Joan Van Ark is spotted in 1st public sighting in more than 3 years

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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ree-years.html

• DailyMail.com spotted Joan Van Ark running errands in Los Angeles
• The 78-year-old Knots Landing actress was in athleticwear, with a sweater wrapped around her waist and her blond locks tied up in a ponytail
• It was the first time the actress has been seen in public in three years
• She was seen getting in and out of her car, as she peeled off her blue face mask
• Joan is known to live a very private life these days while enjoying down time with husband of 56 years, award-winning TV reporter John Marshall
• She is best known for her role as Valene Ewing, which began on Dallas in 1978 and then continued in the Knots Landing spinoff in 1979

By KAYLA BRANTLEY FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

PUBLISHED: 08:27 EDT, 3 June 2022 | UPDATED: 12:02 EDT, 3 June 2022

Knots Landing icon Joan Van Ark has been seen for the first time in more than three years as she ran errands in Los Angeles last week.

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 of her car, as she peeled off her blue face mask and headed out for her solo trip on the sunny day.

At one point she dropped some coins on the ground while feeding a parking meter.

The popular actress has enjoyed a prolific TV and movie career that began 55 years ago with hits including Frogs (1972), My First Love (1988), The Last Dinosaur (1977), Shakedown on the Sunset Strip (1988), Tainted Blood (1993), among many others.

However she is best known for her role as Valene Ewing, which began on Dallas in 1978 and then continued in its spinoff Knots Landing the following year. She ended up appearing in 327 episodes of Knots Landing over 14 years.

Joan's character was married three times to her on-screen love interest Gary Ewing, played by Ted Shackelford.

Off camera, Joan is known to live a very private life these days while enjoying down time with husband of 56 years, award-winning TV reporter John Marshall.

Joan remains active in the Hollywood community in her 70s.

She has lent her voice various times in recent years for cameos that include parts in TV series Curious George (2021) and Doom Patrol (2019).

Her last on-screen appearance was in 2017 when she co-starred in television movie Psycho Wedding Crasher.

[who8mycookie]

She was pretty in the Dallas and Knots early years, then she became frightening. I am not trying to be mean but she looks alien now, wow she ruined herself with all that plastic surgery.

[biffbronson]

I like this photo of Joan from years past:

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Joan appeared at the Hollywood Museum in January, 2020, with her co-stars Michele Lee & Donna Mills for the induction of the Knots Landing exhibit. She also participated in an interview with Michael Fairman during the same month, pre-pandemic. She actually looked good in the interview, as she has owned up to her cosmetic procedures and has had corrective surgery done to repair some of the damage, it would appear.