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Portrait of Joan Van Ark

Acting

Joan Van Ark

Titles
34movies63TV shows
Career

Active from 1970 to 2017, busiest in 1972 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles
16
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score57/100
Highest rated
Poster for Knots Landing: Back to the Cul-de-Sac
Knots Landing: Back to the Cul-de-Sac
GoodWatch score80/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 52 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.0 versus catalog average 4.7EnergyHeart: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.5 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.7WorldCraft: 4.7 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.4 versus catalog average 6.0Style
Joan Van Ark Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Melancholy
    3.4, average 4.7
  • Psychological
    4.4, average 5.6
  • Tension
    5.2, average 6.0
  • Uncanny
    1.8, average 2.5

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 2
  • Good vs. Evil 2
  • Psychological Thriller 2
  • Intense Drama 2
  • High Stakes 2
  • Classic Sitcom 2
  • Character-Driven Comedy 2
  • Fast-Paced 2
  • Small Town Drama 2
  • Low-Budget Aesthetic 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

86
Type
RoleAnyActing86Appearances10Directing1
ScoreAny60+70+80+
DecadeAny1950s21960s101970s371980s61990s172000s112010s3
GenreAnyDrama44Comedy24TV Movie18Crime14Action & Adventure13Mystery12Animation11Family9Sci-Fi & Fantasy8Thriller7Adventure6Action6Romance5Western4
Group by
DecadesScores
Newest firstOldest first

2010s

3 titles · average score 55
GoodWatch80
Doom Patrol

TV show · as Mrs. Franklin

2000s

11 titles · average score 61
GoodWatch84
Archer

TV show · as Ruth (voice)

Channels

as Megan Phillips

GoodWatch80
My Name Is Earl

TV show · as Janine

Diamond Zero

as The Hemingway Diamond

GoodWatch75
Nip/Tuck

TV show · as Annette Wainwright

GoodWatch37
Net Games

as Dr. Klein

GoodWatch47
Tornado Warning

as Mayor McAnders

UP, Michigan!

as Deborah Michaels

GoodWatch39
Held for Ransom

as Nancy Donavan

1990s

17 titles · average score 63
GoodWatch40
Loyal Opposition

as Vice President Elizabeth Lane

GoodWatch69
Cybill

TV show · as Joan Van Ark

GoodWatch44
Touched by an Angel

TV show · as Kim Carpenter

GoodWatch77
The Nanny

TV show · as Margo Lange

Terror on Track 9

as Leslie Renner

GoodWatch71
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

TV show · as Jewel Pemberton

All 17 titles from the 1990s

1980s

6 titles · average score 77
GoodWatch78
My First Love

as Claire Thomas

Spider-Woman

as Spider-Woman / Jessica Drew (voice)

GoodWatch76
Thundarr the Barbarian

TV show · as Captain Corden (voice) / Cinda (voice)

1970s

37 titles · average score 67
GoodWatch77
Knots Landing

TV show · as Valene Ewing

GoodWatch44
Spider-Woman

TV show · as Spider-Woman / Jessica Drew (voice)

GoodWatch73
Dallas

TV show · as Valene Wallace / Valene Ewing

GoodWatch54
The Last Dinosaur

as Francesca Banks

GoodWatch53
The Love Boat

TV show · as Lila Chandler / Kris Hayley

Cyrano

as Roxanne (voice)

GoodWatch71
The Six Million Dollar Man

TV show · as Valerie Sheffield

Temperatures Rising

TV show · as Annie Carlisle

GoodWatch37
Frogs

as Karen Crockett

GoodWatch78
M*A*S*H

TV show · as Lt. Erika Johnson

Matt Lincoln

TV show · as Katherine

All 37 titles from the 1970s

1960s

10 titles · average score 59
GoodWatch48
Hawaii Five-O

TV show · as Freda Cowan

GoodWatch43
Love, American Style

TV show · as Jelen / Alice

GoodWatch65
The F.B.I.

TV show · as Julie Rhodes / Cynthia Scott

GoodWatch73
Run for Your Life

TV show · as Donna Hayward

1950s

2 titles · average score 74
GoodWatch73
Bonanza

TV show · as Annie Laurie Adams

GoodWatch76
Gunsmoke

TV show · as Sarah Jean Stryker