Joanna Kerns
Known for Acting · 72 credits
- Born
- 1953-02-12 (age 73)
- Place of birth
- San Francisco, California, USA
- Also known as
- Joanne Crussie DeVarona · Joanne Kerns · Joanna Kearns · Joanne DeVarona · Joanna DeVarona · Joanna De Verona
Biography
Joanna Crussie DeVarona Kerns is an American actress and director best known for her role as Maggie Seaver on the family situation comedy Growing Pains from 1985 to 1992.
After Growing Pains ended, she turned to directing. She directed one episode of Growing Pains while starring on the show and got hooked. She has also directed episodes of television shows including Dawson's Creek, Titans, Scrubs, Private Practice, Psych, Felicity, Grey's Anatomy, Privileged, ER, Ghost Whisperer, Army Wives, Pretty Little Liars, Switched at Birth, The Goldbergs, This Is Us, and Fuller House.
She has also made notable appearances in feature films, including A*P*E, Girl, Interrupted, and the 2007 comedy Knocked Up. She has also starred in a number of TV movies.
In 1974, Kerns met a commercial producer, Richard Kerns, on the set of a commercial, and they married two years later. Their marriage lasted nine years and the couple had a daughter, Ashley Cooper. In 1994, she married Marc Appleton, a prominent Los Angeles architect. In August 2019, she filed for divorce from Appleton.
She previously dated comedian and actor Freddie Prinze a short time before he died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The two had worked together on the 1976 TV movie, The Million Dollar Rip-Off.
Known For
TV Shows (29)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
The Love Boat
1977
as Beth Luckner
The A-Team
1983
as Trish Brenner
Hill Street Blues
1981
Magnum, P.I.
1980
as Mary Kanfer / Jenny Hunter
Chicago Hope
1994
as Stephanie Serone
Charlie's Angels
1976
as Natalie
Quincy, M.E.
1976
Emergency!
1972
Hunter
1984
as Dr. Kettering
Starsky & Hutch
1975
Three's Company
1977
as Bobby Trilling
Laverne & Shirley
1976
Intimate Portrait
1993
as Self
The Tony Danza Show
2004
as Self
Rhoda
1974
Switch
1975
as Mae Brenner
Growing Pains
1985
as Maggie Seaver
CHiPs
1977
as Colleen
Less than Perfect
2002
as Judy, Owen's Other Mom
The Wonderful World of Disney
1997
V
1983
as Marjorie Donovan
Hope and Gloria
1995
as Joanna Kerns
Street Hawk
1985
as Mona Wiliams
Eastwick
2009
as Edie
Aliens in the Family
1996
as Self (voice)
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
The Four Seasons
1984
as Pat Devon
Blind Faith
1990
as Maria Marshall
Movies (43)
Girl, Interrupted
1999
as Annette
Knocked Up
2007
as Alison's Mom
Coma
1978
as Diane
She's Having a Baby
1988
as Joanna Kerns (uncredited)
It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman!
1975
as Citizen (uncredited)
The Great Los Angeles Earthquake
1990
as Dr. Clare Winslow
Not in My Family
1993
as Veronica Ricci
See Jane Run
1995
as Jane Ravenson
All Over the Guy
2001
as Lydia
Voices That Care
1991
as Self - Choir Member
Sisters and Other Strangers
1997
as Gail Connelly Metzger
Shameful Secrets
1993
as Maryanne Walker-Tate
The Rape of Richard Beck
1985
as Anita Parrish
A*P*E
1976
as Marilyn Baker
Mortal Fear
1994
as Dr. Jennifer Kessler
Mother Knows Best
1997
as Celeste Cooper
Desperate Choices: To Save My Child
1992
as Mel Robbins
Deadly Intentions... Again?
1991
as Sally
Captive
1991
as Kathy Plunk
A Bunny's Tale
1985
as Andrea
A Wedding on Waltons Mountain
1982
as Doris Marshall
Terror in the Family
1996
as Cynthia Marten
The Nightman
1992
as Eve
The Growing Pains Movie
2000
as Maggie Seaver
The Preppie Murder
1989
as Linda Fairstein
At the Mercy of a Stranger
1999
as Elizabeth Cooper
Those She Left Behind
1989
as Diane Pappas
No One Could Protect Her
1996
as Jessica Rayner
Stormin' Home
1985
as Lana Singer
Cross My Heart
1987
as Nancy
Marriage Is Alive and Well
1980
as Meg
The Million Dollar Rip-Off
1976
as Jessie
The Man with Three Wives
1993
as Katy
Growing Pains: Return of the Seavers
2004
as Maggie Seaver
Emma's Wish
1998
as Emma Bridges-Mame
Mother's Day on Waltons Mountain
1982
as Doris Marshall
Street Justice
1987
as Catherine Watson
Whose Daughter is She?
1995
as Laura Eagerton
The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D.
1984
as Pamela Saletta
No Dessert, Dad, 'Til You Mow the Lawn
1994
as Carol Cochran
Love Struck
1986
Ain't It Funny
2017
as Mom
Walt Disney World Very Merry Christmas Parade
1989
as Self
About Joanna Kerns
Joanna Crussie DeVarona Kerns is an American actress and director best known for her role as Maggie Seaver on the family situation comedy Growing Pains from 1985 to 1992. After Growing Pains ended, she turned to directing. She directed one episode of Growing Pains while starring on the show and got hooked. She has also directed episodes of television shows including Dawson's Creek, Titans, Scrubs, Private Practice, Psych, Felicity, Grey's Anatomy, Privileged, ER, Ghost Whisperer, Army Wives, Pretty Little Liars, Switched at Birth, The Goldberg… With 72 credits spanning from 1962 to 2017, Joanna Kerns has appeared in 43 films and 29 TV shows.
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Most Popular Joanna Kerns Movies
- Girl, Interrupted (1999) — as Annette
- Knocked Up (2007) — as Alison's Mom
- Coma (1978) — as Diane
- She's Having a Baby (1988) — as Joanna Kerns (uncredited)
- It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman! (1975) — as Citizen (uncredited)
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