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Joanna Kerns (born February 12, 1953) is an American actress and director best known for her role as Maggie Seaver on the family situation comedy
Situation comedy

A situation comedy, usually referred to as a sitcom, is a genre of comedy programs which originated in radio. Today, sitcoms are found almost exclusively on television as one of its dominant narrative forms....
 Growing Pains
Growing Pains

Growing Pains is an United States television Situation comedy that ran on the American Broadcasting Company network from 1985 to 1992.The show's premise is based around the fictional Seaver family, who reside on Long Island, New York....
 from 1985-1992.

s was born Joanne Crussie DeVarona in San Francisco, California
San Francisco, California

The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city in California and the List of United States cities by population in the United States, with a 2007 estimated population of 799,183....
. Her mother, Martha Louise (née Smith), was a clothing store manager, and her father, David Thomas DeVarona, was an insurance agent. She is of Mexican and Irish-American descent.






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Joanna Kerns (born February 12, 1953) is an American actress and director best known for her role as Maggie Seaver on the family situation comedy
Situation comedy

A situation comedy, usually referred to as a sitcom, is a genre of comedy programs which originated in radio. Today, sitcoms are found almost exclusively on television as one of its dominant narrative forms....
 Growing Pains
Growing Pains

Growing Pains is an United States television Situation comedy that ran on the American Broadcasting Company network from 1985 to 1992.The show's premise is based around the fictional Seaver family, who reside on Long Island, New York....
 from 1985-1992.

Early life

Kerns was born Joanne Crussie DeVarona in San Francisco, California
San Francisco, California

The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city in California and the List of United States cities by population in the United States, with a 2007 estimated population of 799,183....
. Her mother, Martha Louise (née Smith), was a clothing store manager, and her father, David Thomas DeVarona, was an insurance agent. She is of Mexican and Irish-American descent. Her older sister, Donna de Varona
Donna de Varona

Donna de Varona is a former United States swimming of Demographics of Mexico and Irish people ancestry.De Varona was the youngest swimmer to compete at the 1960 Summer Olympics, while at the following 1964 Summer Olympics, she won gold medals in the 400 meter individual medley and as a member of the 400 meter freestyle relay....
 is a famed Olympic
Olympic Games

The Olympic Games are an international multi-sport event established for both summer and winter sports. There have been two generations of the Olympic Games; the first were the Ancient Olympic Games held at Olympia, Greece, Greece....
 gold medal
Gold medal

A gold medal is typically the highest medal awarded for achievement in a non-military field. The concept comes from the military, initially with a simple recognition of military rank, and later decorations for admission to military orders dating back to medieval times....
 swimmer. Their aunt is silent film actress Miriam Cooper
Miriam Cooper

Miriam Cooper was an silent film actress who is best known for her work in early film including "Birth of a Nation" and "Intolerance " for D.W....
.

Career

Kerns has appeared in numerous television movie
Television movie

A television movie is a feature film that is produced for and originally distributed by a television network....
s. As a noted director, she's directed episodes of television shows such as Dawson's Creek
Dawson's Creek

Dawson's Creek is an United States primetime television drama which initially aired from January 20, 1998, to May 14, 2003, on The WB Television Network....
, Titans
Titans (TV series)

Titans is a short-lived United States prime time soap opera that debuted on October 4, 2000 on NBC. Thirteen episodes were filmed, of which eleven were actually aired....
, Scrubs
Scrubs (TV series)

Scrubs is an Emmy Award and Peabody Award-winning American comedy-drama that premiered on October 2, 2001, on NBC. It was created by Bill Lawrence and is produced by ABC Studios ....
, Private Practice
Private Practice

Private Practice is a medical drama television program created by Shonda Rhimes. A spin-off of Grey's Anatomy, the series chronicles the life of Addison Montgomery as she leaves Seattle in order to join a medical practice in Los Angeles....
, Psych
Psych

Psych is an Television in the United States comedy television series created by Steve Franks and broadcast on USA Network. The show stars James Roday as Shawn Spencer, a young crime consultant for the Santa Barbara, California Police Department whose "heightened observational skills" and impressive detective instincts allow him to convin...
, Greys Anatomy and Privileged
Privileged

Privileged may refer to:In television:* Privileged , an American television seriesIn film:* The Privileged Planet, a 2004 American documentary...
.

Kerns has also made notable appearances in feature film
Feature film

In the film industry, a feature film is a film made for initial Film distributor in Movie theater and being the "main attraction" of the screening ....
s, including Girl, Interrupted
Girl, Interrupted (film)

Girl, Interrupted is a 1999 in film Oscar Award-winning drama film about a teen's 18-month stay at a mental institution, and stars Winona Ryder and Angelina Jolie....
 and the 2007
2007 in film

The year '2007 in film' saw major releases such as Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix ,The Simpsons Movie, National Treasure: Book of Secrets, Transformers , TMNT , Saw IV, and Live Free or Die Hard as well as releases of third installment films, such as: The Bourne Ultimatum , Pirates of the Caribbean:...
 comedy Knocked Up
Knocked Up

Knocked Up is a 2007 in film Cinema of the United States comedy film, co-produced, written and directed by Judd Apatow. Starring Seth Rogen, Katherine Heigl, Paul Rudd, and Leslie Mann, the film follows the repercussions of a drunken one night stand between Rogen's slacker character and Heigl's just-promoted media personality character th...
.

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