Joanna Kerns
Born February 12, 1953 (Age: 73)
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San Francisco, California, USA
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.
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.
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Filmography
Ain't It Funny
2017
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as Mom
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Age: 64
Knocked Up
2007
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as Alison's Mom
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Age: 54
Growing Pains: Return of the Seavers
2004
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as Maggie Seaver
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Age: 51
All Over the Guy
2001
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as Lydia
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Age: 48
The Growing Pains Movie
2000
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as Maggie Seaver
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Age: 47
Girl, Interrupted
1999
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as Annette
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Age: 46
Emma's Wish
1998
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as Emma Bridges-Mame
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Age: 45
Sisters and Other Strangers
1997
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as Gail Connelly Metzger
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Age: 44
Mother Knows Best
1997
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as Celeste Cooper
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Age: 44
Terror in the Family
1996
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as Cynthia Marten
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Age: 43
No One Could Protect Her
1996
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as Jessica Rayner
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Age: 42
Shameful Secrets
1993
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as Maryanne Walker-Tate
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Age: 40
The Man with Three Wives
1993
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as Katy
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Age: 40
Not in My Family
1993
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as Veronica Ricci
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Age: 40
Desperate Choices: To Save My Child
1992
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as Mel Robbins
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Age: 39
The Nightman
1992
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as Eve
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Age: 38
Captive
1991
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as Kathy Plunk
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Age: 38
Voices That Care
1991
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as Self - Choir Member
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Age: 38
Deadly Intentions... Again?
1991
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as Sally
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Age: 37
The Great Los Angeles Earthquake
1990
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as Dr. Clare Winslow
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Age: 37
Walt Disney World Very Merry Christmas Parade
1989
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as Self
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Age: 36
The Preppie Murder
1989
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as Linda Fairstein
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Age: 36
Those She Left Behind
1989
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as Diane Pappas
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Age: 36
She's Having a Baby
1988
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as Joanna Kerns (uncredited)
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Age: 34
Cross My Heart
1987
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as Nancy
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Age: 34
Street Justice
1987
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as Catherine Watson
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Age: 33
The Rape of Richard Beck
1985
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as Anita Parrish
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Age: 32
Stormin' Home
1985
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as Lana Singer
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Age: 32
A Bunny's Tale
1985
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as Andrea
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Age: 32
Marriage Is Alive and Well
1980
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as Meg
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Age: 26
Coma
1978
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as Diane
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Age: 24