Joanna Kerns
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
Lydia
All Over the Guy
Love Struck
Diane
Coma
Marilyn Baker
Ape
Self - Choir Member
Voices That Care
Doris Marshall
Mother's Day on Waltons Mountain
Maryanne Walker-Tate
Shameful Secrets
Anita Parrish
The Rape of Richard Beck
Dr. Clare Winslow
The Great Los Angeles Earthquake
Veronica Ricci
Not in My Family
Catherine Watson
Street Justice
Katy
The Man with Three Wives
Maggie Seaver
Growing Pains: Return of the Seavers
Maggie Seaver
The Growing Pains Movie
Cynthia Marten
Terror in the Family
Celeste Cooper
Mother Knows Best
Jessie
The Million Dollar Rip-Off
Dr. Jennifer Kessler
Mortal Fear
Carol Cochran
No Dessert, Dad, 'Til You Mow the Lawn
Gail Connelly Metzger
Sisters and Other Strangers
Sally
Deadly Intentions... Again?
Doris Marshall
A Wedding on Waltons Mountain
Lana Singer
Stormin' Home
Jessica Rayner
No One Could Protect Her
Laura Eagerton
Whose Daughter is She?
Meg
Marriage Is Alive and Well
Kathy Plunk
Captive
Mel Robbins
Desperate Choices: To Save My Child
Jane Ravenson
See Jane Run
Diane Pappas
Those She Left Behind
Eve
The Nightman
Linda Fairstein
The Preppie Murder
Andrea
A Bunny's Tale
Emma Bridges-Mame
Emma's Wish
Joanna Kerns (uncredited)
She's Having a Baby
Annette
Girl, Interrupted
Elizabeth Cooper
At the Mercy of a Stranger
Nancy
Cross My Heart
Citizen (uncredited)
It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman!
Alison's Mom
Knocked Up
Pamela Saletta
The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D.
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
41
Gender
Female
Birthday
1953-02-12
Place of Birth
San Francisco, California, USA
Also Known As
Joanne Crussie DeVarona