Joan Van Ark Net Worth is
$8 Million

Mini Biography

Joan Vehicle Ark, just out of senior high school, was the next youngest student to wait the Yale College of Drama on the scholarship or grant. The youngest was Julie Harris. It had been the start of a lifelong a friendly relationship. Years later, they might co-star within the CBS Tv series, Knots Getting (1979). Vehicle Ark started her professional profession in the Minneapolis Guthrie Theatre in Moliere’s “The Miser”, opposing Hume Cronyn and Zoe Caldwell. That was accompanied by “Death of the Salesman” on the Guthrie with both Cronyn and Jessica Tandy. After a period at the World Stage in Washington, D.C., Joan was ensemble in the nationwide touring firm of “Barefoot in the Recreation area”, aimed by Mike Nichols. She recreated the function in the critically acclaimed London Firm and down the road Broadway. She gained a Tony nomination on her behalf functionality in “THE INSTITUTION for Wives” and she gained the Movie theater Globe Award for “THE GUIDELINES of the overall game”. Truck Ark also appeared off-Broadway contrary John Rubinstein in “Like Letters”. Recently, she co-starred in the brand new York creation of Edward Albee’s Pulitzer Award earning play “Three High Females”. Her LA theater credits consist of “Cyrano de Bergerac”, playing “Roxanne” opposite Richard Chamberlain’s “Cyrano”, “Band Throughout the Moon” with Michael York and Glynis Johns, “Chemin de Fer”, “Heartbreak Home” and “As YOU PREFER It”, that she gained a LA Theatre Critics Award. She also made an appearance as “Woman Macbeth” in the Grove Shakespeare Festival’s creation of “Macbeth”. Vehicle Ark in addition has starred in the Williamstown Theatre Event productions of “Nights the Iguana”, “The Tale of Oedipus” as well as the festival’s 40th wedding anniversary creation of Stephen Sondheim’s “JUST A LITTLE Night Music”. She actually is perhaps most widely known for her part as “Valene Ewing” beginning on Dallas (1978) and within the spin-off series, Knots Getting (1979). Through the 13 months as “Val”, she gained six nominations and two Cleaning soap Opera Digest Honours for Best Celebrity. Joan also starred in it comedies, THE BRAND NEW Temperatures Rising Display (1972) and WE HAVE ONE ANOTHER (1977). IN-MAY 1997, she reprieved her part of “Valene” in the CBS mini-series, Knots Getting: Back again to the Cul-de-Sac (1997). Lately, she guest-starred within an bout of The Nanny (1993), that was specifically written on her behalf. Van Ark’s tv movie credits consist of When the Dark Man Phone calls (1995), Minute of Truth: Cult Recovery (1994), In the Shadows, Someone’s Viewing (1993) (professional/manufacturer), Children Will Be Children (1999) (professional/movie director), Terror on the right track 9 (1992), Tainted Bloodstream (1993), Menu for Murder (1994), REMEMBER I REALLY LIKE You (1990), My Initial Like (1988) and Shakedown around the Sunset Remove (1988). She was also among the voices for CBS-TV’s Sunday morning toon series Santo Bugito (1995) and she provided the tone of voice of Spider-Woman (1979), another Sunday morning hours series. In 1997, Joan aimed a brief documentary on homelessness and home assault for the Directors Guild of America, that was nominated for an Emmy. She appeared in the feature film, Held for Ransom (2000), with Dennis Hopper and Debi Mazar. Joan happens to be highlighted in the film, UP, Michigan! (2001), that was moved into in the brand new York Individual Film Festival. Regarding to Film Celebration representatives, the testing of UP, Michigan! (2001) elicited even more favorable viewers response than every other film through the entire one-week event. Joan also starred as the “Vice Leader of america” in the FOX Family members telefilm, Loyal Opposition (1998). Last summertime, she performed “Camille” in Tennessee Williams’ “Camino True” on the Folger Shakespeare Theatre in Washington, D.C. She made an appearance in Double in an eternity (1999), filmed in Toronto. She lately finished filming in LA of Son from the Seaside (2000). Joan’s profession was featured around the biographical system, Intimate Family portrait: Joan Vehicle Ark (2002), around the Life time Channel for ladies. She also performed two cameo functions in the indie feature films, World wide web Games (2003) as well as the soon-to-be-released Gemstone No (2005) with Tippi Hedren. Joan was highlighted in “The Vagina Monologues” on the Canon Movie theater in Beverly Hillsides. She also opened up the nationwide tour of “The Vagina Monologues” in Denver’s Middle for the Performing Arts. IN-MAY, 2003, she was a celebrity visitor actor in the LA production of “Blackout” on the McCadden Theater in Hollywood. She also made an appearance in the off-Broadway creation of “The Exonerated” in the Bleeker Road Theater in NY. Last springtime, Joan made an appearance in “Five by Tenn” in the Kennedy Middle in Washington, D.C. with Kathleen Chalfant, Patricia Clarkson and Sally Field. It had been a global premiere of newly-found Tennessee Williams one-act takes on. Furthermore, she played a normal role for a lot of this past year on CBS Television’s The Small as well as the Restless (1973). Joan can soon come in the globe premier of Tag O’Donnell’s new version of “Personal Fittings” by Georges Feydeau on the La Jolla Playhouse near NORTH PARK. The production, starting Feb 22nd, will end up being directed by Des McAnuff, champion of two Tony Honours. Joan continues to be wedded to her senior high school sweetheart, John Marshall, a previous award-winning Television newsman, who today minds an on-line information support, eNewswires.com. Their child, Vanessa Marshall, can be an accomplished celebrity, movie director and comedian.

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Quick Facts

Full Name	Joan Van Ark
Profession	Voice Actor
Education	Yale School of Drama
Nationality	American
Spouse	John Marshall
Children	Vanessa Marshall
Parents	Dorothy Jean Hemenway, Carroll Van Ark
Siblings	Carol Kuykendall, Mark Clark Van Ark, Dexter J. Van Ark
Awards	TV Land Anniversary Award
Nominations	Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play
Movies	Frogs, Moment of Truth: A Mother's Deception, Always Remember I Love You, The Last Dinosaur, Loyal Opposition: Terror in the White House, Red Flag: The Ultimate Game, Held for Ransom, The Judge and Jake Wyler, My First Love, It's the Pied Piper, Charlie Brown, Tainted Blood, Tornado Warning, Net Games, Captain Newman, M.D., Channels, Watercolor Postcards, When the Dark Man Calls, Terror on Track 9, Shakedown on the Sunset Strip, Diamond Zero, The 636, The Rules of the Game, Shell Game, The Last of the Mohicans, In the Shadows, Someone's Watching, Knots Landing: Back to the Cul-de-Sac, Cyrano, Menu for Murder, Big Rose
TV Shows	Knots Landing, Knots Landing: Back to the Cul-de-Sac, Spider-Woman, Peyton Place, McMillan & Wife, Temperatures Rising, Thundarr the Barbarian, Santo Bugito, Pretty the Series, Tarzan and the Super 7, Testimony of Two Men, Matt Lincoln, Adventures from the Book of Virtues, The Client, The Silent Force, We've Got Each Other