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Biography

Born

6/16/1943, New York, New York,USA

Birth Name

Gender

Female

Credits

Star (14)

Role
- Santo Bugito
  Amelia
  - S 1: Ep 13 Buenos Roaches
    1/1/06
  - S 1: Ep 8 The Carnivore Kid
    1/1/06
  - S 1: Ep 12 Bugged Bug
  - S 1: Ep 11 My Name is Revenge
  - S 1: Ep 10 How to Eat People & Make New Friends
  - + 8 More Credits
- Knots Landing
  Herself/Val Ewing
  - S 14: Ep 26 Knots Landing Reunion: Together Again
    12/2/05
- Knots Landing
  Val Ewing
  - S 14: Ep 25 Knots Landing: Back to the Cul-De-Sac (2)
    5/9/97
  - S 14: Ep 24 Knots Landing: Back to the Cul-De-Sac (1)
    5/7/97
  - S 14: Ep 23 The Knots Landing Block Party
    5/13/93
  - S 13: Ep 22 Little Girl Lost
    4/9/92
  - S 13: Ep 21 Do You Love Me?
    4/2/92
  - + 105 More Credits
- Knots Landing
  Valene Clements Ewing Gibson Waleska Ewing [ seasons 1-13; Episodes 343-344 ]
  - S 13: Ep 19 Trials and Tribulations
    3/5/92
  - S 13: Ep 18 Dedicated to the One I Love
    2/27/92
  - S 13: Ep 17 Denials
    2/6/92
  - S 13: Ep 16 Baths and Showers
    1/30/92
  - S 13: Ep 15 Letting Go
    1/23/92
  - + 114 More Credits
- Knots Landing
  Val Gibson Waleska
  - S 12: Ep 24 The Last One Out
    4/25/91
  - S 12: Ep 13 The Unknown
    1/3/91
  - S 12: Ep 11 Asked to Rise
    12/13/90
  - S 12: Ep 10 The Lady or the Tiger
    12/6/90
  - S 12: Ep 9 Side by Side
    11/29/90
  - + 9 More Credits
- Knots Landing
  Val Gibson
  - S 12: Ep 23 Where There's a Will, There's a Way
    4/11/91
  - S 12: Ep 3 God Will
    9/27/90
  - S 12: Ep 2 Blind Side
    9/20/90
  - S 11: Ep 12 What a Swell Party This Is
    12/21/89
  - S 11: Ep 11 Twice Victim
    12/14/89
  - + 37 More Credits
- Knots Landing
  Val Ewing Gibson
  - S 8: Ep 15 Truth Will Out
    12/18/86
  - S 8: Ep 14 Gifts
    12/11/86
  - S 8: Ep 13 The Inside Man
    12/4/86
  - S 8: Ep 12 Touch and Go
    11/27/86
  - S 8: Ep 11 A Turn of Events
    11/20/86
  - + 30 More Credits
- Thundarr The Barbarian
  Additional Voices
  - S 1: Ep 10 Stalker from the Stars
    12/6/80
  - S 1: Ep 9 Valley of the Man-Apes
    11/29/80
  - S 1: Ep 8 Challenge of the Wizards
    11/22/80
  - S 1: Ep 3 Raiders of the Abyss
    11/1/80
  - S 1: Ep 1 Secret of the Black Pearl
    10/11/80
- Spider-Woman
  Jessica Drew/Spider Woman
  - S 1: Ep 16 A Deadly Dream
    3/1/80
  - S 1: Ep 15 Return Of The Spider-Queen
    12/28/79
  - S 1: Ep 14 A Crime In Time
    12/21/79
  - S 1: Ep 13 The Great Magini
    12/14/79
  - S 1: Ep 12 Invasion Of The Black Hole
    12/7/79
  - + 11 More Credits
- Knots Landing
  Valene Ewing
  - S 1: Ep 1 Pilot
    12/27/79
- Tarzan and the Super 7
  Moray (voice)
  - S 1: Ep 1 The Waters of Doom (Manta & Moray)
    9/9/78
  - S 1: Ep 7 Sea of Madness (Manta & Moray)
  - S 1: Ep 6 The Sunken World (Manta & Moray)
  - S 1: Ep 5 The Freedom Fighters (Manta & Moray)
  - S 1: Ep 4 The Souvenir Hunters (Manta & Moray)
  - + 2 More Credits
- We've Got Each Other
  Dee Dee Baldwin
  - S 1: Ep 13 Pumping Iron
    1/7/78
  - S 1: Ep 12 The Long Vacation
    12/31/77
  - S 1: Ep 11 The Magic Show
    12/24/77
  - S 1: Ep 10 Miss Wonderful
    12/17/77
  - S 1: Ep 9 Oil Spill
    12/3/77
  - + 8 More Credits
- Temperatures Rising
  Nurse Annie Carlisle (1972-1973)
  - S 1: Ep 26 Gorilla My Dreams
    3/27/73
  - S 1: Ep 25 Super Doc
    3/20/73
  - S 1: Ep 24 It Don't Mean A Ping, If You Ain't Got That Pong
    3/13/73
  - S 1: Ep 23 Creepy, Peepy
    3/6/73
  - S 1: Ep 22 My Doctor, The Patient
    2/27/73
  - + 21 More Credits
- The Young and the Restless
  Gloria Simmons Fisher (#1) (2004-2005)
Recurring Role (6)

