Joanna Kerns
Acting
Born: February 12, 1953 (age 73) · San Francisco, California, USA
Highest Rated
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.
Known for
The Good Doctor
2017
Grey's Anatomy
2005
Knocked Up
2007
Girl, Interrupted
1999
Pretty Little Liars
2010
Ghost Whisperer
2005
This Is Us
2016
Chicago Med
2015
The A-Team
1983
Psych
2006
V
1983
ER
1994
Photos (8)
Movies (42)
Knocked Up
Alison's Mom
Girl, Interrupted
Annette
Coma
Diane
She's Having a Baby
Joanna Kerns (uncredited)
The Great Los Angeles Earthquake
Dr. Clare Winslow
The Preppie Murder
Linda Fairstein
Cross My Heart
Nancy
Deadly Intentions... Again?
Sally
All Over the Guy
Lydia
A*P*E
Marilyn Baker
Shameful Secrets
Maryanne Walker-Tate
It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman!
Citizen (uncredited)
The Rape of Richard Beck
Anita Parrish
The Nightman
Eve
Mortal Fear
Dr. Jennifer Kessler
Ain't It Funny
Mom
Mother Knows Best
Celeste Cooper
Mistress
Stephanie
The Million Dollar Rip-Off
Jessie
No One Could Protect Her
Jessica Rayner
Stormin' Home
Lana Singer
At the Mercy of a Stranger
Elizabeth Cooper
Sisters and Other Strangers
Gail Connelly Metzger
A Wedding on Waltons Mountain
Doris Marshall
Street Justice
Catherine Watson
A Bunny's Tale
Andrea
No Dessert, Dad, 'Til You Mow the Lawn
Carol Cochran
Growing Pains: Return of the Seavers
Maggie Seaver
Terror in the Family
Cynthia Marten
Desperate Choices: To Save My Child
Mel Robbins
The Growing Pains Movie
Maggie Seaver
See Jane Run
Jane Ravenson
Not in My Family
Veronica Ricci
Mother's Day on Waltons Mountain
Doris Marshall
Emma's Wish
Emma Bridges-Mame
The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D.
Pamela Saletta
Marriage Is Alive and Well
Meg
Captive
Kathy Plunk
The Man with Three Wives
Katy
Whose Daughter is She?
Laura Eagerton
Those She Left Behind
Diane Pappas
Love Struck
1986
TV Shows (26)
The Love Boat
Beth Luckner · 1 eps
The A-Team
Trish Brenner · 1 eps
Chicago Hope
Stephanie Serone · 2 eps
Magnum, P.I.
Mary Kanfer · 1 eps
Magnum, P.I.
Jenny Hunter · 1 eps
Hill Street Blues
1 eps
Charlie's Angels
Natalie · 1 eps
Quincy, M.E.
1 eps
Hunter
Dr. Kettering · 1 eps
Emergency!
1 eps
Starsky & Hutch
1 eps
Three's Company
Bobby Trilling · 2 eps
Rhoda
1 eps
Laverne & Shirley
1 eps
The Wonderful World of Disney
1 eps
Growing Pains
Maggie Seaver · 166 eps
Switch
Mae Brenner · 1 eps
Less than Perfect
Judy, Owen's Other Mom · 2 eps
CHiPs
Colleen · 1 eps
V
Marjorie Donovan · 2 eps
Hope and Gloria
Joanna Kerns · 1 eps
Street Hawk
Mona Wiliams · 1 eps
Eastwick
Edie · 1 eps
E! True Hollywood Story
1 eps
The Four Seasons
Pat Devon · 13 eps
Blind Faith
Maria Marshall · 2 eps
Self / Appearances (5)
Directing (59)
Grey's Anatomy
Director
FBI
Director
The Good Doctor
Director
One Tree Hill
Director
Chicago Med
Director
Psych
Director
The Goldbergs
Director
Ghost Whisperer
Director
ER
Director
Scrubs
Director
Pretty Little Liars
Director
This Is Us
Director
Medium
Director
Judging Amy
Director
Dawson's Creek
Director
Strong Medicine
Director
Nashville
Director
Private Practice
Director
Switched at Birth
Director
The Division
Director
Jane the Virgin
Director
Boston Public
Director
Felicity
Director
Army Wives
Director
Joan of Arcadia
Director
Fuller House
Director
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
Director
Ally McBeal
Director
Awkward.
Director
Man with a Plan
Director
High School Musical: The Musical: The Series
Director
Growing Pains
Director
Phil of the Future
Director
Clueless
Director
Happy's Place
Director
Night Court
Director
Suddenly Susan
Director
Any Day Now
Director
Men in Trees
Director
Samantha Who?
Director
Love Boat: The Next Wave
Director
That's Life
Director
Chasing Life
Director
Light as a Feather
Director
Hope and Gloria
Director
Remember WENN
Director
Friends with Benefits
Director
Notes from the Underbelly
Director
WHAT / IF
Director
Recovery Road
Director
Privileged
Director
The Baker and the Beauty
Director
Titans
Director
Beggars and Choosers
Director
Related
Director
Clubhouse
Director
Leap of Faith
Director
Defending Our Kids: The Julie Posey Story
Director
Growing Pains: Return of the Seavers
Director
