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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."

Known For

4.8

Mrs. Klien

Not Another B Movie

2011

0.0

Joanie Cunningham (archive footage)

Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored

2011

7.3

Self

Celebrity Ghost Stories

2009

10.0

Self - Contestant

Celebrity Fit Club

2005

5.1

Self

Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star

2003

4.0

Self

Desperation Boulevard

1998

5.5

Erin Moran

Dear God

1996

7.1

Cynthia Bennett

Diagnosis: Murder

1993

7.5

Maggie Roberts

Murder, She Wrote

1984

6.8

Hotel

1982

Credits

Not Another B Movie

as Mrs. Klien

2011

4.8

Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored

as Joanie Cunningham (archive footage)

2011

0.0

Celebrity Ghost Stories

as Self

2009

7.3

Celebrity Fit Club

as Self - Contestant

2005

10.0

Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star

as Self

2003

5.1

Desperation Boulevard

as Self

1998

4.0

Dear God

as Erin Moran

1996

5.5

Diagnosis: Murder

as Cynthia Bennett

1993

7.1

Murder, She Wrote

as Maggie Roberts

1984

7.5

Hotel

1982

6.8

Joanie Loves Chachi

as Joanie Cunningham

1982

5.1

Twirl

as Bonnie Lee Jordan

1981

3.5

Galaxy of Terror

as Alumna

1981

5.3

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Sitcom: The Adventures of Garry Marshall

as Self

1979

0.0

The Love Boat

as Joanne Morgan

1977

6.3

The Love Boat

as Carrie Walker

1977

6.3

The Love Boat

as Barbara Blatnick

1977

6.3

Dinah!

as Self

1974

6.7

Happy Days

as Joanie Cunningham

1974

7.6

Lisa, Bright and Dark

as Tracy Schilling

1973

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Watermelon Man

as Janice Gerber

1970

6.4

The Happy Ending

as Marge as a Child (uncredited)

1969

6.0

80 Steps to Jonah

as Kim

1969

4.6

The Courtship of Eddie's Father

as Emily Ruth Gustafson

1969

6.0

How Sweet It Is!

as Laurie

1968

7.4

Who's Minding the Mint?

as Little Girl on Tricycle

1967

7.0

Daktari

as Jenny Jones

1966

7.0

The F.B.I.

as Prager's Daughter

1965

5.5

The Merv Griffin Show

as Self

1962

5.8

My Three Sons

1960

6.5

Gunsmoke

as Rachel Parker

1955

6.6

Gunsmoke

as Jenny

1955

6.6

Golden Globe Awards

as Self

1944

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