Acting
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.
Filmography
Ain't It Funny
Film · 2017
Eastwick
Series · 2009
Knocked Up
Film · 2007
Growing Pains: Return of the Seavers
Film · 2004
The Tony Danza Show
Series · 2004
Less than Perfect
Series · 2002
All Over the Guy
Film · 2001
The Growing Pains Movie
Film · 2000
Girl, Interrupted
Film · 1999
At the Mercy of a Stranger
Film · 1999
Emma's Wish
Film · 1998
Mother Knows Best
Film · 1997
Sisters and Other Strangers
Film · 1997
The Wonderful World of Disney
Series · 1997
Terror in the Family
Film · 1996
No One Could Protect Her
Film · 1996
E! True Hollywood Story
Series · 1996
Aliens in the Family
Series · 1996
Whose Daughter is She?
Film · 1995
See Jane Run
Film · 1995
Hope and Gloria
Series · 1995
Mortal Fear
Film · 1994
No Dessert, Dad, 'Til You Mow the Lawn
Film · 1994
Chicago Hope
Series · 1994
Shameful Secrets
Film · 1993
Not in My Family
Film · 1993
The Man with Three Wives
Film · 1993
Intimate Portrait
Series · 1993
Desperate Choices: To Save My Child
Film · 1992
The Nightman
Film · 1992
Voices That Care
Film · 1991
Deadly Intentions... Again?
Film · 1991
Captive
Film · 1991
The Great Los Angeles Earthquake
Film · 1990
Blind Faith
Series · 1990
Those She Left Behind
Film · 1989
The Preppie Murder
Film · 1989
Walt Disney World Very Merry Christmas Parade
Film · 1989
She's Having a Baby
Film · 1988
Street Justice
Film · 1987
Cross My Heart
Film · 1987
Mistress
Film · 1987
Love Struck
Film · 1986
The Rape of Richard Beck
Film · 1985
Stormin' Home
Film · 1985
A Bunny's Tale
Film · 1985
Growing Pains
Series · 1985
Street Hawk
Series · 1985
The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D.
Film · 1984
Hunter
Series · 1984
The Four Seasons
Series · 1984
The A-Team
Series · 1983
V
Series · 1983
Mother's Day on Waltons Mountain
Film · 1982
A Wedding on Waltons Mountain
Film · 1982
Hill Street Blues
Series · 1981
Marriage Is Alive and Well
Film · 1980
Magnum, P.I.
Series · 1980
Magnum, P.I.
Series · 1980
Coma
Film · 1978
CHiPs
Series · 1977
The Love Boat
Series · 1977
Three's Company
Series · 1977
A*P*E
Film · 1976
The Million Dollar Rip-Off
Film · 1976
Quincy, M.E.
Series · 1976
Charlie's Angels
Series · 1976
Laverne & Shirley
Series · 1976
It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman!
Film · 1975
Starsky & Hutch
Series · 1975
Switch
Series · 1975
Rhoda
Series · 1974
Emergency!
Series · 1972
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Series · 1962