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.
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 APE, 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.
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Filmography (Movies)
Knocked Up
Character:Alison's Mom
Release Date:01/06/2007
Growing Pains: Return of the Seavers
Character:Maggie Seaver
Release Date:16/10/2004
All Over the Guy
Character:Lydia
Release Date:10/08/2001
The Growing Pains Movie
Character:Maggie Seaver
Release Date:05/11/2000
Girl, Interrupted
Character:Annette
Release Date:21/12/1999
At the Mercy of a Stranger
Character:Elizabeth Cooper
Release Date:03/11/1999
Emma's Wish
Character:Emma Bridges-Mame
Release Date:18/10/1998
Sisters and Other Strangers
Character:Gail Connelly Metzger
Release Date:06/05/1997
Mother Knows Best
Character:Celeste Cooper
Release Date:13/04/1997
Terror in the Family
Character:Cynthia Marten
Release Date:16/04/1996
No One Could Protect Her
Character:Jessica Rayner
Release Date:11/02/1996
Whose Daughter is She?
Character:Laura Eagerton
Release Date:24/09/1995
See Jane Run
Character:Jane Ravenson
Release Date:08/01/1995
Mortal Fear
Character:Dr. Jennifer Kessler
Release Date:20/11/1994
No Dessert, Dad, 'Til You Mow the Lawn
Character:Carol Cochran
Release Date:27/07/1994
Shameful Secrets
Character:Maryanne Walker-Tate
Release Date:10/10/1993
The Man with Three Wives
Character:Katy
Release Date:28/03/1993
Not in My Family
Character:Veronica Ricci
Release Date:28/02/1993
Desperate Choices: To Save My Child
Character:Mel Robbins
Release Date:05/10/1992
The Nightman
Character:Eve
Release Date:08/02/1992
Captive
Character:Kathy Plunk
Release Date:11/10/1991
Voices That Care
Character:Self - Choir Member
Release Date:28/02/1991
Deadly Intentions... Again?
Character:Sally
Release Date:11/02/1991
The Great Los Angeles Earthquake
Character:Dr. Clare Winslow
Release Date:11/11/1990
The Preppie Murder
Character:Linda Fairstein
Release Date:24/09/1989
Those She Left Behind
Character:Diane Pappas
Release Date:06/03/1989
She's Having a Baby
Character:Joanna Kerns (uncredited)
Release Date:05/02/1988
Cross My Heart
Character:Nancy
Release Date:13/12/1987
Street Justice
Character:Catherine Watson
Release Date:01/01/1987
Love Struck
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1986
The Rape of Richard Beck
Character:Anita Parrish
Release Date:27/05/1985
Stormin' Home
Character:Lana Singer
Release Date:05/04/1985
A Bunny's Tale
Character:Andrea
Release Date:25/02/1985
The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D.
Character:Pamela Saletta
Release Date:16/05/1984
Mother's Day on Waltons Mountain
Character:Doris Marshall
Release Date:02/05/1982
A Wedding on Waltons Mountain
Character:Doris Marshall
Release Date:02/02/1982
Marriage Is Alive and Well
Character:Meg
Release Date:25/01/1980
Coma
Character:Diane
Release Date:06/01/1978
The Million Dollar Rip-Off
Character:Jessie
Release Date:22/09/1976
A*P*E
Character:Marilyn Baker
Release Date:23/07/1976
It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman!
Character:Citizen (uncredited)
Release Date:21/02/1975
Television Appearances
Eastwick
Character:Edie
The Tony Danza Show
Character:Self
Less than Perfect
Character:Judy, Owen's Other Mom
The Wonderful World of Disney
Character:
E! True Hollywood Story
Character:
Aliens in the Family
Character:Self (voice)
Hope and Gloria
Character:Joanna Kerns
Chicago Hope
Character:Stephanie Serone
Intimate Portrait
Character:Self
Blind Faith
Character:Maria Marshall
Growing Pains
Character:Maggie Seaver
Street Hawk
Character:Mona Wiliams
Hunter
Character:Dr. Kettering
The Four Seasons
Character:Pat Devon
V
Character:Marjorie Donovan
The A-Team
Character:Trish Brenner
Hill Street Blues
Character:
Magnum, P.I.
Character:Mary Kanfer
Magnum, P.I.
Character:Jenny Hunter
The Love Boat
Character:Beth Luckner
CHiPs
Character:Colleen
Three's Company
Character:Bobby Trilling
Quincy, M.E.
Character:
Charlie's Angels
Character:Natalie
Laverne & Shirley
Character:
Starsky & Hutch
Character:
Switch
Character:Mae Brenner
Rhoda
Character:
Emergency!
Character:
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Character:Self
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