Joanna Kerns is one of the most popular and richest TV Actress who was born on February 12, 1953 in San Francisco, California, United States. The character was Maggie Seaver, the mother of the show Growing Pains. She was also in the film of 2007 Knocked Up.
She was She played Katherine Heigl‘s mom in the 2007 comedy Knocked Up.’s mother in the comedy Knocked Up.
Kerns was born Joanne Crussie DeVarona in San Francisco, California. Her father, David Thomas DeVarona, was an insurance agent, and her mother, Martha Louise (née Smith), was a clothing store manager. Kerns is the third child of four. She has an older brother and a younger brother, as well as an older sister. Her older sister, Donna de Varona, is an Olympic gold medal swimmer, winning two gold medals in the 1964 Olympics. Their aunt is silent film actress Miriam Cooper.
Growing up, Kerns was constantly in competition with Donna. Kerns stated in an interview, “Donna was the golden girl. There was pressure inside me to duplicate Donna’s success”. Joanna tried swimming, but realized it was not her sport, so she switched to gymnastics. She competed in the Olympic trials in 1968 and ranked 14th out of 28.
She got married to Home Improvement star Richard Kerns in the year 1976. The couple had one daughter named Ashley prior to their split in 1985.
