Erin Moran
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 18, 1960
- Died
- April 22, 2017 (aged 56)
- Birthplace
- Burbank, California, USA
Biography
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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Filmography
Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored
Movie · as Joanie Cunningham (archive footage)
Not Another B Movie
Movie · as Mrs. Klien
Celebrity Ghost Stories
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Celebrity Fit Club
TV · as Self - Contestant · 8 eps
Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star
Movie · as Self
ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration
Movie · as Self
Desperation Boulevard
Movie · as Self
Dear God
Movie · as Erin Moran
Diagnosis: Murder
TV · as Cynthia Bennett · 1 ep
Murder, She Wrote
TV · as Maggie Roberts · 1 ep
Joanie Loves Chachi
TV · as Joanie Cunningham · 17 eps
Hotel
TV · as Karen Donnelly · 1 ep
Galaxy of Terror
Movie · as Alumna
Twirl
Movie · as Bonnie Lee Jordan
Sitcom: The Adventures of Garry Marshall
Movie · as Self
$weepstake$
TV · 1 ep
The Love Boat
TV · as Joanne Morgan, Carrie Walker, Barbara Blatnick · 2 eps
The Captain and Tennille
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Happy Days
TV · as Joanie Cunningham · 230 eps
Dinah!
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Lisa, Bright and Dark
Movie · as Tracy Schilling
Watermelon Man
Movie · as Janice Gerber
80 Steps to Jonah
Movie · as Kim
The Happy Ending
Movie · as Marge as a Child (uncredited)
The Courtship of Eddie's Father
TV · as Emily Ruth Gustafson · 1 ep
How Sweet It Is!
Movie · as Little Girl
Who's Minding the Mint?
Movie · as Little Girl on Tricycle
Daktari
TV · as Jenny Jones · 15 eps
The F.B.I.
TV · as Prager's Daughter · 1 ep
The Merv Griffin Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Mike Douglas Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
My Three Sons
TV · 1 ep
Gunsmoke
TV · as Rachel Parker, Jenny · 1 ep
Golden Globe Awards
TV · as Self · 1 ep