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.
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.
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Filmography (Movies)
Gary
Character:Archive footage
Release Date:28/08/2024
Pacino is Missing
Character:Prosecuting Attorney
Release Date:01/01/2002
Insatiable Coeds
Character:Piano Teacher's Wife (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:01/01/2000
Different Strokes
Character:Jill Martin
Release Date:25/06/1998
Desperation Boulevard
Character:Herself
Release Date:01/06/1998
The Hostage
Character:Leslie
Release Date:01/01/1998
Blade Boxer
Character:
Release Date:27/10/1997
Tiger
Character:Andrea Baker
Release Date:01/01/1997
Lethal Cowboy
Character:Elizabeth
Release Date:01/09/1995
Compelling Evidence
Character:Dana Fields
Release Date:01/01/1995
Millenium Day
Character:Pacifica
Release Date:01/01/1995
Silent Fury
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1994
Night Trap
Character:Kelly
Release Date:15/10/1992
Bikini Beach Race
Character:J.D.
Release Date:01/01/1992
Distortions
Character:Deborah Nichols
Release Date:01/01/1992
Prime Suspect
Character:Diana Masters
Release Date:01/01/1989
High School U.S.A.
Character:Cara Ames
Release Date:16/10/1983
Kraft Salutes Walt Disney World's 10th Anniversary
Character:Daughter
Release Date:21/01/1982
Schoolboy Father
Character:Daisy Dallenger
Release Date:15/10/1980
California Suite
Character:Jenny
Release Date:19/03/1978
Return to Boggy Creek
Character:Evie Jo
Release Date:29/07/1977
Exorcist II: The Heretic
Character:Sandra Phalor (uncredited)
Release Date:17/06/1977
Beyond the Bermuda Triangle
Character:Wendy
Release Date:06/11/1975
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