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 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: Acting

Born: San Francisco, California, USA, 1953-02-12

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1975	It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman!	Citizen (uncredited)	40
2	1976	APE	Marilyn Baker	36
3	1976	The Million Dollar Rip-Off	Jessie	60
4	1978	Coma	Diane	67
5	1980	Marriage Is Alive and Well	Meg	20
6	1982	A Wedding on Waltons Mountain	Doris Marshall	50
7	1982	Mother's Day on Waltons Mountain	Doris Marshall	50
8	1984	The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D.	Pamela Saletta	0
9	1985	A Bunny's Tale	Andrea	45
10	1985	Stormin' Home	Lana Singer	0
11	1985	The Rape of Richard Beck	Anita Parrish	65
12	1986	Love Struck		0
13	1987	Street Justice	Catherine Watson	0
14	1987	Cross My Heart	Nancy	51
15	1988	She's Having a Baby	Joanna Kerns (uncredited)	59
16	1989	Those She Left Behind	Diane Pappas	67
17	1989	The Preppie Murder	Linda Fairstein	58
18	1990	The Great Los Angeles Earthquake	Dr. Clare Winslow	67
19	1991	Deadly Intentions... Again?	Sally	50
20	1991	Voices That Care	Self - Choir Member	80
21	1991	Captive	Kathy Plunk	50
22	1992	The Nightman	Eve	10
23	1992	Desperate Choices: To Save My Child	Mel Robbins	39
24	1993	Not in My Family	Veronica Ricci	44
25	1993	The Man with Three Wives	Katy	0
26	1993	Shameful Secrets	Maryanne Walker-Tate	58
27	1994	No Dessert, Dad, 'Til You Mow the Lawn	Carol Cochran	48
28	1994	Mortal Fear	Dr. Jennifer Kessler	48
29	1995	See Jane Run	Jane Ravenson	65
30	1995	Whose Daughter is She?	Laura Eagerton	48
31	1996	No One Could Protect Her	Jessica Rayner	46
32	1996	Terror in the Family	Cynthia Marten	61
33	1997	Mother Knows Best	Celeste Cooper	52
34	1997	Sisters and Other Strangers	Gail Connelly Metzger	0
35	1998	Emma's Wish	Emma Bridges-Mame	38
36	1999	At the Mercy of a Stranger	Elizabeth Cooper	56
37	1999	Girl, Interrupted	Annette	76
38	2000	The Growing Pains Movie	Maggie Seaver	70
39	2001	All Over the Guy	Lydia	58
40	2004	Growing Pains: Return of the Seavers	Maggie Seaver	58
41	2007	Knocked Up	Alison's Mom	63

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	Self	75
2	1972	Emergency!		78
3	1974	Rhoda		63
4	1975	Switch	Mae Brenner	67
5	1975	Starsky & Hutch		73
6	1976	Laverne & Shirley		73
7	1976	Charlie's Angels	Natalie	67
8	1976	Quincy, M.E.		75
9	1977	Three's Company	Bobby Trilling	77
10	1977	CHiPs	Colleen	68
11	1977	The Love Boat	Beth Luckner	63
12	1980	Magnum, P.I.	Mary Kanfer	73
13	1980	Magnum, P.I.	Jenny Hunter	73
14	1981	Hill Street Blues		76
15	1983	The A-Team	Trish Brenner	75
16	1983	V	Marjorie Donovan	77
17	1984	The Four Seasons		0
18	1984	Hunter	Dr. Kettering	72
19	1985	Street Hawk	Mona Wiliams	68
20	1985	Growing Pains	Maggie Seaver	65
21	1990	Blind Faith	Maria Marshall	55
22	1993	Intimate Portrait	Self	45
23	1994	Chicago Hope		72
24	1995	Hope and Gloria	Joanna Kerns	50
25	1996	Aliens in the Family	Self (voice)	63
26	1996	E! True Hollywood Story		81
27	1997	The Wonderful World of Disney		67
28	2002	Less than Perfect	Judy, Owen's Other Mom	69
29	2004	The Tony Danza Show	Self	61
30	2009	Eastwick		59

Joanna Kerns

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