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- Birth nameErin Marie Moran
- Height5′ 3″ (1.60 m)
- Born in Burbank, California, USA on October 18, 1960, Erin Moran was the youngest daughter of Sharon and Edward Moran, who have five other children. She attended Walter Reed Junior High School for one year and North Hollywood High School for another year. Her first professional acting job was in a TV commercial. She played Richie Cunningham's baby sister, Joanie Cunningham, on ABC's Happy Days (1974); however, this was not Erin's first major TV series. She was a regular on the series, Daktari (1966). She has also made guest appearances on TV series such as The Waltons (1972), Family Affair (1966), My Three Sons (1960), The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1969), Gunsmoke (1955), The Smith Family (1971), and The F.B.I. (1965).
Erin Moran has worked on feature films with Debbie Reynolds in How Sweet It Is! (1968), with Godfrey Cambridge in Watermelon Man (1970), and with Wayne Newton in 80 Steps to Jonah (1969).
Like many other child actors, Erin had difficulty finding roles as an adult. Following the cancellation of Happy Days (1974) in 1984, she made occasional guest appearances on scripted and reality shows. She eventually moved away from Hollywood after her home was foreclosed on.
On April 22, 2017, she died in Corydon, Indiana, where she had been living with her husband of 23 years; she was 56 years old.- IMDb Mini Biography By: anonymous
- SpousesSteven Fleischmann(November 23, 1993 - April 22, 2017) (her death)Rocky Ferguson(1987 - 1993) (divorced)
- ChildrenNo Children
- ParentsSharon Jo LayneEdward Earl Moran Jr.
- RelativesKelly Moran(Sibling)John Moran(Sibling)Tony Moran(Sibling)
- Natural brunette hair
- Light blue eyes
- Deep sultry voice
- Her bright smile
- In 2012, with her Happy Days (1974) co-stars Anson Williams, Marion Ross, Don Most, and the widow of Tom Bosley, she sued CBS and Paramount for $10 million, claiming they never received merchandise royalties they were owed under their contracts. The case was settled out of court.
- Actress Susan Neher was the original Joanie Cunningham in Love and the Happy Days/Love and the Newscasters (1972), which was basically the pilot for Happy Days (1974). Moran eventually took the role of Joanie, at the request of Anson Williams, who had worked with her in Lisa, Bright and Dark (1973).
- Her acting mentor was Tom Bosley.
- Resided briefly in Tucker County, WV, in the late 1980s in the home of a relative of her first husband. She was sometimes confused for a local resident "lookalike".
- Winner, 2008 Fox Reality Channel Really Award for "Favorite Altered State" for her appearance in Celebrity Fit Club (2005).
- [on growing up as Joanie on Happy Days (1974)] When I was fifteen, they suddenly wanted me to lose weight and become this sexy thing.
- Happy Days (1974) - $900 per episode ( Season 3)
- Happy Days (1974) - $650 per episode (Season 1)
- Happy Days (1974) - $750 per episode (Season 2)
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