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Dana Michelle Plato (née Strain; November 7, 1964 – May 8, 1999) [2] [3] was an American actress. She rose to fame for playing Kimberly Drummond on the sitcom Diff'rent Strokes (1978–1986), which established her as a teen idol of the late 1970s and early 1980s. [4]
Kimberly Drummond was portrayed by Dana Plato. She was the only biological child and daughter of wealthy widower , Phillip Drummond ( Conrad Bain ). She was born on Park Avenue in New York City on October 22, 1964.
Diff'rent Strokes is an American television sitcom, which aired on NBC from November 3, 1978, to May 4, 1985, and on ABC from September 27, 1985, to March 7, 1986. [2] The series stars Gary Coleman and Todd Bridges as Arnold and Willis Jackson, respectively, who are two boys from Harlem taken in by a wealthy Park Avenue businessman and his daughter.
Gary Coleman as Arnold Jackson, Todd Bridges as Willis Jackson, Dana Plato as Kimberly Drummond and Conrad Bain as Philip Drummond on 'Diff'rent Strokes' in the 1980s.
Drummond, Willis and Arnold all have different interpretations of what happened, but Pearl, who was in the kitchen and saw everything, tells Kimberly what really took place. Note : The episode title and plot device of the story are inspired by the movie Rashomon .
Already cast in the “Diff’rent Strokes” installment are John Lithgow as Mr.Drummond, Kevin Hart playing Arnold, Damon Wayans as Willis and Ann Dowd as Mrs. Garrett. The cast of “The Facts ...
On Diff'rent Strokes, she was the housekeeper to the Drummond family in New York City after Willis and Arnold's mom Lucy (the Drummonds' original housekeeper) died. In 1979, she took a job as house mother at the Eastland School for Girls in Peekskill, New York (Kimberly Drummond attended Eastland).
Diff'rent Strokes casting director Eve Brandstein elaborates that "they didn't wanna change him, you know. 'We have a golden goose.' 'We have a golden goose.' He was the golden goose, and that ...