Cine AI
Joanna Kerns

Joanna Kerns

Actor · Born 1953-02-12 · San Francisco, California, USA

Get the app Browse on web

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…

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Knocked Up (2007) — Alison's Mom
  2. Girl, Interrupted (1999) — Annette
  3. The A-Team (1983) — Trish Brenner
  4. V (1983) — Marjorie Donovan
  5. Coma (1978) — Diane
  6. Magnum, P.I. (1980) — Mary Kanfer
  7. Charlie's Angels (1976) — Natalie
  8. She's Having a Baby (1988) — Joanna Kerns (uncredited)
  9. Starsky & Hutch (1975)
  10. The Love Boat (1977) — Beth Luckner
  11. Three's Company (1977) — Bobby Trilling
  12. Growing Pains (1985) — Maggie Seaver
  13. CHiPs (1977) — Colleen
  14. Hill Street Blues (1981)
  15. Quincy, M.E. (1976)
  16. Street Hawk (1985) — Mona Wiliams
  17. Hunter (1984) — Dr. Kettering
  18. The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) — Self
  19. E! True Hollywood Story (1996)
  20. Chicago Hope (1994) — Stephanie Serone
  21. All Over the Guy (2001) — Lydia
  22. Laverne & Shirley (1976)
  23. Emergency! (1972)
  24. Eastwick (2009) — Edie
  25. A*P*E (1976) — Marilyn Baker
  26. Cross My Heart (1987) — Nancy
  27. Less than Perfect (2002) — Judy, Owen's Other Mom
  28. Rhoda (1974)
  29. The Wonderful World of Disney (1997)
  30. The Great Los Angeles Earthquake (1990) — Dr. Clare Winslow
  31. Growing Pains: Return of the Seavers (2004) — Maggie Seaver
  32. It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman! (1975) — Citizen (uncredited)
  33. The Growing Pains Movie (2000) — Maggie Seaver
  34. Terror in the Family (1996) — Cynthia Marten
  35. Switch (1975) — Mae Brenner
  36. The Rape of Richard Beck (1985) — Anita Parrish
  37. Desperate Choices: To Save My Child (1992) — Mel Robbins
  38. A Bunny's Tale (1985) — Andrea
  39. The Tony Danza Show (2004) — Self
  40. Mother Knows Best (1997) — Celeste Cooper

Directed

  1. The Good Doctor (2017) — Director
  2. Grey's Anatomy (2005) — Director
  3. Pretty Little Liars (2010) — Director
  4. Ghost Whisperer (2005) — Director
  5. This Is Us (2016) — Director
  6. Chicago Med (2015) — Director
  7. Psych (2006) — Director
  8. ER (1994) — Director
  9. FBI (2018) — Director
  10. Jane the Virgin (2014) — Director
  11. High School Musical: The Musical: The Series (2019) — Director
  12. Dawson's Creek (1998) — Director
  13. One Tree Hill (2003) — Director
  14. Fuller House (2016) — Director
  15. Medium (2005) — Director
  16. Awkward. (2011) — Director
  17. The Goldbergs (2013) — Director
  18. Ally McBeal (1997) — Director
  19. Private Practice (2007) — Director
  20. Nashville (2012) — Director
  21. Switched at Birth (2011) — Director
  22. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (2015) — Director
  23. WHAT / IF (2019) — Director
  24. Growing Pains (1985) — Director
  25. Scrubs (2001) — Director
  26. Light as a Feather (2018) — Director
  27. Man with a Plan (2016) — Director
  28. Felicity (1998) — Director
  29. Joan of Arcadia (2003) — Director
  30. Judging Amy (1999) — Director
  31. Samantha Who? (2007) — Director
  32. Phil of the Future (2004) — Director
  33. The Baker and the Beauty (2020) — Director
  34. Chasing Life (2014) — Director
  35. Boston Public (2000) — Director
  36. Clueless (1996) — Director
  37. Men in Trees (2006) — Director
  38. Army Wives (2007) — Director
  39. Suddenly Susan (1996) — Director
  40. Friends with Benefits (2011) — Director