1953-02-12 San Francisco, California, USA
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.
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Knocked Up | Alison's Mom | 2007-06-01 |
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Growing Pains: Return of the Seavers | Maggie Seaver | 2004-10-16 |
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All Over the Guy | Lydia | 2001-08-10 |
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The Growing Pains Movie | Maggie Seaver | 2000-11-04 |
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At the Mercy of a Stranger | Elizabeth Cooper | 1999-11-03 |
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Girl, Interrupted | Annette | 1999-12-21 |
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Emma's Wish | Emma Bridges-Mame | 1998-10-18 |
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Sisters and Other Strangers | Gail Connelly Metzger | 1997-05-06 |
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Mother Knows Best | Celeste Cooper | 1997-04-13 |
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No One Could Protect Her | Jessica Rayner | 1996-02-11 |
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Terror in the Family | Cynthia Marten | 1996-04-16 |
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See Jane Run | Jane Ravenson | 1995-01-08 |
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Whose Daughter is She? | Laura Eagerton | 1995-09-24 |
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No Dessert, Dad, 'Til You Mow the Lawn | Carol Cochran | 1994-07-27 |
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Mortal Fear | Dr. Jennifer Kessler | 1994-11-20 |
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The Man with Three Wives | Katy | 1993-03-28 |
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Shameful Secrets | Maryanne Walker-Tate | 1993-10-10 |
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Not in My Family | Veronica Ricci | 1993-02-28 |
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The Nightman | Eve | 1992-02-08 |
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Desperate Choices: To Save My Child | Mel Robbins | 1992-10-05 |
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Captive | Kathy Plunk | 1991-10-11 |
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Deadly Intentions... Again? | Sally | 1991-02-11 |
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Voices That Care | Self - Choir Member | 1991-02-28 |
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The Great Los Angeles Earthquake | Dr. Clare Winslow | 1990-11-11 |
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Those She Left Behind | Diane Pappas | 1989-03-06 |
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The Preppie Murder | Linda Fairstein | 1989-09-24 |
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She's Having a Baby | Joanna Kerns (uncredited) | 1988-02-05 |
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Cross My Heart | Nancy | 1987-12-13 |
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Street Justice | Catherine Watson | 1987-01-01 |
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Love Struck | 1986-01-01 | |
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A Bunny's Tale | Andrea | 1985-02-25 |
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Stormin' Home | Lana Singer | 1985-04-05 |
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The Rape of Richard Beck | Anita Parrish | 1985-05-27 |
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The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D. | Pamela Saletta | 1984-05-16 |
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A Wedding on Waltons Mountain | Doris Marshall | 1982-02-02 |
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Mother's Day on Waltons Mountain | Doris Marshall | 1982-05-02 |
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Marriage Is Alive and Well | Meg | 1980-01-25 |
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Coma | Diane | 1978-01-06 |
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The Million Dollar Rip-Off | Jessie | 1976-09-22 |
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Ape | Marilyn Baker | 1976-07-23 |
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It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman! | Citizen (uncredited) | 1975-02-21 |
