RIP: Erin Moran, Joanie of 'Happy Days' Dead at 56
Posted by: Timothy Tibbetts on 04/23/2017 06:08 AM
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Those of us growing up in the Happy Days era will be saddened to hear that Erin Moran, the actor who played Joanie Cunningham in the sitcoms "Happy Days" and "Joanie Loves Chachi," has died.
Police in Harrison County, Indiana, said that she had been found unresponsive Saturday after authorities received a 911 call. She was 56, and the cause of death has not been determined.
Moran had endured numerous struggles in recent years. Her personal life isn't well documented but it is believed she suffered from depression and possibly bipolar. She was also known to have a drug addiction and just didn't seem to have a happy life. She was recently evicted from her trailer park and was couch surfing and staying in cheap hotels.
I truly hope she does rest in peace.
According to Wikipedia:
"At the age of six, she was cast as Jenny Jones in the television series Daktari, which ran from 1966 to 1969. In 1968, she made her feature-film debut in How Sweet It Is! with Debbie Reynolds. She appeared in 80 Steps to Jonah (1969) and Watermelon Man (1970). She made regular appearances on The Don Rickles Show in 1972. She made guest appearances in The Courtship of Eddie's Father, My Three Sons, Bearcats! and Family Affair. As a young child, she was also on the television series Gunsmoke.
In 1974 at the age of thirteen, Moran was cast to play her best-known role, Joanie Cunningham on the sitcom Happy Days. She played 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. 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.
Moran made several other television guest appearances, including The Love Boat, Murder, She Wrote, and Diagnosis: Murder. In 2008, she was a contestant on VH1's reality show Celebrity Fit Club.
In 2010, she made an appearance in the independent comedy feature Not Another B Movie. In 2013, despite reports that she would be reunited with Happy Days co-stars Henry Winkler, Ron Howard, and Scott Baio in the fourth season of Arrested Development, she did not appear in the revamped Netflix series."
Police in Harrison County, Indiana, said that she had been found unresponsive Saturday after authorities received a 911 call. She was 56, and the cause of death has not been determined.
Moran had endured numerous struggles in recent years. Her personal life isn't well documented but it is believed she suffered from depression and possibly bipolar. She was also known to have a drug addiction and just didn't seem to have a happy life. She was recently evicted from her trailer park and was couch surfing and staying in cheap hotels.
I truly hope she does rest in peace.
According to Wikipedia:
"At the age of six, she was cast as Jenny Jones in the television series Daktari, which ran from 1966 to 1969. In 1968, she made her feature-film debut in How Sweet It Is! with Debbie Reynolds. She appeared in 80 Steps to Jonah (1969) and Watermelon Man (1970). She made regular appearances on The Don Rickles Show in 1972. She made guest appearances in The Courtship of Eddie's Father, My Three Sons, Bearcats! and Family Affair. As a young child, she was also on the television series Gunsmoke.
In 1974 at the age of thirteen, Moran was cast to play her best-known role, Joanie Cunningham on the sitcom Happy Days. She played 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. 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.
Moran made several other television guest appearances, including The Love Boat, Murder, She Wrote, and Diagnosis: Murder. In 2008, she was a contestant on VH1's reality show Celebrity Fit Club.
In 2010, she made an appearance in the independent comedy feature Not Another B Movie. In 2013, despite reports that she would be reunited with Happy Days co-stars Henry Winkler, Ron Howard, and Scott Baio in the fourth season of Arrested Development, she did not appear in the revamped Netflix series."
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