Irish American actress Erin Moran has fallen on hard times and is living in a trailer park in Indiana.
The 51-year-old is a mere shadow of the beauty who once graced our screens in Happy Days as Joanie Cunningham.
A report the National Enquirer reports that Moran is penniless, living in an Indiana trailer park and looking haggard well beyond her 51 years.
It reports that Moran and husband Steve Fleischmann, 45, are reportedly living hand-to-mouth at the Berkshire Pointe Mobile Home Park in New Salisbury, Ind., where they’re said to be caring for his ailing mom.
Moran was famous as Ron Howard’s wisecracking little sister on Happy Days, one of America’s most beloved sitcoms.
She starred in 236 episodes of the show between 1974 and 1984 before doing her short-lived spin-off ‘Joanie Loves Chachi’.
Moran and her husband lost their Southern California home to foreclosure in 2010.
A family friend said: “Life hasn’t been kind to Erin since the foreclosure of her home.
“She and Steve moved in with his ailing mother at the trailer park a few weeks back. Erin is like an angel to her mother-in-law. She cooks and cleans for her and takes care of her personal hygiene.
“But to look at Erin today you’d never know she was once one of TV’s biggest stars. Her peaches-and-cream complexion is a maze of wrinkles and crow’s feet. She’s aged terribly.” Fleischmann reportedly works with Walmart.
“It’s been a rough few years for Erin and Steve,” said a source familiar with the couple.
“He’s trying to make ends meet by working at Walmart, and all Erin can do is try and get back to work.”
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Switch to the desktop site to post a comment.johnshiel | Apr 25, 2013, 11:10 AM EDT
make that polite and genteel gravitas...
johnshiel | Apr 18, 2013, 09:18 AM EDT
Dear IC, there's a lot wrong with this piece, as previous posters have ably pointed out... (I particularly like the measured gravitas that always arrives from eamonndublin) Seriously, please take a careful look at what is coming from your readers... They and I feel you are drifting off track - this piece is just particularly egregious - and running any sort of trashy story with the remotest connection to "irishamerican"... does prosperity flow from ignoring and offending your readers? and mr counihan and other writers, interns, contributors: what's wrong with telling niall now and then to just cram it?
goldenblade | Feb 12, 2013, 08:48 AM EST
Gosh - bleat bleat bleat, kaydog - or should that be "woof" - Bushville got the US where it is today and Obama has done a lot to rescue you all from living in caravans. Sometimes one wonders about the intellect of posters here - stuck in some incomprehensible groove and bleating the same old shyte.
goldenblade | Dec 31, 2012, 10:40 AM EST
“But to look at Erin today you’d never know she was once one of TV’s biggest stars. Her peaches-and-cream complexion is a maze of wrinkles and crow’s feet. She’s aged terribly.” What an insensitive thing to say. The woman looks good. She's living life and has more bravery and spirit than many of her associates in "tinkletown"(sic).
Frosty38 | Oct 29, 2012, 09:00 AM EDT
Thank god for good friends. She is being helped by one of her TV star from the main star
kaydog1 | Sep 28, 2012, 10:32 AM EDT
I always loved Erin, and I think she looks GREAT for her age. As to her having to live in some Obamaville at this stage in her life, well, she's in good company, along with 5.6 MILLION other American women who are unemployed. I just hope she doesn't have kids to look after, because 50% of all non-college 18 - 20 year olds AND 50% of all college seniors can't find jobs (thanks, Barack!), and there's no basement in a trailer for them to come stay in. Best of Luck to Erin!
Smyrnian | Sep 24, 2012, 06:33 PM EDT
I wish Erin well. She looks great to me. Hope she has nothing but success and happiness in her future.
DaisyBright | Jul 26, 2012, 07:46 PM EDT
I think she looks great- she looks happy and healthy to me and good for her that she's helping a family member. If only a quarter of Hollyweird had a sense of family or any thing other than themselves and giant egos they might actually put out entertainment worth paying for.
Parents | Jul 21, 2012, 12:36 PM EDT
OK so she is being compared to her old self when on the sitcom...ugh how many years ago was that?? This 51 yr old pictured with no makeup is great, she looks good. Of course she has a few wrinkles as all 51 yrs old do unless they have been remove with some sort of intervention. Yes, that is normal. Get out a 30 yr old picture of youself and see if you look the same!
