of birth 1943 she belongs to Silent Generation. Birthday on 16th of June means she is Gemini. Gemini is a dual sign of Zodiac Belt. One born with this rising sign is very dual and creative in nature with lots of verbosity. They are the most expressive people as they love talking.

She is native english speaker. She is citizen of United States of America. Her primary profession is to be television actor. You can know her also as actor, stage actor, film actor, voice actor. She is recently known as presenter.

Joan Van Ark's family

She has 1 daughter.

Joan Van Ark's daughter: Vanessa Marshall

Joan Van Ark's daughter's name is Vanessa Marshall. Vanessa is known as television actor. Her daughter was born on Sunday 19th of October 1969 in New York City.

Joan Van Ark's schools

We found 5 schools She attended. Complete list of schools: Yale School of Drama, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder High School, Yale University, Fairview High School.

Joan Van Ark's career

Her main focus is to be television actor.

Awards and competitions

Joan Van Ark's Awards

  • Was nominated for Broadway's 1971 Tony Award as Best Supporting or Featured Actress (Dramatic) for "The School for Wives."

What Joan Van Ark has done for a first time

  • Along with Ted Shackelford and Michele Lee, she is one of only three actors to appear in both the first and last episodes of Knots Landing (1979): Knots Landing: Pilot (1979) and Knots Landing: Just Like Old Times: Part 2 (1993) respectively.

Joan Van Ark's quotes

  • [on why it's time for another Knots Landing (1979) reunion show] They want to see if we're in wheelchairs and walkers yet.
  • [on a long-running prime-time soap opera]: What I'm surprised at this time around is how emotional it's been. And I'm getting all verklempt even now.
  • [on her religion]: I'm Presbyterian and I don't go to church very much.
  • When you're 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.
  • You've got to realize that any lady on a soap is devoting her life to it, 24/7.
  • See also Other Works |  Publicity Listings |  Official Sites

Joan Van Ark's body shape

Lets describe how Joan Van Ark looks. We will focus on her body shape. Body build is average.