credits of
Joanna Kerns
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.
Release Date | Title | Character Name | Rating | Your Lists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
March 28th, 2017 | Ain't It Funny | Mom | TBD | |
June 1st, 2007 | Knocked Up | Alison's Mom | 6.3 | |
October 16th, 2004 | Growing Pains: Return of the Seavers | Maggie Seaver | 6 | |
August 10th, 2001 | All Over the Guy | Lydia | 5.8 | |
November 5th, 2000 | The Growing Pains Movie | Maggie Seaver | 7.1 | |
December 21st, 1999 | Girl, Interrupted | Annette | 7.6 | |
November 3rd, 1999 | At the Mercy of a Stranger | Elizabeth Cooper | 6.3 | |
October 18th, 1998 | Emma's Wish | Emma Bridges-Mame | 5 | |
May 6th, 1997 | Sisters and Other Strangers | Gail Connelly Metzger | 8 | |
April 13th, 1997 | Mother Knows Best | Celeste Cooper | 5.9 | |
April 16th, 1996 | Terror in the Family | Cynthia Marten | 6 | |
February 11th, 1996 | No One Could Protect Her | Jessica Rayner | 5.5 | |
September 24th, 1995 | Whose Daughter is She? | Laura Eagerton | 5.6 | |
January 8th, 1995 | See Jane Run | Jane Ravenson | 6.5 | |
November 20th, 1994 | Mortal Fear | Dr. Jennifer Kessler | 5.5 | |
July 27th, 1994 | No Dessert, Dad, 'Til You Mow the Lawn | Carol Cochran | 5.6 | |
October 10th, 1993 | Shameful Secrets | Maryanne Walker-Tate | 6.2 | |
March 28th, 1993 | The Man with Three Wives | Katy | 8 | |
February 28th, 1993 | Not in My Family | Veronica Ricci | 5.1 | |
October 5th, 1992 | Desperate Choices: To Save My Child | Mel Robbins | 4.4 | |
February 8th, 1992 | The Nightman | Eve | 3.3 | |
October 11th, 1991 | Captive | Kathy Plunk | 6 | |
February 28th, 1991 | Voices That Care | Self - Choir Member | 8.7 | |
February 11th, 1991 | Deadly Intentions... Again? | Sally | 6.5 | |
November 11th, 1990 | The Great Los Angeles Earthquake | Dr. Clare Winslow | 6.7 | |
December 25th, 1989 | Walt Disney World Very Merry Christmas Parade | Self | TBD | |
September 24th, 1989 | The Preppie Murder | Linda Fairstein | 5.6 | |
March 6th, 1989 | Those She Left Behind | Diane Pappas | 6.7 | |
February 5th, 1988 | She's Having a Baby | Joanna Kerns (uncredited) | 6 | |
December 13th, 1987 | Cross My Heart | Nancy | 5.2 | |
January 1st, 1987 | Street Justice | Catherine Watson | 7 | |
January 1st, 1986 | Love Struck | TBD | 8 | |
May 27th, 1985 | The Rape of Richard Beck | Anita Parrish | 6.9 | |
April 5th, 1985 | Stormin' Home | Lana Singer | 7 | |
February 25th, 1985 | A Bunny's Tale | Andrea | 4.8 | |
May 16th, 1984 | The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D. | Pamela Saletta | 9 | |
May 2nd, 1982 | Mother's Day on Waltons Mountain | Doris Marshall | 5.7 | |
February 2nd, 1982 | A Wedding on Waltons Mountain | Doris Marshall | 6 | |
January 25th, 1980 | Marriage Is Alive and Well | Meg | 4.7 | |
January 6th, 1978 | Coma | Diane | 6.8 | |
September 22nd, 1976 | The Million Dollar Rip-Off | Jessie | 7.3 | |
July 23rd, 1976 | A*P*E | Marilyn Baker | 3.8 | |
February 21st, 1975 | It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman! | Citizen (uncredited) | 4.4 |