Joanna Kerns

Known For: Acting
Born: February 12, 1953
Place of Birth: San Francisco, California, USA

Joanna Kerns

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 nin…

Filmography

Love, Danielle

2024 · Executive Producer

Happy's Place

2024 · Director

The Baker and the Beauty

2020 · Director

High School Musical: The Musical: The Series

2019 · Director

WHAT / IF

2019 · Director

Light as a Feather

2018 · Director

FBI

2018 · Director

Unrest

2017 · Associate Producer

The Good Doctor

2017 · Director

Ain't It Funny

2017 · Mom

Man with a Plan

2016 · Director

This Is Us

2016 · Director

Fuller House

2016 · Director

Recovery Road

2016 · Director

Chicago Med

2015 · Director

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend

2015 · Director

Jane the Virgin

2014 · Director

Chasing Life

2014 · Director

The Goldbergs

2013 · Director

Nashville

2012 · Director

Friends with Benefits

2011 · Director

Awkward.

2011 · Director

Switched at Birth

2011 · Director

Pretty Little Liars

2010 · Director

Eastwick

2009 · Edie

Privileged

2008 · Director

Samantha Who?

2007 · Director

Private Practice

2007 · Director

Army Wives

2007 · Director

Knocked Up

2007 · Alison's Mom

Notes from the Underbelly

2007 · Director

Men in Trees

2006 · Director

Psych

2006 · Director

Related

2005 · Director

Ghost Whisperer

2005 · Director

Grey's Anatomy

2005 · Director

Medium

2005 · Director

Growing Pains: Return of the Seavers

2004 · Maggie Seaver, Director

Clubhouse

2004 · Director

The Tony Danza Show

The Tony Danza Show

2004 · Self

Phil of the Future

2004 · Director

Joan of Arcadia

2003 · Director

One Tree Hill

2003 · Director

Defending Our Kids: The Julie Posey Story

2003 · Director

The O'Keefes

2003 · Director

Less than Perfect

2002 · Judy, Owen's Other Mom

For the People

2002 · Director

Leap of Faith

2002 · Director

Scrubs

2001 · Director

All Over the Guy

2001 · Lydia

The Division

2001 · Director

The Growing Pains Movie

2000 · Maggie Seaver

Boston Public

2000 · Director

Titans

2000 · Director

That's Life

2000 · Director

Strong Medicine

2000 · Director

Girl, Interrupted

1999 · Annette

At the Mercy of a Stranger

1999 · Elizabeth Cooper

Judging Amy

1999 · Director

Beggars and Choosers

1999 · Director

Emma's Wish

1998 · Emma Bridges-Mame

Felicity

1998 · Director

Any Day Now

1998 · Director

Love Boat: The Next Wave

1998 · Director

Dawson's Creek

1998 · Director

The Wonderful World of Disney

1997

Ally McBeal

1997 · Director

Sisters and Other Strangers

1997 · Gail Connelly Metzger

Mother Knows Best

1997 · Celeste Cooper

Clueless

1996 · Director

Suddenly Susan

1996 · Director

E! True Hollywood Story

1996

Terror in the Family

1996 · Cynthia Marten

Aliens in the Family

1996 · Self (voice)

No One Could Protect Her

1996 · Jessica Rayner

Remember WENN

1996 · Director

Whose Daughter is She?

1995 · Laura Eagerton

Hope and Gloria

1995 · Joanna Kerns, Director

See Jane Run

1995 · Jane Ravenson

Mortal Fear

1994 · Dr. Jennifer Kessler

ER

1994 · Director

Chicago Hope

1994 · Stephanie Serone

No Dessert, Dad, 'Til You Mow the Lawn

1994 · Carol Cochran

Intimate Portrait

1993 · Self

Shameful Secrets

1993 · Maryanne Walker-Tate

The Man with Three Wives

1993 · Katy

Not in My Family

1993 · Veronica Ricci

Desperate Choices: To Save My Child

1992 · Mel Robbins

The Nightman

1992 · Eve, Co-Executive Producer

Captive

1991 · Kathy Plunk

Voices That Care

1991 · Self - Choir Member

Deadly Intentions... Again?

1991 · Sally

The Great Los Angeles Earthquake

1990 · Dr. Clare Winslow

Blind Faith

1990 · Maria Marshall

Walt Disney World Very Merry Christmas Parade

1989 · Self

The Preppie Murder

1989 · Linda Fairstein

Those She Left Behind

1989 · Diane Pappas

She's Having a Baby

1988 · Joanna Kerns (uncredited)

Cross My Heart

1987 · Nancy

Mistress

1987 · Stephanie

Street Justice

1987 · Catherine Watson

Love Struck

1986

Growing Pains

1985 · Maggie Seaver, Director

The Rape of Richard Beck

1985 · Anita Parrish

Stormin' Home

1985 · Lana Singer

A Bunny's Tale

1985 · Andrea

Street Hawk

1985 · Mona Wiliams

Hunter

1984 · Dr. Kettering

The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D.

1984 · Pamela Saletta

The Four Seasons

1984 · Pat Devon

V

1983 · Marjorie Donovan

The A-Team

1983 · Trish Brenner

Mother's Day on Waltons Mountain

1982 · Doris Marshall

A Wedding on Waltons Mountain

1982 · Doris Marshall

Hill Street Blues

1981

Magnum, P.I.

1980 · Mary Kanfer, Jenny Hunter

Marriage Is Alive and Well

1980 · Meg

Coma

1978 · Diane

The Love Boat

1977 · Beth Luckner

CHiPs

1977 · Colleen

Three's Company

1977 · Bobby Trilling

Quincy, M.E.

1976

The Million Dollar Rip-Off

1976 · Jessie

Charlie's Angels

1976 · Natalie

A*P*E

1976 · Marilyn Baker

Laverne & Shirley

1976

Starsky & Hutch

1975

Switch

1975 · Mae Brenner

It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman!

1975 · Citizen (uncredited)

Rhoda

1974

Emergency!

1972

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962 · Self

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