This 80's Star Was Every Man's Dream Girl (What Happened)

Soap opera characters go through plenty of ups and downs, and that was certainly the case for the cast of Knots Landing. Joan Van Ark played Valene Ewing, who moves to L.A. for a fresh start with her husband Gary as they begin marriage number two. Val's turbulent life was on display in explicit detail for 14 seasons, but Joan Van Ark's personal life was a very different story. So, who is Joan Van Ark's husband in real life? Was Joan Van Ark ever on M*A*S*H? And why did Joan Van Ark quit Knots Landing?
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[@DYR]

WERE YOU A FAN? 🤔

[@reallymysterious4520]

How did you come up with EVERY MAN'S DREAM GIRL OF THE 80'S ??? Did you do a survey ? I never ONCE hear anybody say that she was their favorite. She didn't even make a Top 30 list I just saw which included Jennifer Grey, Jennifer Beals, Julia Roberts, Paula Abdul, Vanessa Williams, Kim Basinger, Pamela Anderson, Cindy Crawford, Catherine Bach, Kelly LeBrock and Alyssa Milano

[@LillyMarz777]

No.

[@alancrisp1582]

😨😱 Why does this woman now look at least 110 years old 🧓. Sorry no red -blooded man could find this creature attractive !...

[@retrobilly1719]

I’m Respectful to people ,Unlike You Nick ,Who spreads Negativity by putting up Hurtful Clickbait ,I just unsubscribed, You should be ashamed of yourself

[@merlenefelucci5622]

Agree she’s still beautiful

[@paulwalker1793]

What happened is very simple. Life goes by and people get older. She was a beautiful young woman and a talented actress. Now she's older. It happens

[@fozziebear26]

Exactly 😊

[@Shaner373]

yeah but she looks like Hulk Hogan now

[@leyahruizdeloreto6420]

​@@Shaner373 😂😂😂hilarious!!

[@irenebryan9788]

I wouldn't exactly say talented 😅

[@kiki1965]

I agree. Life happens. There's always a 'pretty young thing' waiting in the wings... 🦋

[@PeppermintPJ90025]

Knot's Landing was my favorite of the prime-time soaps.

[@messagenabottle2668]

Marilyn Monroe is still considered the standard of Hollywood beauty because death froze her image at 36. But she would've turned 96 this month had she lived. And her old age would've been no less shocking. It's just nature.

[@Gigie2Z]

I was 16 when she died. I vividly remember my mom waking me up to tell me. I cried all day! My mom passed last July at 96! My daughters and I used to drive by the house where she died Fifth Helena Drive off of Sunset Boulevard.

[@billiejones8602]

I miss the days of Dallas, Knotts Landing and Dynasty. Those were the days when you looked forward to the next episode. You can’t say that about the shows today.

[@christinecollins-reilly3929]

I ABSOFREAKINLUTELY LOVED both Dallas and Knots Landing. But of the two Knots Labding is my FAVORITE ❤. The WHOLE Cast was Fabulous🎉. I wish it was available to stream somewhere. 😂

[@mariealexander5800]

Me too. I would watching all the time. Maybe some TV station will see our comments and bring it back

[@carolmartin6719]

I watched Knots landing & i loved the show. Great actresses & great actors. I wished they would do re runs of this show i'd watch em. Loved the show. I never liked mash but my siblings did. I loved Dynasty & Dallas & knots landing as well.i was a big fan of these shows.

[@lauralynch3184]

I'm currently re-watching it these last few months and loving it. Great memories

[@annefoggensteiner710]

She was so attractive. Why on earth do have this drastic surgery and end up looking far worse than if she had aged naturally.

[@irismiller7174]

Sadly that wasnt her intention

[@frankenfurter58]

Sometimes I think that industry does it intentionally to them. They push them to have plastic surgery to keep their youthful looks intact. But someone butchered her face. That's beyond a botched up job.

[@tomobrien9483]

Knotts Landing was my favorite soap opera, even above Dallas.

[@lordcron]

I was a Dynasty fan back then... in those rare moments I watched Knots Landing her character always seemed very distressed and needy. She had a wonderful run in Hollywood. Huge body of work she should be proud of. Well done Joan!

[@NannyFlo]

I loved them all, Dallas, Dynasty, Colbys, Knots Landing and Falcon Crest ❤ those were the days 👏

[@joannagipson12]

Yes they were!!!❤

[@evarefaat9311]

And it will never come again Today's movies full of blood,sex,drugs,violence😮

[@helanesolomon1724]

She was also on Bonanza and did a Wonder Woman episode with Ted Shackelford. I loved knots landing. More than Dallas & Dynasty combined.

