7.6
7.6
Girl, Interrupted
1999
as Annette
Joanna Kerns
Also known as: Joanna Crussie DeVarona
Acting
Born:February 12, 1953(age 73)
Birthplace:San Francisco, California, USA
Nationality:United States
Education:McLane High School
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CommunityBiography
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.
Notable Works
Growing Pains
Filmography (40 movies)
7.0
7.0
The Growing Pains Movie
2000
as Maggie Seaver
6.8
6.8
Defending Our Kids: The Julie Posey Story
2003
Director
6.7
6.7
The Great Los Angeles Earthquake
1990
as Dr. Clare Winslow
6.7
6.7
Those She Left Behind
1989
as Diane Pappas
6.5
6.5
See Jane Run
1995
as Jane Ravenson
6.5
6.5
The Rape of Richard Beck
1985
as Anita Parrish
6.3
6.3
Knocked Up
2007
as Alison's Mom
6.1
6.1
Terror in the Family
1996
as Cynthia Marten
6.0
6.0
The Million Dollar Rip-Off
1976
as Jessie
5.8
5.8
Growing Pains: Return of the Seavers
2004
Director
5.8
5.8
Shameful Secrets
1993
as Maryanne Walker-Tate
5.7
5.7
All Over the Guy
2001
as Lydia
5.6
5.6
At the Mercy of a Stranger
1999
as Elizabeth Cooper
5.2
5.2
Mother Knows Best
1997
as Celeste Cooper
5.2
5.2
The Preppie Murder
1989
as Linda Fairstein
5.0
5.0
A Wedding on Waltons Mountain
1982
as Doris Marshall
5.0
5.0
Deadly Intentions... Again?
1991
as Sally
5.0
5.0
Mother's Day on Waltons Mountain
1982
as Doris Marshall
5.0
5.0
Captive
1991
as Kathy Plunk
5.0
5.0
Cross My Heart
1987
as Nancy
4.8
4.8
No Dessert, Dad, 'Til You Mow the Lawn
1994
as Carol Cochran
4.8
4.8
Mortal Fear
1994
as Dr. Jennifer Kessler
4.8
4.8
Whose Daughter is She?
1995
as Laura Eagerton
4.6
4.6
No One Could Protect Her
1996
as Jessica Rayner
4.4
4.4
Not in My Family
1993
as Veronica Ricci
4.0
4.0
It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman!
1975
as Citizen (uncredited)
4.0
4.0
A Bunny's Tale
1985
as Andrea
3.9
3.9
Desperate Choices: To Save My Child
1992
as Mel Robbins
3.8
3.8
Emma's Wish
1998
as Emma Bridges-Mame
3.7
3.7
A*P*E
1976
as Marilyn Baker
2.0
2.0
Marriage Is Alive and Well
1980
as Meg
1.0
1.0
The Nightman
1992
as Eve
Love Struck
1986
Stormin' Home
1985
as Lana Singer
Sisters and Other Strangers
1997
as Gail Connelly Metzger
The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D.
1984
as Pamela Saletta
Street Justice
1987
as Catherine Watson
The Man with Three Wives
1993
as Katy
Love, Danielle
2024
Executive Producer
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