Joanna Kerns Net Worth, spouse, young children, awards, movies

Key facts:

Joanna Kerns is an American actress, director, writer, and producer with over 70 acting credits to her name.

She is best known for playing the role of Maggie Seaver on the ABC sitcom 'Growing Pains' that aired from 1985 to 1992.

Kerns has directed episodes of popular TV shows like 'Ally McBeal,' 'ER,' 'Scrubs,' 'Pretty Little Liars,' and many more.

She co-founded the Women in Film Crystal + Lucy Awards and served on the Motion Picture and Television Fund Board of Trustees from 2004 to 2008.

Joanna Kerns was born in San Francisco in 1953, and she started her career as a backup dancer at Disneyland before making her debut in the 1975 TV movie 'It's a Bird… It's a Plane… It's Superman!.'

Basic Information About Joanna Kerns

Category	Celebrities › Actors
Professions	Actor, Television Director, Film director
Net worth	$25,000,000
Date of birth	1953-02-12 (71 years old)
Place of birth	San Francisco
Nationality	United States of America
Spouse	Marc Appleton - (30 September 1994 - present) (filed for divorce) 11 December - Richard Kerns ( 1976 - 1985) (divorced) (1 child)
Gender	Female
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.72 m)
Social Media	↗︎ Wikipedia ↗︎ IMDb

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What Movie Awards did Joanna Kerns win?

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Joanna Kerns roles

Movie / Series	Role
Knocked Up	Alison's Mom
Girl, Interrupted	Annette
Coma	Diane
She's Having a Baby	Joanna Kerns (uncredited)
All Over the Guy	Lydia Vecchione
The Baker and the Beauty	Director
This Is Us	Director
The Good Doctor	Director
Grey's Anatomy	Director
High School Musical: The Musical - The Series	Director
Nashville	Director
Felicity	Director
CHiPs	Dr. Colleen Jacobs 1 episode, 1981
The Goldbergs	Director
Ghost Whisperer	Director
Scrubs	Director
Jane the Virgin	Director
Man with a Plan	Director
Pretty Little Liars	Director
Growing Pains	Director
Growing Pains	Writer
Growing Pains	Maggie Malone Seaver 167 episodes, 1985-1992
Love Boat: The Next Wave	Director
Eagleheart	Self 1 episode, 2012
Roswell, New Mexico	Director
The Division	Director
ER	Director
Fuller House	Director
Ally McBeal	Director
Army Wives	Director
FBI	Director
Dawson's Creek	Director
One Tree Hill	Director
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend	Director
Dynasty	Director
Men in Trees	Director
Psych	Director
Tiny Pretty Things	Director
Medium	Director
Switched at Birth	Director
Chicago Hope	Stephanie Serone 2 episodes, 1998
Pitch	Director
Titans	Director
Not Necessarily the News	Self 1 episode, 1987
Private Practice	Director
The Fosters	Director
Emergency!	Gymnast 1 episode, 1977
Joan of Arcadia	Director
Rhoda	The Customer 1 episode, 1977
The Love Boat	Beth Luckner 1 episode, 1977

Interesting Facts about Joanna Kerns

Daughter, Ashley Cooper Kerns, was born in 1978.
She appeared in the music video and sang in the choir on the song "Voices That Care."
Kerns is the daughter of Martha Louise (Smith) and David Thomas DeVarona. Her paternal grandfather, Joseph de la Cruz DeVarona Betancourt, was Cuban. Her other ancestry is mostly German, Welsh, Irish, and English. She is the younger sister of Olympic Gold Medalist swimmer Donna DeVarona and also has two brothers, David and Kurt.
Grew up in Lafayette, California. Tried out for the Olympics in 1968 as a gymnast.
Tried out for the role that was eventually played by Cybill Shepherd in Taxi Driver (1976).
Aunt of Joanna Pinto and John David Pinto.
In November 2016 she was diagnosed with breast cancer after a routine Contrast Enhanced Spectrum Mammography screening, which is suggested for women with dense breasts. After two lumpectomies, Kerns decided to have a double mastectomy in December "instead of risking radiation and the chance of it coming back" and has been "given an all clear - the best of the results she could have had.
Has a daughter named Ashley from her first marriage.
(August 9, 2019) Filed for divorce from her husband of 24 years Marc Appleton.