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Joanna Kerns

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.

Personal information

Birthday

1953-02-12

Birth Place

San Francisco, California, USA

Movies and TV shows :

A Bunny's Tale

A Bunny's Tale

1985

4.5

Movie
A Wedding on Waltons Mountain

A Wedding on Waltons Mountain

1982

8.0

Movie
A*P*E

A*P*E

1976

3.5

Movie
poster

Aliens in the Family

1996

6.3

TV
All Over the Guy

All Over the Guy

2001

5.9

Movie
At the Mercy of a Stranger

At the Mercy of a Stranger

1999

7.5

Movie
poster

Blind Faith

1990

5.5

TV
Captive

Captive

1991

5.0

Movie
poster

Charlie's Angels

1976

6.7

TV
poster

Chicago Hope

1994

7.2

TV
poster

CHiPs

1977

6.8

TV
Coma

Coma

1978

6.7

Movie
Cross My Heart

Cross My Heart

1987

5.1

Movie
Deadly Intentions... Again?

Deadly Intentions... Again?

1991

5.0

Movie
Desperate Choices: To Save My Child

Desperate Choices: To Save My Child

1992

5.8

Movie
poster

E! True Hollywood Story

1996

8.0

TV
poster

Eastwick

2009

6.0

TV
poster

Emergency!

1972

7.8

TV
Emma's Wish

Emma's Wish

1998

3.8

Movie
Girl, Interrupted

Girl, Interrupted

1999

7.6

Movie
poster

Growing Pains

1985

6.5

TV
Growing Pains: Return of the Seavers

Growing Pains: Return of the Seavers

2004

6.7

Movie
poster

Hill Street Blues

1981

7.6

TV
poster

Hope and Gloria

1995

5.0

TV
poster

Hunter

1984

7.2

TV
poster

Intimate Portrait

1993

4.5

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

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

1975

4.0

Movie
Knocked Up

Knocked Up

2007

6.3

Movie
poster

Laverne & Shirley

1976

7.2

TV
poster

Less than Perfect

2002

6.9

TV
Love Struck

Love Struck

1986

0.0

Movie
poster

Magnum, P.I.

1980

7.3

TV
Marriage Is Alive and Well

Marriage Is Alive and Well

1980

0.0

Movie
Mortal Fear

Mortal Fear

1994

5.8

Movie
Mother Knows Best

Mother Knows Best

1997

6.0

Movie
Mother's Day on Waltons Mountain

Mother's Day on Waltons Mountain

1982

8.0

Movie
No Dessert, Dad, 'Til You Mow the Lawn

No Dessert, Dad, 'Til You Mow the Lawn

1994

6.0

Movie
No One Could Protect Her

No One Could Protect Her

1996

4.5

Movie
Not in My Family

Not in My Family

1993

5.2

Movie
poster

Quincy, M.E.

1976

7.5

TV
poster

Rhoda

1974

6.2

TV
See Jane Run

See Jane Run

1995

6.2

Movie
Shameful Secrets

Shameful Secrets

1993

4.8

Movie
She's Having a Baby

She's Having a Baby

1988

5.9

Movie
Sisters and Other Strangers

Sisters and Other Strangers

1997

0.0

Movie
poster

Starsky & Hutch

1975

7.2

TV
Stormin' Home

Stormin' Home

1985

0.0

Movie
poster

Street Hawk

1985

6.8

TV
Street Justice

Street Justice

1987

0.0

Movie
poster

Switch

1975

6.7

TV
Terror in the Family

Terror in the Family

1996

6.3

Movie
poster

The A-Team

1983

7.5

TV
poster

The Four Seasons

1984

0.0

TV
The Great Los Angeles Earthquake

The Great Los Angeles Earthquake

1990

6.7

Movie
The Growing Pains Movie

The Growing Pains Movie

2000

7.0

Movie
poster

The Love Boat

1977

6.3

TV
The Man with Three Wives

The Man with Three Wives

1993

0.0

Movie
The Million Dollar Rip-Off

The Million Dollar Rip-Off

1976

6.0

Movie
The Nightman

The Nightman

1992

1.0

Movie
The Preppie Murder

The Preppie Murder

1989

6.0

Movie
The Rape of Richard Beck

The Rape of Richard Beck

1985

6.5

Movie
The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D.

The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D.

1984

0.0

Movie
poster

The Tony Danza Show

2004

6.1

TV
poster

The Wonderful World of Disney

1997

6.6

TV
Those She Left Behind

Those She Left Behind

1989

5.0

Movie
poster

Three's Company

1977

7.8

TV
poster

V

1983

7.7

TV
poster

1983

0.0

TV
Voices That Care

Voices That Care

1991

8.0

Movie
Whose Daughter is She?

Whose Daughter is She?

1995

5.0

Movie