Role
- The Young and the Restless
  Gloria Abbott
  - S 32: Ep 200 Ep. #8047
    1/7/05
  - S 32: Ep 196 Ep. #8043
    1/3/05
  - S 32: Ep 195 Ep. #8042
    12/31/04
  - S 32: Ep 191 Ep. #8038
    12/27/04
  - S 32: Ep 190 Ep. #8037
    12/24/04
  - + 13 More Credits
- The Young and the Restless
  Gloria Fisher
  - S 32: Ep 165 Ep. #8012
    11/17/04
  - S 32: Ep 164 Ep. #8011
    11/16/04
  - S 32: Ep 163 Ep. #8010
    11/15/04
  - S 32: Ep 158 Ep. #8005
    11/8/04
  - S 32: Ep 156 Ep. #8003
    11/4/04
  - + 39 More Credits
- Intimate Portrait
  Herself
  - S 9: Ep 13 Michelle Phillips
    4/21/03
  - S 9: Ep 12 Linda Grey
    3/24/03
  - S 8: Ep 20 Joan Van Ark
    7/15/02
  - S 5: Ep 46 Michele Lee
    10/18/99
- Intimate Portrait
  Herself - Narrator
  - S 7: Ep 14 Lisa Hartman-Black
    1/1/01
- Battle of the Network Stars
  CBS Team
  - S 8: Ep 1 Special #15
    11/3/83
  - S 7: Ep 1 Special #13
    10/1/82
  - S 6: Ep 2 Special #12
    5/7/82
  - S 5: Ep 1 Special #9
    12/5/80
  - S 4: Ep 2 Special #8
    5/4/80
- Dallas
  Valene Ewing
  - S 5: Ep 8 The Split
    11/27/81
  - S 4: Ep 12 End of the Road (2)
    1/23/81
  - S 4: Ep 1 No More Mister Nice Guy (1)
    11/7/80
  - S 3: Ep 14 Return Engagements
    12/20/79
  - S 3: Ep 4 Secrets
    10/12/79
Guest Star (88)

