Open the app
Joanna Kerns

Actor • Born 1953

Joanna Kerns

Open Cinema

About

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...

Known for

Ally McBeal posterAlly McBealSeries • 1997Grey's Anatomy posterGrey's AnatomySeries • 2005FBI posterFBISeries • 2018The Good Doctor posterThe Good DoctorSeries • 2017Chicago Med posterChicago MedSeries • 2015The Love Boat posterThe Love BoatSeries • 1977One Tree Hill posterOne Tree HillSeries • 2003Psych posterPsychSeries • 2006Scrubs posterScrubsSeries • 2001ER posterERSeries • 1994This Is Us posterThis Is UsSeries • 2016Pretty Little Liars posterPretty Little LiarsSeries • 2010Medium posterMediumSeries • 2005The Goldbergs posterThe GoldbergsSeries • 2013Ghost Whisperer posterGhost WhispererSeries • 2005Chicago Hope posterChicago HopeSeries • 1994Magnum, P.I. posterMagnum, P.I.Series • 1980Dawson's Creek posterDawson's CreekSeries • 1998Hill Street Blues posterHill Street BluesSeries • 1981The A-Team posterThe A-TeamSeries • 1983Private Practice posterPrivate PracticeSeries • 2007Judging Amy posterJudging AmySeries • 1999Jane the Virgin posterJane the VirginSeries • 2014Charlie's Angels posterCharlie's AngelsSeries • 1976