Joanna Kerns

Joanna Kerns

Nacimiento : 1953-02-12, San Francisco, California, USA

Historia

Joanna Kerns is an American film and television actress and director.

Perfil

Joanna Kerns
Joanna Kerns
Joanna Kerns
Joanna Kerns
Joanna Kerns
Joanna Kerns

Películas

Unrest
Associate Producer
En este desgarrador documental, una joven que prepara su tesis doctoral recurre a la cámara para dar visibilidad a su lucha diaria contra el síndrome de fatiga crónica.
Lío embarazoso
Alison's Mom
Allison Scott es una prometedora periodista de 24 años. Sin embargo, después de una noche de juerga con el vago de Ben Stone, descubre que está embarazada. Ante el dilema de enfrentarse sola a la maternidad o bien conocer mejor al padre, opta por lo segundo. Aunque Ben es una persona inmadura, decide afrontar su responsabilidad. Lo malo es que tanto él como Allison no tardan en darse cuenta de que son incompatibles. Para colmo de males, el único ejemplo de jóvenes padres que conocen son Debbie, la agobiada hermana de Allison, y el calzonazos de Pete. En cualquier caso tienen nueve meses para decidirlo.
Growing Pains: Return of the Seavers
Maggie Seaver
Jason and Maggie Seaver are ready to start a new chapter in their lives. The nest is finally empty, they've put the family home up for sale, and they're preparing to spend their retirement years traveling. But all that's easier said than done as Mike and a very pregnant Carol, each with their own agenda for wanting their parents to stay put, team up to sabotage the move. At the same time, little brother Ben, now a realtor, needs the big sale of his parents' home to please his boss. Meanwhile, Chrissie, an aspiring singer, just wants to get out from under her parents' watchful gaze so she can launch her career as a rock star.
Growing Pains: Return of the Seavers
Director
Jason and Maggie Seaver are ready to start a new chapter in their lives. The nest is finally empty, they've put the family home up for sale, and they're preparing to spend their retirement years traveling. But all that's easier said than done as Mike and a very pregnant Carol, each with their own agenda for wanting their parents to stay put, team up to sabotage the move. At the same time, little brother Ben, now a realtor, needs the big sale of his parents' home to please his boss. Meanwhile, Chrissie, an aspiring singer, just wants to get out from under her parents' watchful gaze so she can launch her career as a rock star.
En defensa de nuestros hijos
Director
La madre de Kristyn se extraña de que su hija, con tan sólo 13 años, pase tanto tiempo delante de su nuevo ordenador. Pronto descubre que la joven chatea con un individuo de mediana edad que muestra un claro interés en concertar una cita con su hija. Tan alarmante situación requiere actuar cuanto antes; por eso no duda en denunciar el caso a la policía y haciéndose pasar por una adolescente para atrapar al pedófilo.
La otra pareja
Lydia
EEUU /// Eli y Tom son dos veinteañeros gays cuya primera cita resulta un desastre, porque ambos se dan cuenta de que sus caracteres son completamente diferentes. Pero parece que el destino, aliado con sus amigos, ha decidido que se enamoren, a pesar de que ellos hacen todo lo posible por evitarlo.
Los problemas crecen, la película
Maggie Seaver
Tras abandonar su cargo como secretaria de prensa del diputado por Nueva york, Maggie decide presentarse a las elecciones, enfrentándose a su jefe. Cuenta con el apoyo de un equipo muy especial: su familia, aunque algunos, como Carol, colaboran a disgusto.
Inocencia interrumpida
Annette
Año 1967. Susanna Kaysen, de 17 años, es como la mayoría de las chicas americanas de su edad: está confusa, se siente insegura y lucha por entender el mundo que la rodea. Su psiquiatra decide ingresarla en el Hospital Claymoore, diagnosticándole un trastorno de la personalidad, que se manifiesta a través de una gran inseguridad respecto a la propia imagen, a los objetivos a largo plazo y a los amigos. En el centro Susanna conoce a Lisa, Georgina, Polly y Janet, un grupo de chicas inadaptadas con las que entabla una estrecha amistad y que, además, le muestran el camino para encontrarse a sí misma.
At the Mercy of a Stranger
Elizabeth Cooper
When Thomas, a prominent doctor, hires a hitman to murder his wife, Elizabeth, the hitman decides to help Elizabeth after realizing she is not the person Thomas painted her to be. Together, they plot a way for Thomas to incriminate himself and get arrested.
Emma's Wish
Emma Bridges-Mame
A lonely retirement home resident obtains a magical ring on her 75th birthday which grants her wish to again be young. Awakening the next morning she finds herself to be 40 years old again. She leaves the home and takes a position as a housekeeper for her daughter, who does not recognize her.
La otra hermana
Gail Connelly Metzger
Una mujer (Joanna Kerns), en desacuerdo con su hermana excéntrica (Debrah Farentino) sobre un acuerdo de bienes, se convierte en el principal sospechosa de su muerte.
Falso asesinato
Celeste Cooper
Celeste Cooper (Joanna Kerns), una mujer protectora y obsesionada con la reputación y con poder considerar a su familia como de alta clase social, desea que su hija Laurel (Christine Elise) encuentre a un hombre de buena posición económica con el que casarse. Pero cuando ésta se enamora y se casa con un atractivo mecánico (Grant Show) la madre decide contratar a un asesino a sueldo para que mate a su yerno.
