Cast
Joanna Kerns
Acting
Cast
Joanna Kerns
Known for
Acting
Born
1953-02-12
From
San Francisco, California, USA
Also known as Joanne Crussie DeVarona, Joanne Kerns, Joanna Kearns
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.
★7.6
MOVIE1999
Girl, Interrupted
as Annette
★6.3
MOVIE2007
Knocked Up
as Alison's Mom
★6.0
MOVIE1988
She's Having a Baby
as Joanna Kerns (uncredited)
★6.8
MOVIE1978
Coma
as Diane
★5.6
MOVIE1989
The Preppie Murder
as Linda Fairstein
★6.7
MOVIE1990
The Great Los Angeles Earthquake
as Dr. Clare Winslow
★8.0
MOVIE1993
The Man with Three Wives
as Katy
★6.2
MOVIE1993
Shameful Secrets
as Maryanne Walker-Tate
★6.8
MOVIE1985
The Rape of Richard Beck
as Anita Parrish
★7.0
MOVIE1991
Voices That Care
as Self - Choir Member
★5.8
MOVIE2001
All Over the Guy
as Lydia
★6.0
MOVIE1996
Terror in the Family
as Cynthia Marten
★4.2
MOVIE1987
Mistress
as Stephanie
★5.2
MOVIE1987
Cross My Heart
as Nancy
★5.9
MOVIE1997
Mother Knows Best
as Celeste Cooper
★7.1
MOVIE2000
The Growing Pains Movie
as Maggie Seaver
★5.3
MOVIE1985
A Bunny's Tale
as Andrea
★7.0
MOVIE1987
Street Justice
as Catherine Watson
★4.4
MOVIE1975
It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman!
as Citizen (uncredited)
★6.5
MOVIE1991
Deadly Intentions... Again?
as Sally
★6.0
MOVIE2004
Growing Pains: Return of the Seavers
as Maggie Seaver
★5.1
MOVIE1993
Not in My Family
as Veronica Ricci
★4.2
MOVIE1992
Desperate Choices: To Save My Child
as Mel Robbins
MOVIE1989
Walt Disney World Very Merry Christmas Parade
as Self
★3.7
MOVIE1976
A*P*E
as Marilyn Baker
★6.0
MOVIE1991
Captive
as Kathy Plunk
MOVIE2017
Ain't It Funny
as Mom
★5.5
MOVIE1994
Mortal Fear
as Dr. Jennifer Kessler
★5.5
MOVIE1996
No One Could Protect Her
as Jessica Rayner
★7.3
MOVIE1976
The Million Dollar Rip-Off
as Jessie
★5.6
MOVIE1994
No Dessert, Dad, 'Til You Mow the Lawn
as Carol Cochran
★3.3
MOVIE1992
The Nightman
as Eve
★8.0
MOVIE1997
Sisters and Other Strangers
as Gail Connelly Metzger
★6.0
MOVIE1982
A Wedding on Waltons Mountain
as Doris Marshall
★4.7
MOVIE1980
Marriage Is Alive and Well
as Meg
★6.7
MOVIE1989
Those She Left Behind
as Diane Pappas
★5.6
MOVIE1995
Whose Daughter is She?
as Laura Eagerton
★7.0
MOVIE1985
Stormin' Home
as Lana Singer
★5.7
MOVIE1982
Mother's Day on Waltons Mountain
as Doris Marshall
★9.0
MOVIE1984
The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D.
as Pamela Saletta
★6.3
MOVIE1999
At the Mercy of a Stranger
as Elizabeth Cooper
★5.0
MOVIE1998
Emma's Wish
as Emma Bridges-Mame
★6.5
MOVIE1995
See Jane Run
as Jane Ravenson
★8.0
MOVIE1986