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Joan Van Ark (ex-Gloria, Y&R)

Joan Van Ark was born in New York and is married to her high school sweetheart, John Marshall, a former award winning TV newsman. They are the parents of Vanessa Marshall, an accomplished actress and comedian. MORE

Features

Features With Joan Van Ark

Idol Chatter

Though Joan Van Ark (Gloria, Y&R) is known to millions as Valene from the DALLAS spin-off, KNOTS LANDING, she is an accomplished stage and film actress who has worked with many Hollywood and Broadway icons over the years. Here, she shares her thoughts about a few of those luminaries. MORE

Features Mentioning Joan Van Ark/Gloria

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LeBlanc's Five Favorite Y&R Moments

Michael Baldwin was bad to the bone when he rolled into Genoa City 15 years ago, but he's come a long way since then. We asked Christian J. LeBlanc to share his top five favorite moments with THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS. MORE

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Die, Die, My Darling

In real life, death isn't pretty, but there have been some occasions on B&B when a character's demise has been downright graceful. Here, Digest presents five examples where meeting one's maker never looked so good. (Luckily, two of them, Taylor and Felicia, rallied from the grave, but these potential Camilles still knew how to say good-bye.) MORE

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Gold And Beautiful

You wouldn't exactly call the high-toned Forresters a traditional family, but they do really try to go for Hallmark-style holidays. Take a look back at some of B&B's most memorable Christmas moments. MORE