Joanna Kerns
ActingJoanna 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
Girl, Interrupted
Annette
Knocked Up
Alison's Mom
Coma
Diane
She's Having a Baby
Joanna Kerns (uncredited)
The Great Los Angeles Earthquake
Dr. Clare Winslow
Voices That Care
Self - Choir Member
The Preppie Murder
Linda Fairstein
See Jane Run
Jane Ravenson
The Nightman
Eve
Terror in the Family
Cynthia Marten
Filmography — Acting
Girl, Interrupted
Annette
Knocked Up
Alison's Mom
Coma
Diane
She's Having a Baby
Joanna Kerns (uncredited)
The Great Los Angeles Earthquake
Dr. Clare Winslow
Voices That Care
Self - Choir Member
The Preppie Murder
Linda Fairstein
See Jane Run
Jane Ravenson
The Nightman
Eve
Terror in the Family
Cynthia Marten
The Growing Pains Movie
Maggie Seaver
Mortal Fear
Dr. Jennifer Kessler
The Rape of Richard Beck
Anita Parrish
Cross My Heart
Nancy
Desperate Choices: To Save My Child
Mel Robbins
It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman!
Citizen (uncredited)
Captive
Kathy Plunk
Not in My Family
Veronica Ricci
Stormin' Home
Lana Singer
All Over the Guy
Lydia
The Man with Three Wives
Katy
Shameful Secrets
Maryanne Walker-Tate
At the Mercy of a Stranger
Elizabeth Cooper
Mother Knows Best
Celeste Cooper
Marriage Is Alive and Well
Meg
Those She Left Behind
Diane Pappas
Sisters and Other Strangers
Gail Connelly Metzger
A*P*E
Marilyn Baker
A Wedding on Waltons Mountain
Doris Marshall
The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D.
Pamela Saletta
Growing Pains: Return of the Seavers
Maggie Seaver
Deadly Intentions... Again?
Sally
A Bunny's Tale
Andrea
Emma's Wish
Emma Bridges-Mame
Street Justice
Catherine Watson
Whose Daughter is She?
Laura Eagerton
The Million Dollar Rip-Off
Jessie
No One Could Protect Her
Jessica Rayner
Mother's Day on Waltons Mountain
Doris Marshall
Love Struck
No Dessert, Dad, 'Til You Mow the Lawn
Carol Cochran
Ain't It Funny
Mom
Walt Disney World Very Merry Christmas Parade
Self