Role
- Archer
  Ruth
  - S 2: Ep 9 Placebo Effect
    3/24/11
- My Name is Earl
  Janine
  - S 4: Ep 18 Friends With Benefits
    2/12/09
- The Today Show
  Herself
  - S 57: Ep 43 February 28, 2008
    2/28/08
- TV Land Top 10
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 11 Top 10 Holiday Moments
    12/11/05
- TV Land Confidential
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 5 Breakout and Disappearing Stars
    10/12/05
- The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy
  Wanda
  - S 3: Ep 14 Whatever Happen to Billy Whatsisname? / Just the Two of Pus
    10/29/04
- Soap Talk
  Herself
  - S 2: Ep 84 Episode 84.02
    10/22/03
- The Weakest Link (US)
  Herself
  - S 2: Ep 19 Classic TV Faves Edition #2
    11/25/01
- Twice in a Lifetime
  Camilla Bianco
  - S 2: Ep 20 Mama Mia
    5/2/01
- Son Of The Beach
  Ima Cummings
  - S 2: Ep 6 Light My Firebush
    4/17/01
- The Nanny
  Margo Lange
  - S 5: Ep 12 One False Mole and You're Dead
    1/14/98
- Tracey Takes On...
  Herself
  - S 3: Ep 2 Hollywood
    1/11/98
- Cybill
  Herself
  - S 3: Ep 25 Mother's Day
    5/12/97
- The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
  Jewel Pemberton
  - S 6: Ep 14 Breaking Up is Hard To Do (1)
    2/12/96
- The Client
  Gretchen
  - S 1: Ep 16 The Morning After
    2/6/96
- Touched By an Angel
  Kim Carpenter
  - S 2: Ep 13 Til We Meet Again
    1/13/96
- Women of the House
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 13 Women in Film
    9/8/95
- The ABC Afterschool Special
  Susan Cooper
  - S 23: Ep 1 Boys Will Be Boys
    9/15/94
- Live! with Kelly
  Herself
  - S 6: Ep 207 July 1, 1994
    7/1/94
  - S 5: Ep 108 February 4, 1993
    2/4/93
  - S 4: Ep 108 February 12, 1992
    2/12/92
  - S 2: Ep 116 February 12, 1990
    2/12/90
- The Dennis Miller Show
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 37 March 10, 1992
    3/10/92
- One On One With John Tesh
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 3 September 11, 1991
    9/11/91
- Dallas
  Valene Ewing
  - S 14: Ep 22 Conundrum (1)
    5/3/91
- The Arsenio Hall Show
  Herself
  - S 3: Ep 135 April 22, 1991
    4/22/91
  - S 1: Ep 46 March 7, 1989
    3/7/89
- The Bob Hope Show
  Herself
  - S 41: Ep 2 Bob Hope's 1990 Christmas Show From Bermuda
    12/15/90
  - S 35: Ep 4 Bob Hope's Comedy Salute To the Soaps
    4/15/85
- Circus of the Stars
  Ringmaster
  - S 1: Ep 15 Special #15
    11/21/90
- The Joan Rivers Show
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 45 November 6, 1989
    11/6/89
- The Pat Sajak Show
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 184 October 11, 1989
    10/11/89
  - S 1: Ep 100 May 31, 1989
    5/31/89
  - S 1: Ep 1 January 9, 1989
    1/9/89
- People's Choice Awards
  Herself
  - S 14: Ep 1 The 14th Annual People's Choice Awards
    1/1/88
- Battle of the Network Stars
  Host
  - S 9: Ep 2 Special #18
    5/23/85
- The Love Boat
  Guest Star
  - S 8: Ep 7 And One to Grow On/Seems Like Old Times/I'll Never Forget What's Her Name
    10/27/84
- The Love Boat
  Mary Sue Huggins
  - S 4: Ep 9 She Stole His Heart/Return of the Captain's Brother/Swag and Mag
    12/6/80
- Thundarr The Barbarian
  voice of Captain Kordon
  - S 1: Ep 5 Treasure of the Moks
    10/4/80
- The John Davidson Show
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 17 July 22, 1980
    7/22/80
- The Mike Douglas Show
  Herself
  - S 18: Ep 159 Week of May 19, 1980
    5/19/80
- The Hollywood Squares (1966)
  Herself
  - S 14: Ep 64 April 21-25, 1980 (NBC-TV)
    4/21/80
- Dinah!
  Herself
  - S 6: Ep 122 March 10, 1980
    3/10/80
- The Love Boat
  Kris Hailey
  - S 3: Ep 8 Cindy/Play by Play/What's a Brother For?
    10/27/79
- Vegas
  Dr. Haven Grant
  - S 1: Ep 15 Death Mountain
    1/31/79
- Wonder Woman
  Cassandra
  - S 3: Ep 7 Time Bomb
    11/10/78
- Dallas
  Valene Clements Ewing
  - S 2: Ep 2 Reunion (2)
    9/30/78
  - S 2: Ep 1 Reunion (1)
    9/23/78
- Quark
  Princess Libido
  - S 1: Ep 6 All the Emperor's Quasi-Norms (2)
    3/31/78
  - S 1: Ep 5 All the Emperor's Quasi-Norms (1)
    3/24/78
- Quincy, M.E.
  Bert Philips
  - S 3: Ep 18 Gone But Not Forgotten
    2/17/78
- McMillan & Wife
  Georgie
  - S 6: Ep 6 Have You Heard About Vanessa?
    4/24/77
- McMillan
  Georgie
  - S 1: Ep 6 Have You Heard About Vanessa?
    4/24/77
- Kojak
  Guest Star
  - S 4: Ep 23 Lady in the Squad Room
    3/8/77
- The Rockford Files
  Christina Marks
  - S 3: Ep 12 There's One in Every Port
    1/7/77
