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 134
TV Shows 88
Director 57
Movies 46
self 7
Producer 3
Love, Danielle (2024)
Happy's Place (2024)
The Baker and the Beauty (2020)
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)
Chicago Med (2015)
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)
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)
Phil of the Future (2004)
Joan of Arcadia (2003)
One Tree Hill (2003)
The O'Keefes (2003)
Less than Perfect (2002)
Leap of Faith (2002)
Scrubs (2001)
The Division (2001)
The Growing Pains Movie (2000)
Boston Public (2000)
Titans (2000)
That's Life (2000)
Strong Medicine (2000)
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)
Ally McBeal (1997)
Sisters and Other Strangers (1997)
Mother Knows Best (1997)
Clueless (1996)
Suddenly Susan (1996)
Terror in the Family (1996)
Aliens in the Family (1996)
No One Could Protect Her (1996)
WENN (1996)
Whose Daughter is She? (1995)
Hope and Gloria (1995)
See Jane Run (1995)
Mortal Fear (1994)
ER (1994)
No Dessert, Dad, 'Til You Mow the Lawn (1994)
Shameful Secrets (1993)
Not in My Family (1993)
Desperate Choices: To Save My Child (1992)
The Nightman (1992)
Captive (1991)
Voices That Care (1991)
An American Summer (1991)
The Great Los Angeles Earthquake (1990)
Blind Faith (1990)
The Preppie Murder (1989)
Those She Left Behind (1989)
She's Having a Baby (1988)
Mistress (1987)
Street Justice (1987)
Growing Pains (1985)
The Rape of Richard Beck (1985)
Stormin' Home (1985)
A Bunny's Tale (1985)
Code Name: Foxfire (1985)
Street Hawk (1985)
Hunter (1984)
The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D. (1984)
V (1983)
The A-Team (1983)
Star of the Family (1982)
Mother's Day on Waltons Mountain (1982)
A Wedding on Waltons Mountain (1982)
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Coma (1978)
The Love Boat (1977)
CHiPs (1977)
Three's Company (1977)
Charlie's Angels (1976)
A*P*E (1976)
Switch (1975)
It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman! (1975)
Those She Left Behind
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Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1953-02-12 (72 years old)
Birth Name
Joanna Crussie DeVarona
Birth Place
San Francisco, United States
Relatives
Donna de Varona
Citizenships
United States
Also Known As
Joanne Crussie DeVarona, Joanne Kerns, Joanna Kearns, Joanne DeVarona, Joanna DeVarona, Joanna De Verona
Awards
Women in Film Honors
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