[@jodeeps2287]

I am with you on Knots Landing, it was far better than Dallas and Dynasty. Knots Landing was the only series I would not miss... Thursday nights was my reserved time for nothing else 😊

[@helanesolomon1724]

@@jodeeps2287 yes! I would take my phone off the hook.

[@VEBlessed1]

Knots Landing was that girl! I LOVED that show and hated when it came to an end. I loved it better than Dallas and Dynasty, but I watched all of them and Falcon Crest. But Knots Landing was my #1.

[@wadesmoke9726]

She was no spring chicken back on Knots Landing. That was a long time ago. I was a teen back then and it just doesn't seem to have been that long ago. Time flies by and we watch yourself fall apart day by day.

[@mariealexander5800]

IKR, I was in my early 20s then. The good old days for sure. Will be 59 next month. I feel 79, but my mind thinks I'm still in my twenties, sad lol

[@CaraHTheRealCie]

Gotta love these videos that pose the pressing question "how come this person looks older than they did forty years ago?"

[@mariealexander5800]

O.M.G., I loved Knotts Landing. It still remains one if my top five favorite shows of all times. Many years ago they put re-runs on and I avidly watched again. When it was on originally I was working in a bank and I and and the other tellers could not wait to get to work the next day to discuss what happened the night before on Knotts. Boy were those the good ole days

[@lizhoward9754]

LOVED Dallas and Knots Landing! Never watched Dynasty

[@lacuaimabritanica]

She aged like we all do, so don’t be disrespectful.

[@beautifullyblessed2768]

She really didn't need surgery, she was so beautiful

[@denisemaciel6976]

I loved knots landing!

[@hamsterdiving7593]

Joan Van Ark has been married to the same man, her high school sweetheart, for almost 60 years... She has a beautiful daughter who has her own successful career in entertainment... She's had a long and successful career both on stage, and in film and TV... She's a big part of her community where she lives, and has many friends... We should all be so lucky to have a life like that

[@donnaleeclubb119]

I recognize her right away, Valine from Knots Landing.

[@janejones7638]

I loved Knots Landing. I loved Dynasty and The Colbys and liked Dallas. But I was a huge daytime soap opera fan, now almost none of them exist.

[@auggiedoggiesmommy1734]

She is 80! How should she look …especially after all her surgery pushed on her by society.

[@gatoraddison]

Father time is undefeated. We all age that’s all.

[@spirituallifecoachinginsti7207]

I LOVED HER IN THE SHOW......ALSO THE DALLAS FOLKS.......SHE HAD HER RUN......WE ALL DO......THAT SURGERY....IS NOT WHAT YOU THINK......AMEN.

[@stephenf8840]

Did you know Knott’s Landing was created before Dallas but it was shelved and never came to TV until after Dallas became a hit and then they spun off Knott’s.

[@samanthab1923]

Donna Mills & Nicolette Sheridan were the lookers on Knots. The Alec Baldwin & Lisa Hartman ❤

[@mariealexander5800]

Hated Alec Baldwin and still do!!!

[@pr-tj5by]

Both were beautiful , Donna Mills those eyes.....

[@Yondainc]

KL was good from beginning to end. When she got off that bus I was like give her the twins

[@TheModbeats]

Back in the days before actors learned that plastic surgery was just as likely to ruin your looks as improve them.

[@Thecorgially]

Never watched either show but heard her name. She was born in 1943 so 80 this year so we all age.

[@pattiburgess2666]

I was a fan of both Dallas and Knots Landing

[@joanodom2104]

Excessive cosmetic surgery and an eating disorder? People who are absolutely skeletal are bad candidates for plastic surgery. If she put on about 20 lbs, the skin on her face wouldn't appear so taut. Lots of Botox gives the face that waxy look. My brother-in-law refused to operate on any patient that was reed thin. He would prescribe Megestrol and have them return in six weeks, a bit more plump.

[@AnnaFB85]

I loved Knott’s Landing and Dallas but DESPISED Dynasty!

[@thomasbracken1969]

She was also on Wonder Woman.

[@debbieanne860]

So, did she and her first husband stay together? It’s kind of hard to tell because you keep slipping from reality to fiction.

