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Dana Plato
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Dana Plato
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1964-11-07,Maywood, California, USA
Gender
Female
Biography
Dana Michelle Plato (November 7, 1964 — May 8, 1999) was born in Maywood, California. 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.

Filmography

8

Blade Boxer
1997-10-27

Insatiable Coeds

2

Insatiable Coeds
2000-01-01

Compelling Evidence

4.5

Compelling Evidence
1995-01-01

6

Night Trap
1992-10-15

Bikini Beach Race

2.667

Bikini Beach Race
1992-01-01

Different Strokes

4.231

Different Strokes
1998-06-25

Schoolboy Father

4.3

Schoolboy Father
1980-10-15

7

Tiger
1998-11-07

Return to Boggy Creek

4.5

Return to Boggy Creek
1977-07-29

7

Millenium Day
1995-01-01

California Suite

5.837

California Suite
1978-03-19

7.5

Silent Fury
1994-01-01

Desperation Boulevard

4.714

Desperation Boulevard
1998-06-01

Kraft Salutes Walt Disney World's 10th Anniversary

8

Kraft Salutes Walt Disney World's 10th Anniversary
1982-01-21

4.143

Prime Suspect
1989-01-01

High School U.S.A.

5.543

High School U.S.A.
1983-10-16

Beyond the Bermuda Triangle

5

Beyond the Bermuda Triangle
1975-11-06

5.667

Distortions
1992-01-01

Exorcist II: The Heretic

4.6

Exorcist II: The Heretic
1977-06-17

Pacino is Missing

5

Pacino is Missing
2002-01-01

5.5

The Hostage
1998-01-01

5.667

Lethal Cowboy
1995-09-01

6.2

Gary
2024-08-28

6.5

Growing Pains
1985-09-24

6.853

CHiPs
1977-09-15

The Facts of Life

7.1

The Facts of Life
1979-08-24

Diff'rent Strokes

7.09

Diff'rent Strokes
1978-11-03

E! True Hollywood Story

8.15

E! True Hollywood Story
1996-08-21

7.188

Family
1976-03-09

The Six Million Dollar Man

7.272

The Six Million Dollar Man
1974-01-18

6

Hello, Larry
1979-01-26

Hollywood Demons

6.75

Hollywood Demons
2025-03-24