Cyn | Jul 20, 2012, 05:41 PM EDT
She's 51 year old. For the love of god, her looks are not the tragedy here. She looks like a lovely 51 year old woman, normal and without the artifice of botox and surgery. This is what we look like at this age, get over it. Poor dear, she gets no royalties from the reruns, which is in court here in America. Hopefully she will have income and back pay from all that was stolen.
freudig | Jul 19, 2012, 04:05 PM EDT
I agree, Andrew, Scarlett and Curitiba. Her kindheartedness show through Erin's smile.
mreinhar2001 | Jul 16, 2012, 01:06 PM EDT
And how is this not different from anybody else in America living during this depression. She sounds like so many other Americans. Living in a trailer Park is much better than living in one's car or living on the streets.
tlangford55 | Jul 13, 2012, 06:53 PM EDT
hey dublinborn we here in America would rather earn what we have than have the government up is our business all the time
hunter933 | Jul 11, 2012, 10:10 AM EDT
Being a child star does not guarantee to you a life full of entitlements. Her neighbors are living the same life, but they experienced a southern California lifestyle. They are not starving to death. They should have planned many years ago. America is a great country.
Livingindublin | Jul 07, 2012, 02:45 PM EDT
God will reward her for her kindness.
DUBLIN-BORN | Jul 05, 2012, 09:02 AM EDT
SO MUCH FOR THE AMERICAN DREAM !!! DONT YOU HAVE SOCIAL HOUSING OVER THERE OR DO U JUST PUT THEM IN CARAVANS ???
EamonnDublin | Jul 03, 2012, 11:24 AM EDT
What sort of a media outlet is this? Last week we had one of your journalists writing about a homeless barista, who serves the journalist coffee by day and sleeps in the local railway station at night. What did your journalist do? He walked right on by and then used it as a story for his column! Now we have this article by another of your journalists, writing voyeur lover's copy about a woman and her husband and mother who have apparently fallen on hard times. Is "Irish Central" going to do anything about the situation? Apart from splash it on your pages? How would YOU like it? There are many rewards for acts of kindness and care, such as Erin Moran and her husband are providing. Money is the least of those rewards. These lovely people will get THEIR rewards - don't you worry! Even if it's only their conscience. Talking about "conscience" - how's yours? Éamonn, Dublin.
mhichil | Jul 01, 2012, 10:43 PM EDT
you're writing for Murcoch now are ya? how unkind.. you turned a human interest story into tabloid trash with your unwarranted evaluation
CitizenWhy | Jul 01, 2012, 01:10 PM EDT
She's living a life of kindness. That's a version of success.
feliciamaisey | Jun 26, 2012, 09:34 AM EDT
She has batled addiction and a changing economic climate for female actors at a time when she was no longer a bankable commodity for the networks, and she has battled with weight and insecurity, but look at that glint in her eye and that smile, and you know she is the real deal--the kind of person who is not too far removed form the real world that she would pass up on shaking the hand of a fan or knowing how ot prioritize what is important in life--she doesn't look haggard at 52, she looks like life has provided her with an interesting journey and this leg is a little tougher perhaps than some--
Curitiba | Jun 15, 2012, 05:18 PM EDT
I think that is a bit unfair. She looks good for 51.
Danno | Jun 15, 2012, 11:53 AM EDT
The National Enquirer.... The first step toward lack of credibility. What's going on here?
Scarlettkp | Jun 11, 2012, 10:17 PM EDT
She's 51 not 35 and is looking great for her age. It's nice she didn't have plastic surgery or other fake looking procedures. Not everyone is blessed to have, or even keep money or generally have luck in this life. I wish her the best of luck and hope she hangs in there. There's nothing wrong with some hardships in life I'm sure she'll come out on top.
AndrewSB49 | Jun 10, 2012, 11:10 AM EDT
The bigger story is that such a fine news source as Irish Central is quoting the National Enquirer! Erin is still a smashing looking lady with a beautiful smile and I bet the best is yet to come from Erin.
hunter933 | Jun 10, 2012, 10:47 AM EDT
So what?
seamus60 | Jun 07, 2012, 04:29 PM EDT
Best of luck to her for the future.
Silling | Jun 07, 2012, 01:07 PM EDT
Nessagean, Send me her address to Silling, Rue Basse Lacoste 84480 France.
nessagean | Jun 07, 2012, 11:34 AM EDT
I think she should be left alone to live her life in privacy. As far as her looking run down...I've met her and she looked good to me. We all hit hard times. So what. I happen to think she's awesome. Hang in there Erin I love ya girl! Might I add that I am honored to have had the opprtunity to just shake your hand.