Terror in the Family
Cynthia Marten
Deena (Hilary Swank) es una chica rebelde de 15 años que sufre un cambio radical de actitud cuando empieza a salir con un misterioso chico llamado Garrett al que todavía no ha presentado en su casa. Sus padres se muestran cada vez más preocupados por la actitud de su hija, que ni tan solo acude a clase y cada vez muestra un carácter más violento. Sus padres no pueden imponer su autoridad, y la situación se complica de tal manera que Deena se ve obligada a vivir con su tía después de ser acusada de abuso psicológico hacia sus padres. (FILMAFFINITY)
No One Could Protect Her
Jessica Rayner
Fact-based drama about a smalltown rape victim who helps the police trap her attacker who has invaded her home again and again.
Whose Daughter is She?
Laura Eagerton
Whose Daughter is She?
See Jane Run
Jane Ravenson
Jane is a woman who does not remember her husband nor her daughter who has died some years ago because of a severe amnesia. As she suffers this loss of memory she has some paranormal sensations feeling that something strange and terrible will happen...
Pánico en el hospital
Dr. Jennifer Kessler
Una brillante científica encuentra el enlace oculto que puede salvar millones de vidas, pero cuando unos locos matones tienen en su poder esa misma información, millones de personas entran en peligro. La doctora Jennifer Kessler luchará a contracorriente por encontrar la verdad en un extraño mundo de intriga, pasión y polémicos secretos médicos.
No Dessert, Dad, Till You Mow the Lawn
Carol Cochran
A couple manages to quit smoking by using hypnosis, but then their children decide to use it to manipulate their parents into more submissive behavior.
Shameful Secrets
Maryanne Walker-Tate
Behind the facade of a perfect suburban life lies a secret and insufferable nightmare: a woman and her children are subjected to their father's unpredictable temper and violent outbursts. Fearing for their safety and perhaps their lives, the frightened mother and her children make their daring escape, assuming new identities and going underground to hide from their tormentor. However, the family's refuge from danger is only temporary...in order to be truly free from fear, they must bravely come out of the shadows and confront their enemy face to face
The Man with Three Wives
Katy
A married doctor marries two other women and juggles a life with three wives.
Not in My Family
Veronica Ricci
A new mother is haunted by postpartum depression. Based on a true story.
Desperate Choices: To Save My Child
Mel Robbins
Sixteen-year-old Cassie Robbins is a spirited teenage girl, who loves her father Richard and stepmother Mel and dotes on her six-year-old half-brother Willy. But her carefree, happy life is forever changed when she is diagnosed with leukeamia and her only hope of a cure lies in a bone-marrow transplant. However, when Willy proves to be a match, Mel is not-so-willing to allow her young son to undergo surgery as he nearly died the last time he was operated on after reacting badly to the anaesthetic. Mel and Richard now have to decide if it right to risk the life of one of their children to save the life of the other child. And of Willy's own rights in deciding if he should help the sister he hero-worships...?
The Nightman
Co-Executive Producer
A drifter comes between an aging Southern beauty and her teenaged daughter.
The Nightman
Eve
A drifter comes between an aging Southern beauty and her teenaged daughter.
Captive
Kathy Plunk
Paul and Kathy Plunk buy a small motel in a lonesome mountain region in Oregon. Their newfound tranquility is broken by a pair of guests who turn out to be wanted criminals on run from the police. They need money, so they assault the Plunks, force them to withdraw all their money from the bank. But the nightmare just begins as they take the Plunks and their baby with them as hostages.
Intenciones asesinas
Sally
Un doctor fue enviado a prisión por el asesinato de su primera mujer.
The Great Los Angeles Earthquake
Dr. Clare Winslow
Después de una serie de pequeños temblores en Los Ángeles, la Dra. Clare Winslow, una sismóloga local, señala la ubicación exacta y la hora en que el terremoto tan esperado, "The Big One", azotará el sur de California. Con esta información, ella debe luchar contra los funcionarios de la ciudad para divulgar esta información al público en general. Además, espera que su familia esté fuera de peligro cuando ocurra el terremoto. Las subtramas muestran cómo otras familias y personas se enfrentan a los temblores que azotan al inminente "Gran Uno".
Voices That Care
Self - Choir Member
Behind the scenes making of the charity single "Voices That Care".
The Preppie Murder
Linda Fairstein
This is the story of a young woman who was found dead. Now the police investigate, and evidence points to a man she was seen leaving a party with. Now when questioned, he claims that her death was accidental, as a result of rough sex. Now her family doesn't believe this, so they press the district attorney's office to try him for murder, but he has a good lawyer who plays his defense right down to putting the dead girl on trial.
Those She Left Behind
Diane Pappas