[@The-Malibu-Wolf]

Yep. They are. That's amazing! 😊

[@toddmccreary4579]

I really did like Knots Landing. I watched Dallas and Dynasty too but lost interest in the year Bobby died and then un-died

[@seamusburke9101]

Dallas was an awful load of shit. Greetings from Ireland.

[@daniellemcintyre5445]

Omg! Ibwatxhed them all! Knots Landing, Dallas, Dynasty, Falcon Crest, the Colby's I'm forgetting one?

[@greglee1174]

What happened? She turned 80.

[@harrisonchevy4452]

At the time I was interested but now seems trivial. I into documentaries now. Big fan of KZbin.

[@kimtopp5984]

We all age …….it’s not rocket science

[@madeleine9907]

I hardly remember her, was she in "Dallas" 😮

[@bfelten1]

Every man's but one then. She definitely wasn't mine, far from it.

[@williammay5300]

Joan Van Ark and Ted Shackelford guess stared in the Wonder Woman season 3 episode Time Bomb.....

[@stevewilliams3850]

Ladies out there in Hollywood, if you are considering plastic surgery, think. Take a look at Linda Hamilton in "Terminator Dark Fate". From what I understand, she's had no plastic surgery; unless she's had surgery since that movie. In "Terminator Dark Fate" Linda looks very hot and sexy to me. And natural. Beautiful. Don't do that knife thing. Eventually, it is going to wear off. And you may look worse after it wears off, than you would have if you had not had the surgery. Linda Hamilton, to me was extremely beautiful in "Dark Fate". She looked natural.

[@wayneyadams]

2:16 Military service?! A TV reporter in Germany?!

[@kenman2266]

Knots landing was my favorite then falcon crest. Dallas and Dynasty were good shows too.

[@Kels0423]

Seriously, why are you age shaming? People get old. Just stop!

[@wendynicholls6231]

I loved NL absolutely brilliant wish it went on for years

[@Youlosewewin]

Huge Knotts fan

[@jayoleary8655]

She had so much work done on her face she ruined her looks and she was obsessed with her wait . She really was a beautiful woman it’s really sad !!

[@tj921able]

Great video, it looks like she made a huge mistake getting plastic surgery. That's why it's best to age gracefully & naturally. Just let nature take its course. TY for sharing this. Nice to know she is still doing well. God Bless You & stay safe.

[@rickbarker6699]

Dallas was my addiction. Lots of beautiful women and loved to hate J.R.

[@ohkay7418]

It's called getting old. The people doing these r young. They think it won't happen to them. IT Will

[@credalemabry185]

She was also on cannon

[@marietaylor5174]

OMG, not what happened! But what in the hell happened? We all must accept aging.

[@jerryde2861]

She also was Hoss's sorta love interest in a Bonanza episode.

[@juliethompson5301]

My mother had a massive crush on Ted Shackleford

[@harperstacey9604]

I had a massive crush on Patrick Duffy, who played Bobby Ewing on Dallas. Ms. Harper Stacey.

[@CarolynCabrales-cs3et]

Yea..you will be lucky if you live long enough to age!😊

[@stephenf8840]

Don’t mean to be picky but it was Corporal Klinger not Corporate.

[@J4-kjtdr8775]

It's amazing what a beautiful piece of artwork we start out as and the ugly and gross rot we turn into

[@ablakelywfhs]

Aging is not ugly and gross; it is just our culture’s penchant for venerating youth that causes that reaction.

[@terryyy1944]

Oh my! What could have made her change in 50 years?

[@valferguson8322]

I didn’t watch anything but DALLAS!! It was the best!!

[@michaelkehm3663]

She reminds me of an ex wife I was married to for about 5 minutes too long. Beautiful lady physically but turned 50 and being bipolar and a raging alcoholic aged 20 years in 5 years. So glad I fired her as she bankrupt me emotionally and financially. Passed away at age 72 last year , sad but glad she was no longer in pain.

[@raymondkizer1216]

Not everybody ages badly. Many factors such as genetics, lifestyle, and health go a long way in determining how you age!

[@tkmccoywv]

LOL! I watched Dallas for a while. But I became disgusted when Sue Ellen went back to JR and vowed to never watch it again. I didn't. None of the other night time soaps of this kind interested me. I watched St. Elsewhere and SOAP, but that about covers it. Sad about Joan, though. I wish these folks would stay out of the surgeon's chair.

