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Joanne Crussie DeVarona
Joanne Kerns
Joanna Kearns
Joanne DeVarona
Joanna DeVarona
Joanna Kerns
Acting
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 mad…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Ain't It Funny
as Mom
Knocked Up
as Alison's Mom
Growing Pains: Return of the Seavers
as Maggie Seaver
All Over the Guy
as Lydia
The Growing Pains Movie
as Maggie Seaver
Girl, Interrupted
as Annette
At the Mercy of a Stranger
as Elizabeth Cooper
Emma's Wish
as Emma Bridges-Mame
Mother Knows Best
as Celeste Cooper
Sisters and Other Strangers
as Gail Connelly Metzger
TV Shows
Eastwick
as Edie · 1 ep.
The Tony Danza Show
as Self · 1 ep.
Less than Perfect
as Judy, Owen's Other Mom · 2 ep.
The Wonderful World of Disney
1 ep.
Aliens in the Family
as Self (voice) · 1 ep.
E! True Hollywood Story
1 ep.
Hope and Gloria
as Joanna Kerns · 1 ep.
Chicago Hope
as Stephanie Serone · 2 ep.
Intimate Portrait
as Self · 1 ep.
Blind Faith
as Maria Marshall · 2 ep.