Joanna Kerns
Birthday: 1953-02-12 | Place of Birth: San Francisco, California, USAJoanna 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.
Known For
Acting
Role
as Mom
as Maggie Seaver
as Lydia
as Maggie Seaver
as Emma Bridges-Mame
as Celeste Cooper
as Cynthia Marten
as Jessica Rayner
as Jane Ravenson
as Laura Eagerton
as Carol Cochran
as Dr. Jennifer Kessler
as Maryanne Walker-Tate
as Eve
as Mel Robbins
as Kathy Plunk
as Sally
as Dr. Clare Winslow
as Maria Marshall
as Maria Marshall
as Catherine Watson
as Diane Pappas
as Linda Fairstein
as Nancy
as Anita Parrish
as Maggie Seaver
