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Joanna Kerns‌

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1953-02-12

Popularity

star6.2

Joanna Kerns

San Francisco, California, USA

Joanna Kerns

San Francisco, California, USA

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1953-02-12

Popularity

star6.2

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.

Movie Credits

All Over the Guy

All Over the Guy‌
star5.9
calendar 2001

Love Struck

Love Struck‌
star0.0
calendar 1986

Coma

Coma‌
star6.7
calendar 1978

A*P*E

A*P*E‌
star3.5
calendar 1976

Voices That Care

Voices That Care‌
star8.0
calendar 1991

Mother's Day on Waltons Mountain

Mother's Day on Waltons Mountain‌
star8.0
calendar 1982

Shameful Secrets

Shameful Secrets‌
star4.8
calendar 1993

The Rape of Richard Beck

The Rape of Richard Beck‌
star6.5
calendar 1985

The Great Los Angeles Earthquake

The Great Los Angeles Earthquake‌
star6.7
calendar 1990

Not in My Family

Not in My Family‌
star5.2
calendar 1993

The Man with Three Wives

The Man with Three Wives‌
star0.0
calendar 1993

Street Justice

Street Justice‌
star0.0
calendar 1987

The Growing Pains Movie

The Growing Pains Movie‌
star7.0
calendar 2000

Growing Pains: Return of the Seavers

Growing Pains: Return of the Seavers‌
star6.7
calendar 2004

Terror in the Family

Terror in the Family‌
star6.4
calendar 1996

Mother Knows Best

Mother Knows Best‌
star6.0
calendar 1997

The Million Dollar Rip-Off

The Million Dollar Rip-Off‌
star6.0
calendar 1976

Mortal Fear

Mortal Fear‌
star5.8
calendar 1994

No Dessert, Dad, 'Til You Mow the Lawn

No Dessert, Dad, 'Til You Mow the Lawn‌
star6.0
calendar 1994

Sisters and Other Strangers

Sisters and Other Strangers‌
star0.0
calendar 1997

Deadly Intentions... Again?

Deadly Intentions... Again?‌
star5.0
calendar 1991

A Wedding on Waltons Mountain

A Wedding on Waltons Mountain‌
star8.0
calendar 1982

Stormin' Home

Stormin' Home‌
star0.0
calendar 1985

No One Could Protect Her

No One Could Protect Her‌
star4.5
calendar 1996

Whose Daughter is She?

Whose Daughter is She?‌
star5.0
calendar 1995

Marriage Is Alive and Well

Marriage Is Alive and Well‌
star0.0
calendar 1980

Captive

Captive‌
star5.0
calendar 1991

Desperate Choices: To Save My Child

Desperate Choices: To Save My Child‌
star5.8
calendar 1992

See Jane Run

See Jane Run‌
star6.2
calendar 1995

Those She Left Behind

Those She Left Behind‌
star5.0
calendar 1989

The Nightman

The Nightman‌
star1.0
calendar 1992

The Preppie Murder

The Preppie Murder‌
star6.0
calendar 1989

A Bunny's Tale

A Bunny's Tale‌
star4.5
calendar 1985

Emma's Wish

Emma's Wish‌
star3.8
calendar 1998

She's Having a Baby

She's Having a Baby‌
star5.9
calendar 1988

Girl, Interrupted

Girl, Interrupted‌
star7.6
calendar 1999

At the Mercy of a Stranger

At the Mercy of a Stranger‌
star7.5
calendar 1999

Cross My Heart

Cross My Heart‌
star5.1
calendar 1987

It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman!

It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman!‌
star4.0
calendar 1975

Knocked Up

Knocked Up‌
star6.3
calendar 2007

The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D.

The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D.‌
star0.0
calendar 1984

Tv Credits

Growing Pains

Growing Pains‌
star6.5
calendar 1985

Less than Perfect

Less than Perfect‌
star6.9
calendar 2002

Magnum, P.I.

Magnum, P.I.‌
star7.3
calendar 1980

CHiPs

CHiPs‌
star6.8
calendar 1977

The Tony Danza Show

The Tony Danza Show‌
star6.1
calendar 2004

Rhoda

Rhoda‌
star6.2
calendar 1974

The A-Team

The A-Team‌
star7.5
calendar 1983

Starsky & Hutch

Starsky & Hutch‌
star7.2
calendar 1975

The Love Boat

The Love Boat‌
star6.3
calendar 1977

Quincy, M.E.

Quincy, M.E.‌
star7.5
calendar 1976

E! True Hollywood Story

E! True Hollywood Story‌
star8.1
calendar 1996

Charlie's Angels

Charlie's Angels‌
star6.6
calendar 1976

Hill Street Blues

Hill Street Blues‌
star7.6
calendar 1981

Laverne & Shirley

Laverne & Shirley‌
star7.2
calendar 1976

Three's Company

Three's Company‌
star7.8
calendar 1977

Emergency!

Emergency!‌
star7.8
calendar 1972

Hunter

Hunter‌
star7.2
calendar 1984

Chicago Hope

Chicago Hope‌
star7.2
calendar 1994

Intimate Portrait

Intimate Portrait‌
star4.5
calendar 1993

Switch

Switch‌
star6.7
calendar 1975

Aliens in the Family

Aliens in the Family‌
star6.3
calendar 1996

The Four Seasons

The Four Seasons‌
star0.0
calendar 1984

The Wonderful World of Disney

The Wonderful World of Disney‌
star6.6
calendar 1997

Eastwick

Eastwick‌
star6.0
calendar 2009

Blind Faith

Blind Faith‌
star5.5
calendar 1990

V

V‌
star7.7
calendar 1983

Street Hawk

Street Hawk‌
star6.9
calendar 1985

V

V‌
star0.0
calendar 1983

Hope and Gloria

Hope and Gloria‌
star5.0
calendar 1995