Joanna Kerns

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Joanna Kerns: Biography

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Birth Name: Joanne Crussie DeVarona
Birth Place: San Francisco, CA
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 02/12/1953, Aquarius
Profession: Actor; director

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September 28, 2006: Graduation Day | ER | 9/29/2006
As if Abby and Luka didn’t have enough to contend with, tonight manic-depressive Maggie breezed in to meet her ailing grandson and offer her support in a flurry of note taking and NICU staff badgering. However, she also brought an unexpected mix of motherly wisdom and perspective that Abby sorely needed. Sally Field has done an excellent job with this role in each of her appearances, taking a strident character and making her sympathetic and relatable, never sugarcoating the challenges of living with mental illness. Despite her doubts, Maggie actually persuaded Abby to include the baby in a trial that was both risky and promising. (The scene where she insisted something was wrong with the baby reminded me of the scene from Terms of Endearment when Shirley MacLaine loses it on the nurses for not administering her daughter’s pain medication on time.) While I thought it was downright mean to lead all of us to believe the baby had died, the last scene of Abby with her mom... read more
The Watercooler | 2/16/2005
Gilmore Girls Isn't Alexis Bledel's longer, curly hair sooo pretty? It looks much nicer down than when it was in that d read more
The Watercooler | 11/26/2003
Never Been Kissed Hey, it's Tuesday night at 8 here in L.A. Where the hell are my Gilmore Girls? Instead, WB ran this d read more
Today's News: My Take | 10/27/2003
After an exhaustive search, Less Than Perfect has finally delivered two actresses to play the lesbian mothers of oddball read more
Televisionary | 2/11/2003
Question: I loved Growing Pains when I was a kid. My question is, didn't Alan Thicke have a talk show before he played J read more

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Joanna Kerns: Credits

Title	Year	Type
Knocked Up (Actor - Alison's Mom)	2007	Movie
Wonderful World of Disney: Growing Pains: Return of the Seavers (Actor - Maggie)	2004	TV Show Series
All Over The Guy (Actor - Lydia, Tom's Mother)	2001	Movie
Girl, Interrupted (Actor - Annette)	1999	Movie
No Dessert Dad, 'Til You Mow The Lawn (Actor - Carol Cochran)	1994	Movie