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May 13, 2023 · Joan Van Ark (Valene Ewing) Van Ark got into directing after her Knots exit, earning a Humanitas Prize nomination for a 1994 ABC after-school special and an Emmy nomination for a 1997...
- Michele Lee (Karen MacKenzie) Karen MacKenzie is a mother of three and a community activist. After her husband, Sid has the most literal cliffhanger in television history after careening off a cliff, MacKenzie takes over Knots Landing Motors.
- Ted Shackelford (Gary Ewing) Gary Ewing was first introduced to fans in the show Dallas. The second son of oil baron Jock Ewing and always left in J.R.’
- Joan Van Ark (Valene Ewing) Valene Ewing, aka Val, had our sympathy for sure. For example, she was met with hardship after hardship, like having her firstborn daughter stolen.
- Kevin Dobson (Mackensie) Mackensie, or Mack, is Karen’s second husband and works as an attorney. The two meet after Sid’s killers’ charges were dropped.
Jun 3, 2022 · DailyMail.com spotted the 78-year-old actress in athleticwear, with a sweater wrapped around her waist, tall brown boots and her blond locks tied up in a ponytail. She was seen getting in and out...
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- How It All Began
- Shocking Moments
- Secrets from The Set
- Feuds Or Friends?
- Saying Goodbye
- Staying Close
Linda Gray (Sue Ellen, Dallas): I’ve got the scoop! David Jacobs pitched Knots Landing to CBS, but he didn’t know that [CBS head] William Paley sent a memo saying, “We want something big, like Giant.” So David, who’d never been to Texas, went back and pitched Dallas, and after it was a hit they said, “Anything you want, David.” Joan Van Ark (Valene...
Donna Mills (Abby): Knots was the This Is Usof its time. These were middle-class people with problems. Joan: The times Knots was No. 1 in the ratings were when Val’s twins were stolen from her at birth, and when they were returned. I met Magic Johnsonat a party and he went on and on about it in detail! Michele Lee (Karen): That was my favorite arc ...
Donna: Ted and I would be doing shower scenes and he’d always drop his towel. He thought it was really funny — he did it for years! Ted Shackelford (Gary): I don’t think you could get away with that these days, but back then you did. That was a big shocker and great fun. Joan: What flashed in my mind was [guest star] Ava Gardner’s first day [in 198...
Don Murray (Sid): I was told by the producers that after I left [in 1981], things were not so happy between all the cast members for a while. But they got over that. Kevin Dobson (Mack): I never experienced any feuds, other than those days on the set where it’s like, “I don’t want to go near that one today.” But we’re all human. Joan: I better be c...
Michele: Near the end of the show, they cut back money. We were doing extremely well, but everybody gets a raise every year, so they asked actors to only be on X number of shows so they didn’t have to pay them for every one. I told them I wanted to be on every show. And I’d do it for nothing. Joan: It was never really so over-the-top that it wasn’t...
Donna: Joan, Michele and I are good friends and see each other often, and we see Ted fairly often. Bill [Devane], not so much, ’cause he’s kind of a recluse out in Indio, California. Joan: We’re genuinely connected. Ted’s my best friend — I love, love, love him. I think that’s why it lasted 14 years. There wasn’t a bad apple in the group. We became...
Dec 12, 2022 · Joan Van Ark played Valene Ewing, a role she originated on "Dallas," who married and divorced her husband Gary (Ted Shackelford) three times, as well as having two other marriages during the...
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Joan Van Ark (born June 16, 1943) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Valene Ewing on the primetime soap opera Knots Landing. A life member of The Actors Studio, she made her Broadway debut in 1966 in Barefoot in the Park.
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