Dana Plato
Biografia
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.
Filmografia
Filmy i seriale od najnowszych
Hollywood Demons
Serial • 2025
jako Self (archive footage)
Gary
Film • 2024
jako Archive footage
Pacino is Missing
Film • 2002
jako Prosecuting Attorney
Insatiable Coeds
Film • 2000
jako Piano Teacher's Wife (archive footage) (uncredited)
Tiger
Film • 1998
jako Andrea Baker
Different Strokes
Film • 1998
jako Jill Martin
Desperation Boulevard
Film • 1998
jako Herself
The Hostage
Film • 1998
jako Leslie
Blade Boxer
Film • 1997
E! True Hollywood Story
Serial • 1996
Lethal Cowboy
Film • 1995
jako Elizabeth
Compelling Evidence
Film • 1995
jako Dana Fields
Millenium Day
Film • 1995
jako Pacifica
Silent Fury
Film • 1994
Night Trap
Film • 1992
jako Kelly
Bikini Beach Race
Film • 1992
jako J.D.
Distortions
Film • 1992
jako Deborah Nichols
The Word
Serial • 1990
Prime Suspect
Film • 1989
jako Diana Masters
Growing Pains
Serial • 1985
jako Lisa
High School U.S.A.
Film • 1983
jako Cara Ames
Kraft Salutes Walt Disney World's 10th Anniversary
Film • 1982
jako Daughter
Schoolboy Father
Film • 1980
jako Daisy Dallenger
The Facts of Life
Serial • 1979
jako Kimberly Drummond
Hello, Larry
Serial • 1979
jako Kimberly Drummond
Diff'rent Strokes
Serial • 1978
jako Kimberly Drummond
Suita Kalifornijska
Film • 1978
jako Jenny
CHiPs
Serial • 1977
jako Dana Plato (uncredited)
Return to Boggy Creek
Film • 1977
jako Evie Jo
Egzorcysta II: Heretyk
Film • 1977
jako Sandra Phalor (uncredited)
Family
Serial • 1976
jako Debbie
Beyond the Bermuda Triangle
Film • 1975
jako Wendy
The Six Million Dollar Man
Serial • 1974
jako Girl on the Tennis Court