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Dana Plato Died at age: 34

Actor | Producer

    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'

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    Gary

    Archive footage ( Actor )

    ... 2024

    Showbiz Kids

    Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

    ... 2020

    Night Trap

    Kelly ( Actor )

    ... 2018

Fullname:

Dana Plato

Date of Birth:

Nov 07, 1964

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

May 08, 1999

Biography of

Dana Plato

    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 of

Dana Plato

Found 23 Movies in total

Gary

Archive footage ( Actor )

... 2024

Showbiz Kids

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2020

Night Trap

Kelly ( Actor )

... 2018

Insatiable Coeds

Piano Teacher's Wife (archive footage) (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 2000

Different Strokes

Jill Martin ( Actor )

... 1998

Desperation Boulevard

Herself ( Actor )

... 1998

The Hostage

Leslie ( Actor )

... 1998

Tiger

Andrea Baker ( Actor )

... 1997

Lethal Cowboy

Elizabeth ( Actor )

... 1995

Compelling Evidence

Dana Fields ( Actor )

... 1995

Millenium Day

Pacifica ( Actor )

... 1995

... 1994

Distortions

Deborah Nichols ( Actor )

... 1992

Bikini Beach Race

J.D. ( Actor )

... 1992

Prime Suspect

Diana Masters ( Actor )

... 1989

High School U.S.A.

Cara Ames ( Actor )

... 1983

... 1982

Schoolboy Father

Daisy Dallenger ( Actor )

... 1980

California Suite

Jenny ( Actor )

... 1978

Return to Boggy Creek

Evie Jo ( Actor )

... 1977

Exorcist II: The Heretic

Sandra Phalor (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1977

... 1975