[@frustrateduser9933]

Come on, the clickbait thumbnail? Ngl, though, it's why I clicked 🤷‍♀️

[@rwsmith7638]

I had to check this out to see what they were talking about, but I don't even know who she is.

[@rmes6]

Such a beauty to grow old naturally Plastic surgery ages you worse Love to see actors just accept we ALL grow old😮😮😮

[@jbgodsgirl5381]

Where can I find Knotts landing episodes ?

[@tangerinerose3724]

Knotts all the way....

[@adasteia6667]

I see you always seem to ask this about women and rarely, if ever, about men WHY ? 😮h, I Know ! Is this what they call chauveenistic or misogynistic cuz it's ICK to be so mean ! I thought that in2023 we had done away with such superficiality ! We didn't even crack the ice and this pisses me off ! " There's a song in the heart of a ( every ) woman. Set it free .Ohhh set it free. " Dan Fogelberg For a Gambler Souvenirs

[@mahmoudabdulaziz2911]

‏‪1:59‬‏ لا شيء في الطبيعة يعيش لنفسه .. ‏النهر لا يشرب ماءه، والبحر لا يأكل سمكه، والزهرة لا تعبق لنفسها، والشمس لا تشرق لذاتها .. ‏خلقت الأشياء لتخدم غيرها .. هذه حكمة الله الخالق البارىء المبدىء المعيد المحى المميت الحى القيوم العلى القدير العظيم المقتدر السميع البصير ، ورسالته لنا 🧡✨

[@alancrisp1582]

🤫🤐🥱 Wow, did you forget to take your medication again ?....

[@swale6985]

Beautiful!

[@theresagosselin2705]

Knots Landing ❤

[@arlie1118]

I'm around the same age and look 20 years younger because i didnt mess with plastic surgery....she looks like 98 years old😢 horrible.

[@harperstacey9604]

Hollywood producers pressure older actresses to get plastic surgery. Ms. Harper Stacey.

[@Mike-wf1nm]

Okay.

[@jrdlabs]

What the heck do you mean...what happened? Time passed, THAT'S what happened. Sheesh!!

[@sylviap7144]

She had a great career....but I always thought her shade of lipstick was too pale...

[@hugoboss5895]

I loved val. KL was a great crazy show. They were millionaires still living in the suburbs 😂

[@williammills5597]

Well, Hollywood, has a lot to do with actor, going under the knife. In Hollywood, age, or looking old, is definitely a career ender. So for a bit in the news, or tabloids, actors will do some crazy things. Silence isn’t just a killer on air, it kills your career. So as long as people are speaking your name, you’re golden. Why do you think, all this has been actors, are constantly popping off on twitter? You all know who, Paul McCartney, is? Well he and Kanye West, were doing a collaboration, and his fans didn’t know who, Paul, was. They thought it was nice of, Kanya, to give him some support, you know, allowing him to profit off Kanya’s name. And Paul, is famous even today and now think about old nobody’s, that haven’t been on screen for awhile as a star.

[@jpsmusicandmore5457]

First and only LOL.... Masters in acting meaning shes a teacher

[@pjk1714]

Didnt find any of them interesting though did have elderly relatives that did. Enjoyed your recap

[@deborahbaker4770]

Why is it that when famous women age they are sometimes made fun of or pitied men not so much you can’t stay young and beautiful forever no one can so enjoy being beautiful and young while you can and if you age gracefully good for you ‼️👍🏻😊

[@lyonzeelyonzee7554]

WE ALL GOT TO GET OLD....

[@vickitaylor680]

I never watched any of those shows but I guessed who killed JR because the actor responsible was leaving the show.

[@Starlababy]

She got old. We all get older and that sucks/

[@ericmartin9296]

7:14 🤣🤣🤣😂😂🤣

[@BOLLOCKS1968]

No, was not a fan of Knots Landing. Dukes of Hazzard, yes! Soaps, and night time soaps where something my Mum watched religiously.

[@mahmoudabdulaziz2911]

‏‪2:27‬‏ قُلْ يَا عِبَادِيَ الَّذِينَ أَسْرَفُوا عَلَى أَنفُسِهِمْ لا تَقْنَطُوا مِن رَّحْمَةِ اللَّهِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ جَمِيعًا إِنَّهُ هُوَ الغَفورُ الرَّحيمْ - سورة الزمر - الآية 53

[@dfuher968]

The thumbnail was disgusting, she does not look that bad irl. However, she is 1 of the sad examples of ppl, who will not accept aging and goes too far in their quest to preserve their younger beauty instead of aging with grace. Imo, some of the change in her looks are, ofc, natural aging, but a lot of it is due to going too far with continued plastic surgeries, botox, fillers etc over the years. Far past the point where it did a little enhancement here and a little age erasure there, to where her face gradually turned more and more stiff and unnatural, which I watched with sadness happen over the years, to where the combo of the many visits to the plastic surgeon and aging, that often do not combine well with them in the long term, ended up making her look much worse, than if she had simply accepted her aging and become an aging natural beauty rather than, well, the in a way disfiguring mask her face is now.