- The Six Million Dollar Man
  Valerie Sheffield
  - S 4: Ep 8 The Bionic Boy (1)
    11/7/76
- Petrocelli
  Chris Parker
  - S 2: Ep 15 The Night Visitor
    2/4/76
- Petrocelli
  Chris
  - S 2: Ep 15 The Night Visitor
    2/4/76
- Medical Story
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 11 Woman In White
    12/11/75
- The Rockford Files
  Susan Alexander
  - S 2: Ep 8 Resurrection in Black & White
    11/7/75
- Medical Center
  Eileen
  - S 7: Ep 8 Too Late for Tomorrow
    11/3/75
- Barbary Coast
  Eleanor
  - S 1: Ep 5 Guns For a Queen
    10/6/75
- Rhoda
  Marian Gerard
  - S 2: Ep 2 Rhoda Meets the Ex-Wife
    9/15/75
- Theatre in America
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 9 The Rules of the Game
    4/30/75
- Great Performances
  Silvia Gala
  - S 3: Ep 15 Rules of the Game
    4/30/75
- Cannon
  Anna
  - S 4: Ep 10 The Man Who Couldn't Forget
    11/20/74
- The Rockford Files
  Barbara Kelbaker
  - S 1: Ep 9 Find Me If You Can
    11/1/74
- Manhunter
  Victoria
  - S 1: Ep 8 The Deadly Brothers
    10/30/74
- Ironside
  Caroline Ward
  - S 8: Ep 4 Trial of Terror
    10/3/74
- Barnaby Jones
  Sheila Barner
  - S 3: Ep 3 The Challenge
    9/24/74
- Medical Center
  Chris
  - S 6: Ep 1 Adults Only
    9/9/74
- The F.B.I.
  Angie Cameron
  - S 9: Ep 21 The Vendetta
    4/7/74
- The ABC Afterschool Special
  Roxanne
  - S 2: Ep 4 Cyrano
    3/6/74
- The Girl with Something Extra
  Samantha
  - S 1: Ep 17 A Zircon in the Rough
    2/1/74
- Firehouse
  Cynthia
  - S 1: Ep 1 Brust of Flame
    1/17/74
- Cannon
  Nona
  - S 3: Ep 18 Duel in the Desert
    1/16/74
- M*A*S*H
  Lt. Erika Johnson
  - S 2: Ep 3 Radar's Report
    9/29/73
- Mannix
  Jennifer Crane
  - S 7: Ep 1 The Girl in the Polka Dot Dress
    9/16/73
- Night Gallery
  Sandra Blanco
  - S 3: Ep 11 The Ring with the Red Velvet Ropes
    1/7/73
- Love, American Style
  Alice
  - S 4: Ep 4 Love and the Triple Threat
    9/15/72
- The Odd Couple
  Trudy
  - S 2: Ep 21 A Night to Dismember
    2/18/72
- The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
  Guest Star
  - S 3: Ep 4 Close Up
    11/7/71
- Cannon
  Francine Dexter
  - S 1: Ep 4 Country Blues
    10/5/71
- The F.B.I.
  Julie Rhodes
  - S 7: Ep 4 The Deadly Gift
    10/3/71
- Medical Center
  Deborah Walters
  - S 2: Ep 20 Edge of Violence
    2/10/71
- Hawaii Five-O
  Freda Cowan
  - S 3: Ep 14 The Double Wall
    12/16/70
- Dan August
  character name
  - S 1: Ep 7 Union Forever
    11/11/70
- Matt Lincoln
  Katherine
  - S 1: Ep 6 Nick
    10/29/70
- The F.B.I.
  Cindy Scott
  - S 6: Ep 1 The Condemned
    9/20/70
- Love, American Style
  Helen Childress
  - S 1: Ep 43 Love and the Proposal
    1/5/70
- Charlie Brown
  Secretary
  - S 1: Ep 39 It's the Pied Piper, Charlie Brown
- Gunsmoke
  Sarah Jean Stryker
  - S 15: Ep 2 Stryker
    9/29/69
- The Guns of Will Sonnett
  Guest Star
  - S 2: Ep 23 The Man Who Killed James Sonnett
    3/21/69
- Bonanza
  Annie Laurie Adams
  - S 10: Ep 15 Sweet Annie Laurie
    1/5/69
- The Mod Squad
  April Showers
  - S 1: Ep 11 Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Starlet
    12/17/68
- The Felony Squad
  Lynne Thackeray
  - S 3: Ep 1 A Fashion For Dying
    9/16/68
- Run for Your Life
  Donna Hayward
  - S 3: Ep 12 Cry Hard, Cry Fast (pt 2)
    11/27/67
  - S 3: Ep 11 Cry Hard, Cry Fast (pt 1)
    11/20/67
Special Guest Star (2)

Role
- Nip/Tuck
  Annette Wainwright
  - S 5: Ep 12 Lulu Grandiron
    2/5/08
- Knots Landing
  Val Ewing
  - S 14: Ep 19 Just Like Old Times (2)
    5/13/93
  - S 14: Ep 18 Just Like Old Times (1)
    5/13/93
Director (2)

Role
- The ABC Afterschool Special
  Director
  - S 23: Ep 1 Boys Will Be Boys
    9/15/94
- Knots Landing
  Director
  - S 14: Ep 15 Hints and Evasions
    2/25/93
  - S 13: Ep 15 Letting Go
    1/23/92

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- Joan is the sister of Carol Kuykendall.
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- In 1986, Joan won the Soap Opera Digest Award in the category of Outstanding Actress in a Leading Role on a Prime Time Serial for her role on the television series Knots Landing.
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- Upon her birth, Joan's father was certain she would be famous.
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- Joan (on why its time for another Knots Landing reunion show): They want to see if we're in wheelchairs and walkers yet.
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