Joan Darling (née Kugell; born April 14, 1935, Boston, Massachusetts, United States) is an American actress, film and television director and a dramatic arts instructor. Partial filmography as director Edit Steven Spielberg's Amazing Stories (TV series) Magnum, P.I. (TV series) Taxi (TV series) First Love (1977 feature film) ***** S* H (TV series) Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (TV series) Phyllis (TV series) The Mary Tyler Moore Show (TV series) Rhoda (TV series)