Joanna Kerns
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 12, 1953
- Birthplace
- San Francisco, California, USA
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.
Filmography
Love, Danielle 2024
Executive Producer
Unrest 2017
Associate Producer
Ain't It Funny 2017
as Mom
Knocked Up 2007
as Alison's Mom
Growing Pains: Return of the Seavers 2004
as Maggie Seaver, Director
Defending Our Kids: The Julie Posey Story 2003
Director
All Over the Guy 2001
as Lydia
The Growing Pains Movie 2000
as Maggie Seaver
Girl, Interrupted 1999
as Annette
At the Mercy of a Stranger 1999
as Elizabeth Cooper
Emma's Wish 1998
as Emma Bridges-Mame
Sisters and Other Strangers 1997
as Gail Connelly Metzger
Mother Knows Best 1997
as Celeste Cooper
Terror in the Family 1996
as Cynthia Marten
No One Could Protect Her 1996
as Jessica Rayner
Whose Daughter is She? 1995
as Laura Eagerton
See Jane Run 1995
as Jane Ravenson
Mortal Fear 1994
as Dr. Jennifer Kessler
No Dessert, Dad, 'Til You Mow the Lawn 1994
as Carol Cochran
Shameful Secrets 1993
as Maryanne Walker-Tate
The Man with Three Wives 1993
as Katy
Not in My Family 1993
as Veronica Ricci
Desperate Choices: To Save My Child 1992
as Mel Robbins
The Nightman 1992
as Eve, Co-Executive Producer
Captive 1991
as Kathy Plunk
Voices That Care 1991
as Self - Choir Member
Deadly Intentions... Again? 1991
as Sally
The Great Los Angeles Earthquake 1990
as Dr. Clare Winslow
Walt Disney World Very Merry Christmas Parade 1989
as Self
The Preppie Murder 1989
as Linda Fairstein
Those She Left Behind 1989
as Diane Pappas
She's Having a Baby 1988
as Joanna Kerns (uncredited)
Cross My Heart 1987
as Nancy
Mistress 1987
as Stephanie
Street Justice 1987
as Catherine Watson
Love Struck 1986
Actor
The Rape of Richard Beck 1985
as Anita Parrish
Stormin' Home 1985
as Lana Singer
A Bunny's Tale 1985
as Andrea
The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D. 1984
as Pamela Saletta
Mother's Day on Waltons Mountain 1982
as Doris Marshall
A Wedding on Waltons Mountain 1982
as Doris Marshall
Marriage Is Alive and Well 1980
as Meg
Coma 1978
as Diane
The Million Dollar Rip-Off 1976
as Jessie
A*P*E 1976
as Marilyn Baker
It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman! 1975
as Citizen (uncredited)
Credits from TMDB.