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Erin Moran
Burbank, California, USA
Moran's first acting role was at the age of five, in a television commercial for First Federal Bank. At the age of six, she was cast as Jenny Jones in the television series Daktar…
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Moran's first acting role was at the age of five, in a television commercial for First Federal Bank. At the age of six, she was cast as Jenny Jones in the television series Daktari, which ran from 1966 to 1969. She made her feature-film debut in How Sweet It Is! (1968) with Debbie Reynolds, and made regular appearances on The Don Rickles Show in 1972, and guest appearances in The Courtship of Eddie's Father, My Three Sons, Bearcats!, and Family Affair. As a young child, she also appeared in the television series Gunsmoke. In 1974, at the age of 13, Moran was cast to play her best known role, Joanie Cunningham on the sitcom Happy Days, the feisty younger sister of Richie Cunningham (Ron Howard). Moran continued the role in 1982, in the short-lived spin-off series Joanie Loves Chachi, alongside Scott Baio, although she later stated that she had only reluctantly agreed to star in the series; she would have preferred to remain with Happy Days. She won the Young Artist Award for Best Young Actress in a New Television Series for her role. After Joanie Loves Chachi's cancellation in 1983, she returned to Happy Days for its final season. In 1983, Moran said in an interview that the Happy Days producers had pressured her to change from about the age of 15: they had "suddenly wanted me to lose weight and become this sexy thing."
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2011
Not Another B Movie
Movie Mrs. Klien
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2011
Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored
Movie Joanie Cunningham (archive footage)
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2009
Celebrity Ghost Stories
TV show Self
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2005
Celebrity Fit Club
TV show Self - Contestant
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2003
Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star
Movie Self
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2003
ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration
Movie Self
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1998
Desperation Boulevard
Movie Self
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1996
Dear God
Movie Erin Moran
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1993
Diagnosis: Murder
TV show Cynthia Bennett
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1984
Murder, She Wrote
TV show Maggie Roberts
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1982
Hotel
TV show Karen Donnelly
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1982
Joanie Loves Chachi
TV show Joanie Cunningham
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1981
Twirl
Movie Bonnie Lee Jordan
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1981
Galaxy of Terror
Movie Alumna
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1979
$weepstake$
TV show
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1979
Sitcom: The Adventures of Garry Marshall
Movie Self
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1977
The Love Boat
TV show Joanne Morgan
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1976
The Captain and Tennille
TV show Self - Guest
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1974
Dinah!
TV show Self
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1974
Happy Days
TV show Joanie Cunningham
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1973
Lisa, Bright and Dark
Movie Tracy Schilling
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1970
Watermelon Man
Movie Janice Gerber
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1969
The Happy Ending
Movie Marge as a Child (uncredited)
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1969
80 Steps to Jonah
Movie Kim
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1969
The Courtship of Eddie's Father
TV show Emily Ruth Gustafson
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1968
How Sweet It Is!
Movie Little Girl
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1967
Who's Minding the Mint?
Movie Little Girl on Tricycle
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1966
Daktari
TV show Jenny Jones
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1965
The F.B.I.
TV show Prager's Daughter
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1962
The Merv Griffin Show
TV show Self
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1961
The Mike Douglas Show
TV show Self
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1960
My Three Sons
TV show
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1955
Gunsmoke
TV show Rachel Parker
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1944
Golden Globe Awards
TV show Self
