ACTOR

Joan Van Ark

1943 - Today

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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 Dallas. A life member of The Actors Studio, she made her Broadway debut in 1966 in Barefoot in the Park. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joan Van Ark has received more than 1,852,470 page views. Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Joan Van Ark is the 3,330th most popular actor (up from 5,370th in 2019), the 5,003rd most popular biography from United States (up from 7,990th in 2019) and the 1,495th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.61

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.39

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.69

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Joan Van Arks by language

Over the past year Joan Van Ark has had the most page views in the with 299,324 views, followed by French (30,579), and German (21,787). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Uzbek (189.69%), Italian (111.73%), and Dutch (111.10%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Joan Van Ark ranks 3,330 out of 13,578. Before her are Joanne Dru, Diana Bracho, So Yamamura, Ronee Blakley, Henry Gibson, and Richard Hatch. After her are Pierre Fresnay, James Russo, Michael C. Hall, Kazuhiko Inoue, Vahram Papazian, and Leonid Bronevoy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Joan Van Ark ranks 360. Before her are Takaji Mori, Daniel Kablan Duncan, Teruo Nimura, Pim Doesburg, Theodor Stolojan, and Raúl Cubas Grau. After her are Friedrich Kittler, Arturo Ripstein, Eberhard Vogel, Katherine Karađorđević, Ertha Pascal-Trouillot, and Crescenzio Sepe.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Joan Van Ark ranks 5,003 out of 20,380. Before her are Joseph Colombo (1923), Ronee Blakley (1945), Henry Gibson (1935), Leon Russell (1942), Richard Hatch (1945), and Zakk Wylde (1967). After her are John C. Frémont (1813), Margaret Weis (1948), James Russo (1953), Michael C. Hall (1971), Stephen A. Schwarzman (1947), and Martin Brest (1951).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Joan Van Ark ranks 1,495. Before her are Matt Bomer (1977), Bonnie Bartlett (1929), Joanne Dru (1922), Ronee Blakley (1945), Henry Gibson (1935), and Richard Hatch (1945). After her are James Russo (1953), Michael C. Hall (1971), William Smith (1933), Bradley Whitford (1959), Yvette Mimieux (1942), and James Coco (1930).

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Television and Movie Roles

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