[@janicelee6204]

Actually I only ever watched Dallas.

[@davidwayne9982]

WHAT happened to Barbara Eden and others from that era?-- IT"S CALLED GETTING OLD-- no one looks 20 forever... get over it.

[@mahmoudabdulaziz2911]

‏‪1:18‬‏ وراء كل عائلة سعيدة👌 مودة ورحمة وسكن-إحتواء واهتمام ومشاركة البيوت ليست جدران فرش وأثاث البيوت الطيبة دفا مشاعر وقلوب البيت الذي يفتقد دفئ القلوب بيت جاف خالي من المواد الحافظة للسعادة والحياة👇 عائلة سعيدة تساوي حضن والحضن ليس فقط ذراع ممدودة الحضن الحقيقي(أمان)و(استقرار) الحضن الحقيقي(إحساس)كل فرد في العائلة بالآخر ودعمه نفسياً ومعنوياً للبقاء علي قيد أسرة سعيدة تنبض حب وحياة✋ #الحاج محمود عبد العزيز ابن مصر البار وابن مصر الحبيبة .

[@alancrisp1582]

🤔🤫 Please seek professional help!. You clearly need it.........😢

[@SteveBrownRocks2023]

I wouldn’t say she was anybody’s “dream girl”. 😐

[@pr-tj5by]

Donna certainly was....

[@nonnayoubuzinnes1669]

Knots Landing was the best of the prime time soaps IMO, the acting and writing was better than the others. The Colby's in particular was terrible. Joan was supposed to be paranoid about her looks, I do think Donna and Michele were more naturally beautiful, but she does seem to have overdone the plastic surgery. She looks ok for her age though and is healthy which is the main thing.

[@pr-tj5by]

Donna was always the Stunner.....

[@user-uc4yu6hd3y]

For some reason knots Landing was my favorite night time soap i think because it was not a the ultra rich . I did see the 'wedding stalker; tv film Joan was very good very unlike val ewing

[@mahmoudabdulaziz2911]

‏‪2:59‬‏ علموا اولادكم: 1. عندما تمشّط شعر طفلك، فأخبره أنك تفعل ذلك لأن النبي ﷺ قال (من كان له شَعْرٌ فلْيُكرِمْه) 2. عندما تُعطّر ابنك، أخبره بأنك تفعل ذلك إقتداء للنبي ﷺ (حُبب إلي من دنياكم الطيب والنساء، وجعلت قرة عيني في الصلاة) 3. عندما يذهب ابنك إلى المدرسة، ذكره بقول النبي ﷺ (من سلك طريقًا يلتمس فيه علمًا، سهَّل الله له طريقًا إلى الجنَّة) 4. عندما تبتسم لابنك، أخبره بأن النبي ﷺ قال: (تبسمك في وجه أخيك لك صدقة) 5. عندما تمدح ابنك، أخبره بقول النبي ﷺ (والكلمة الطيبة صدقة) 6. عندما تفرغ من طعامك لابنك أخبره بانك فعلت ذلك عملا بقوله ﷺ (إفراغك من دلوك في دلو أخيك لك صدقة) 7. عندما تكون في مجلس فيه كبار بالسن اطلب من ابنك توقيرهم لأننا بذلك نطيع النبي ﷺ بقوله (ليس منا من لم يرحم صغيرنا و يوقر كبيرنا) وهكذا اربطوا تصرفات أبنائكم بالسنة و بسيرة النبي ﷺ و علموهم الأحاديث الشريفة.

[@pr-tj5by]

Tip number 1 if you want to look attractive, DON'T sit next to Donna Mills who is just Stunning.....

[@Mike-wf1nm]

If she's happy, it's no one else's business. Not sure what the point of this video is, other than to tear someone else down.

[@geminiecricket4798]

Old Man Time

[@debwilson5236]

I hate to tell all those negative people putting others down for looking old well we all age including you people