Biography
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
all 129
TV Shows 84
Director 54
Movies 45
self 4
Producer 1
The Baker and the Beauty (2020)
High School Musical: The Musical: The Series (2019)
WHAT / IF (2019)
Light as a Feather (2018)
FBI (2018)
Unrest (2017)
The Good Doctor (2017)
Man with a Plan (2016)
This Is Us (2016)
Recovery Road (2016)
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (2015)
Jane the Virgin (2014)
Chasing Life (2014)
The Goldbergs (2013)
Nashville (2012)
Friends with Benefits (2011)
Awkward. (2011)
Switched at Birth (2011)
Pretty Little Liars (2010)
Eastwick (2009)
Privileged (2008)
Samantha Who? (2007)
Private Practice (2007)
Army Wives (2007)
Knocked Up (2007)
Notes from the Underbelly (2007)
Men in Trees (2006)
Psych (2006)
Related (2005)
Ghost Whisperer (2005)
Grey's Anatomy (2005)
Medium (2005)
Growing Pains: Return of the Seavers (2004)
Clubhouse (2004)
The Tony Danza Show (2004)
Phil of the Future (2004)
Joan of Arcadia (2003)
One Tree Hill (2003)
Defending Our Kids: The Julie Posey Story (2003)
The O'Keefes (2003)
Less than Perfect (2002)
Leap of Faith (2002)
Scrubs (2001)
All Over the Guy (2001)
The Division (2001)
The Growing Pains Movie (2000)
Boston Public (2000)
Titans (2000)
That's Life (2000)
Strong Medicine (2000)
Girl, Interrupted (1999)
At the Mercy of a Stranger (1999)
Judging Amy (1999)
Beggars and Choosers (1999)
Emma's Wish (1998)
Felicity (1998)
Any Day Now (1998)
Love Boat: The Next Wave (1998)
The Closer (1998)
Dawson's Creek (1998)
The Wonderful World of Disney (1997)
Ally McBeal (1997)
Sisters and Other Strangers (1997)
Mother Knows Best (1997)
Clueless (1996)
Suddenly Susan (1996)
E! True Hollywood Story (1996)
Terror in the Family (1996)
Aliens in the Family (1996)
No One Could Protect Her (1996)
Remember WENN (1996)
Whose Daughter is She? (1995)
Hope and Gloria (1995)
See Jane Run (1995)
Mortal Fear (1994)
ER (1994)
Chicago Hope (1994)
No Dessert, Dad, 'Til You Mow the Lawn (1994)
Intimate Portrait (1993)
Shameful Secrets (1993)
The Man with Three Wives (1993)
Not in My Family (1993)
Desperate Choices: To Save My Child (1992)
The Nightman (1992)
Captive (1991)
An American Summer (1991)
Deadly Intentions... Again? (1991)
The Great Los Angeles Earthquake (1990)
Voices That Care (1990)
Blind Faith (1990)
The Preppie Murder (1989)
Those She Left Behind (1989)
She's Having a Baby (1988)
Cross My Heart (1987)
Mistress (1987)
Street Justice (1987)
Love Struck (1986)
Growing Pains (1985)
The Rape of Richard Beck (1985)
Stormin' Home (1985)
A Bunny's Tale (1985)
Street Hawk (1985)
Hunter (1984)
The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D. (1984)
The Four Seasons (1984)
V (1983)
V (1983)
The A-Team (1983)
Mother's Day on Waltons Mountain (1982)
A Wedding on Waltons Mountain (1982)
Hill Street Blues (1981)
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
I'm a Big Girl Now (1980)
Marriage Is Alive and Well (1980)
Coma (1978)
The Love Boat (1977)
CHiPs (1977)
Three's Company (1977)
Quincy, M.E. (1976)
The Million Dollar Rip-Off (1976)
Charlie's Angels (1976)
A*P*E (1976)
Laverne & Shirley (1976)
Starsky & Hutch (1975)
Switch (1975)
It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman! (1975)
Rhoda (1974)
Emergency! (1972)
Those She Left Behind
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1953-02-12 (71 years old)
Birth PlaceSan Francisco, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsJoanne Crussie DeVarona, Joanne Kerns, Joanna Kearns, Joanne DeVarona, Joanna DeVarona, Joanna De Verona
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