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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
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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:
  • Martha Louise DeVarona - Mother
  • David DeVarona - Father
  • David DeVarona - Brother
  • Kurt DeVarona - Brother
  • Marc Francis Appleton - Husband
  • Ashley Cooper Kerns - Daughter
  • Richard Martin Kerns - Ex-husband
  • Donna DeVarona - Sister
  • College:
  • Attended UCLA, Los Angeles, CA

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