Dana Plato

Dana Michelle Plato (November 7, 1964 - May 8, 1999) was an American actress who became famous playing the role of Kimberly Drummond in the U.S. television sitcom Diff'rent Strokes. Plato was born in Maywood, California and grew up in the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles.

Plato was fired from Diff'rent Strokes when she became pregnant and her career slumped after the show, with appearances in low-budget films, including some soft-core pornography, and in some minor roles in made for TV movies. She had a starring role in the pioneering and wildly controversial live action video game Night Trap in 1992. She also had repeated drug and alcohol problems.

Plato appeared partially nude in Prime Suspect (1988), Compelling Evidence (1995), and Different Strokes (a.k.a. Different Strokes: The story of Jack and Jill... and Jill) (1997). She was also the feature of a Playboy pictorial in 1989.

Her one year marriage to Lanny Lambert produced a son, Tyler Lambert (born 1985). She was arrested in 1991 for robbing a video store in Las Vegas, but was placed on probation. The following year Plato was arrested again, this time for forging a prescription for Valium.

In 1999 she and Lambert were returning to California following Plato's appearance on the Howard Stern show, hoping to revive her stagnant career. They stopped at Lambert's mother's home in Moore, Oklahoma for a Mother's Day visit, where she died of a prescription drug overdose. Her death was subsequently ruled a suicide.

Of the child stars on Diff'rent Strokes, Plato got into the most trouble, while Gary Coleman and Todd Bridges are still alive. Coleman, in fact, ran for Governor of California during the 2003 recall election.


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Coleman, in fact, ran for Governor of California during the 2003 recall election.
References: Lillian Russell (http://reference.allrefer.com/encyclopedia/R/RusslL.html). Of the child stars on Diff'rent Strokes, Plato got into the most trouble, while Gary Coleman and Todd Bridges are still alive. On her passing in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1922, Russell was interred in the Allegheny Cemetery in Lawrenceville, Pennsylvania. Her death was subsequently ruled a suicide. She performed with a variety of opera companies including the company of the Casino Theater in New York and the company of Weber and Fields. They stopped at Lambert's mother's home in Moore, Oklahoma for a Mother's Day visit, where she died of a prescription drug overdose. Among her most well-known roles were in Gilbert and Sullivan's Patience and The Sorcerer as well as Jacques Offenbach's The Princess of Trebizonde, The Brigands, and The Grand Duchess.

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She also had repeated drug and alcohol problems. At the age of 18, she and her mother left for New York where Helen was offered a role in the chorus of Gilbert and Sullivan's operetta H.M.S. Pinafore. She had a starring role in the pioneering and wildly controversial live action video game Night Trap in 1992. Little is known of her early life except that she had some musical training in Chicago. Plato was fired from Diff'rent Strokes when she became pregnant and her career slumped after the show, with appearances in low-budget films, including some soft-core pornography, and in some minor roles in made for TV movies. Born in Clinton, Iowa in 1861, Helen Louise Leonard would become one of the most famous and beautiful actresses of the late 19th century and early 20th century. Plato was born in Maywood, California and grew up in the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles. Lillian Russell (Helen Louise Leonard) (December 4, 1861 - June 6, 1922) was an American actress and singer.

television sitcom Diff'rent Strokes. Dana Michelle Plato (November 7, 1964 - May 8, 1999) was an American actress who became famous playing the role of Kimberly Drummond in the U.S.