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Valene "Val" Ewing (maiden name Clements, formerly Gibson, Waleska), portrayed by Joan Van Ark, is a fictional character in the CBS primetime soap opera Knots Landing, a spin-off from the long-running series Dallas, in which she also appeared.
Joan Martha Van Ark (born June 16, 1943) [1] 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, [2] she made her Broadway debut in 1966 in Barefoot in the Park.
Gary's wife and the mother of his children, Lucy, Bobby and Betsy Ewing (who are born in 1984). Valene is from Shula, Tennessee and married Gary when they were teenagers in the 1960s, but under J. R.'s influence was made an outcast from the Ewing family and became estranged from her daughter Lucy for many years. After remarrying Gary in 1979 ...
The family arrived to Southfork Ranch, the Ewing homestead, and found that Gary had risen in his family's estimations: Jock liked Valene and was proud to be a grandfather, and Gary's mother Miss Ellie (Barbara Bel Geddes) was thrilled to have him home. At his parents' insistence, J. R. started including him in dealings at Ewing Oil, but J. R ...
Gary (Ted Shackelford) and Valene Ewing (Joan Van Ark) move to Knots Landing, in a new home that Gary's mother, Miss Ellie, bought for them.Once there, they get acquainted with their new neighbors, the Fairgates (Michele Lee and Don Murray), the Averys (Constance McCashin and John Pleshette) and the Wards (Kim Lankford and James Houghton).
Gary Ewing was the middle son of oil baron Jock and Miss Ellie Ewing, the father of Lucy Ewing and the ex-husband of Valene Ewing. Over a year later, the part of Gary Ewing was recast for the spin-off Knots Landing with actor Ted Shackelford in the role, and Gary became one of the main stars of the series in 1979.
After Joe Kelly on "GH," Sheehan portrayed journalist Ben Gibson, the second husband to Joan Van Ark's Valene Ewing, for more than 100 episodes of "Knots."
The Ewing family is the fictional family of the American prime time soap opera Dallas and its 2012 revival, as well as the foundation of the spin-off series Knots Landing.In the original series of Dallas, the Ewings own and run Southfork Ranch and the oil giant Ewing Oil; in the revival series, Ewing Oil is replaced by Ewing Global, formerly Ewing Energies.