Scott and Sue Grimes are a happily married and affluent young couple who are about to start a family together. Unfortunately, that plan gets turned completely upside-down when Sue dies suddenly and unexpectedly while giving birth to their daughter. Now in the aftermath, Scott not only has to deal with the loss of his wife, he also has the daunting task of raising his daughter all alone.
La loca aventura del matrimonio
Joanna Kerns (uncredited)
Una pareja de jóvenes, Jack y Kristy, decide dar un paso muy importante en sus vidas: casarse. Compartirlo todo definitivamente, el comienzo de una vida común, es toda una aventura, la ilusión rige cada uno de sus actos y son felices amueblando el nuevo hogar y comprando coche nuevo. Pero todo se complica para ambos cuando Kristy se queda embarazada.
Una cita especial
Nancy
David y Kathy se preparan para su tercera cita. Sin embargo a ninguno de los dos les apetece, no porque no se gusten, sino todo lo contrario porque creen que se están enamorando y en sus dos anteriores salidas, se han dicho tantas mentiras que ahora ya no saben cómo salir de este lío.
Street Justice
Catherine Watson
A forgotten CIA agent escapes after 12 years and returns to his corrupt New Jersey hometown.
Love Struck
Love Struck is a 1986 short film directed by Richard Masur, starring John Simon Jones and Judge Reinhold. In this modern American romance, an awkward, lovable girl goes after her crush. The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film.
The Rape of Richard Beck
Anita Parrish
The tables turn for cynical police officer Richard Beck when he's viciously attacked by two homicidal crooks. Having never been empathetic toward the victims he's dealt with on a daily basis, Beck must now confront the tough system he was a part of. As he struggles to regain his status at work, he also must make sure those responsible for his attack are prosecuted.
Stormin' Home
Lana Singer
An aging motor-cross racer, already having lost his wife and daughter to his footlooseness and now about to have his semi-tractor cab repossessed, vows to make one last go of it on his bike in the race of his career.
A Bunny's Tale
Andrea
A dramatization of Gloria Steinem's undercover investigation of the working conditions Bunnies faced at the Playboy Clubs.
The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D.
Pamela Saletta
Marcus Welby is back, and he has a few problems. First he is trying to bridge the gap between an old friend of his who gave up practicing medicine in favor of being the hospital administrator, and his son who is now a doctor and who is currently treating and romancing a woman who has kidney problems. And one of his patients an expectant mother is in an accident along with her husband and her husband dies. She blames Mark and is refusing to bond with her new baby. And the hospital that he has been serving faithfully for years is considering letting some of their elderly staff members go and Mark is on top of the list.
Mother's Day on Waltons Mountain
Doris Marshall
Mary Ellen marries Jonesy but they don't exactly have a good start.
A Wedding on Waltons Mountain
Doris Marshall
Erin Walton is considering marrying her boyfriend Paul but her old boyfriend Ashley, who left for the war and married someone else, lived through his wife's death and would like to get Erin back, but Paul is not going to give her up so easily. Also Mary Ellen's boyfriend Jonesy who's a veterinarian is trying to establish a practice but everybody doesn't think he is competent. And Ben who has been minding the lumber business while their father's with their ailing mother in Arizona is having some problems and everybody's worried that he's digging himself a hole that he might not get out of.
Marriage Is Alive and Well
Meg
A talented wedding photographer, at a crossroads with his own marriage, reflects on tales of past clients and the hope, adversity and romance that holy matrimony brings. Starring as the photographer, football great Joe Namath narrates the unconventional tales of three couples: Judd Hirsch and Melinda Dillon as a twosome who have married and divorced multiple times and who are on the verge of repeating their mistake; an anxious newlywed who prefers the "freedom" that living together allows; and Jack Albertson as an aging comedian who wants to marry his much younger secretary despite the disapproval of his son.
Coma
Diane
Dos jóvenes médicos internos, Susan Wheeler y Mark Bellows, hacen su período de prácticas en el Boston Memorial Hospital. Casualmente, una joven amiga suya sufre una inesperada reacción a la anestesía que le provoca un coma. Esta situación da pie a que Susan descubra una macabra organización que funciona amparada por la eficaz asistencia hospitalaria del centro.
The Million Dollar Rip-Off
Jessie
An electronics genius, who is an ex-con, and four of his lady friends devise a plot to steal millions of dollars from the Chicago Transit Authority. A detective, who had been keeping tabs on him since he got out of prison, suspects that he is up to something and tries to catch him at it.
El gorila ataca
Marilyn Baker
Un recien descubierto gorila gigante escapa de un carguero frente a la costa de Korea. Al mismo tiempo una actriz americana está rodando una película en el país. El caos se desata cuando el primate la rapta y arrasa Seul a su paso.
It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman!
Citizen (uncredited)
TV adaptation of the campy 1960s Broadway musical about the Man of Steel, his friends, his enemies, and his self-image problems.