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Dana Plato‌

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1964-11-07

Popularity

star33.8

Dana Plato

Maywood, California, USA

Dana Plato

Maywood, California, USA

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1964-11-07

Popularity

star33.8

Biography

Dana Michelle Plato was born in Maywood, California, on Saturday, November 7, 1964. Dana made an impact on the TV screen when she landed the role of Kimberly Drummond in the TV hit sitcom Diff'rent Strokes (1978) from 1978-1986. After the series ended, Dana had difficulty finding more acting work. Sometimes she would act in a made-for-TV movie or a low- budget silver-screen film. She was married for Lanny Lambert for seven years and they had a son. Plato was arrested in 1991 for robbing a Las Vegas video store and placed on probation; the next year she was arrested again, this time for forging a Valium prescription. She had just finished an interview with Howard Stern in the spring of 1999 when she and her fiancé, Robert Menchaca, were headed back to California. She hoped the interview would revive her stalled career. They stopped at his parents' house in Moore, Oklahoma for a Mother's-Day-weekend visit; on Saturday, May 8, 1999, Dana died of what appeared to be an accidental overdose of the painkiller "Loritab". On May 21, a coroner's inquest ruled her death a suicide because of the large amount of drugs in her body and her history of past suicide attempts. She was 34 years old.

Movie Credits

Blade Boxer

Blade Boxer‌
star0.0
calendar 1997

Insatiable Coeds

Insatiable Coeds‌
star2.3
calendar 2000

Compelling Evidence

Compelling Evidence‌
star4.7
calendar 1995

Night Trap

Night Trap‌
star8.0
calendar 2018

Bikini Beach Race

Bikini Beach Race‌
star2.3
calendar 1992

Different Strokes

Different Strokes‌
star3.6
calendar 1998

Schoolboy Father

Schoolboy Father‌
star2.0
calendar 1980

Tiger

Tiger‌
star0.0
calendar 1997

Return to Boggy Creek

Return to Boggy Creek‌
star3.5
calendar 1977

Millenium Day

Millenium Day‌
star0.0
calendar 1995

California Suite

California Suite‌
star5.8
calendar 1978

Silent Fury

Silent Fury‌
star6.0
calendar 1994

Showbiz Kids

Showbiz Kids‌
star6.9
calendar 2020

Desperation Boulevard

Desperation Boulevard‌
star3.8
calendar 1998

Desperation Boulevard

Desperation Boulevard‌
star3.8
calendar 1998

Kraft Salutes Walt Disney World's 10th Anniversary

Kraft Salutes Walt Disney World's 10th Anniversary‌
star0.0
calendar 1982

Prime Suspect

Prime Suspect‌
star4.0
calendar 1989

High School U.S.A.

High School U.S.A.‌
star5.6
calendar 1983

Beyond the Bermuda Triangle

Beyond the Bermuda Triangle‌
star4.8
calendar 1975

Distortions

Distortions‌
star2.0
calendar 1992

Exorcist II: The Heretic

Exorcist II: The Heretic‌
star4.5
calendar 1977

Pacino is Missing

Pacino is Missing‌
star2.0
calendar 2002

The Hostage

The Hostage‌
star0.0
calendar 1998

Lethal Cowboy

Lethal Cowboy‌
star4.5
calendar 1995

Gary

Gary‌
star6.0
calendar 2024

Tv Credits

Growing Pains

Growing Pains‌
star6.5
calendar 1985

CHiPs

CHiPs‌
star6.8
calendar 1977

The Facts of Life

The Facts of Life‌
star7.0
calendar 1979

Diff'rent Strokes

Diff'rent Strokes‌
star7.0
calendar 1978

E! True Hollywood Story

E! True Hollywood Story‌
star8.1
calendar 1996

Family

Family‌
star7.0
calendar 1976

The Six Million Dollar Man

The Six Million Dollar Man‌
star7.2
calendar 1974

Hello, Larry

Hello, Larry‌
star5.0
calendar 1979