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