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Joanna Kerns

Joanna Kerns TV Listings

ChannelDate & TimeTitleBuy
LMNMon, Mar 22, 4:00 PMAt the Mercy of a StrangerBuy
LMNTue, Mar 23, 3:50 AMAt the Mercy of a StrangerBuy
LMNTue, Mar 23, 12:00 PMGoing UndergroundBuy
LMNWed, Mar 24, 4:20 AMGoing UndergroundBuy
CINEMAXThu, Mar 25, 10:10 AMAll Over the GuyBuy
FMCFri, Mar 26, 3:00 AMSisters and Other StrangersBuy
REELZSun, Mar 28, 1:00 PMA Bunny's TaleBuy
REELZSun, Mar 28, 4:00 PMA Bunny's TaleBuy
TVLANDMon, Mar 29, 4:00 AMThree's CompanyBuy
LMNMon, Mar 29, 8:00 AMDefending Our Kids: The Julie Posey StoryBuy
MOMAXeSun, Apr 4, 6:50 AMAll Over the GuyBuy

Joanna Kerns Biography

  • Birth Name: Joanne Crussie DeVarona
  • Birth Place: San Francisco, CA
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 02/12/1953, Aquarius
  • Profession: Actor; director
Joanna Kerns Fast Facts:
  • Tried out for the 1968 Olympic gymnastics team, placing 14th out of a field of 28. After a knee injury sidelined her, she turned to dancing.
  • Dropped out of high school to tour with the Broadway-bound production Clown Around, helmed by Gene Kelly.
  • Performed at Disneyland before receiving her big break in the touring company of John Guare's musical adaption of Shakespeare's Two Gentlemen of Verona (1973).
  • Studied acting with Lee Strasberg, Peggy Feury, Jeff Corey and David Craig.
  • A success in TV commercials, Kerns once had an astounding 18 national spots running at the same time.
  • Breakout role was in NBC's 1976 made-for-TV crime drama The Million Dollar Rip-Off.
  • Feature-film debut was in the 1978 thriller Coma.
  • Seminal role was as frazzled journalist mom Maggie Seaver in the sitcom Growing Pains (1985-92).
  • Continued acting throughout the 1990s, but was also involved in developing, writing, producing and directing TV-movies.
    Joanna Kerns Relationships:
  • Ashley Cooper Kerns - Daughter
  • David DeVarona - Brother
  • David DeVarona - Father
  • Donna DeVarona - Sister
  • Kurt DeVarona - Brother
  • Marc Francis Appleton - Husband
  • Martha Louise DeVarona - Mother
  • Richard Martin Kerns - Ex-husband

  • College:
  • Attended University of California, Los Angeles, CA
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