Actress Erin Moran was born on October 18, 1960 in Burbank, California. She is the youngest child and has five other siblings. Her parents were so strict that they punished her when she went trick or treating around the neighborhood. She entered the limelight as early as six, when she appeared in a TV commercial. She studied at St. Charles Borremeo Elementary School, Walter Reed Junior High School and North Hollywood High School.
Erin Moran is most famous for playing Joanie Cunningham on the Golden Globe-winning TV series
Happy Days, which was aired over ABC. She played the same role on its spin-off show
Joanie Loves Chachi, where she starred opposite Scott Baio. Her other notable TV appearances were on shows
Diagnosis Murder, Daktari, The Love Boat, Family Affairs, The Courtship of Eddie's Father and
Murder, She Wrote.
Erin Moran's big screen debut was in the 1968 film
How Sweet it Is! She also portrayed the roles Kim in 8
0 Steps to Jonah, Alluma in
Galaxy of Terror, Janice Gerber in
Watermelon Man, Bonnie Lee Jordan in
Twirl and Mrs. Watkins in
Broken Promise. She wanted to play lead role Regan MacNeil in the horror film
The Exorcist but her parents disapproved of her plans.
Erin did voice-over for the 1977 animated fantasy film
The Magic Pony.
She also ranked 71st on VH1's list of 100 Greatest Kid Stars.
Erin Moran is one of the new participants on VH1's reality TV series
Celebrity Fit Club: Boot Camp. The show divides the 8 contestants into two groups and the teams are given several physical challenges every week. Each members are also weighed regularly to see if they achieved their target goal weights. A team composed of a nutritionist, a psychologist and a physical trainer oversees the participants.
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