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.
Dana Plato Biography / Wiki
| Name | Dana Plato |
| Also Know | |
| Gender | Female |
| Known For | Acting |
| Place of Birth | Maywood, California, USA |
| Date of Birth | 1964-11-07 |
| Age(as in 2022) | 34 |
| Deathday | 1999-05-08 |
Dana Plato Acting Movies
| Movie Name | Character | Release Date | Overview |
| Bikini Beach Race | J.D. | 1992-01-01 | Rev up your engines as the most gorgeous and charming Bed Race Team of all, The Sex Puppets, heat up the raceway. Clad in bikinis and sexy lingerie, t… |
| Different Strokes | Jill Martin | 1998-06-25 | A Los Angeles fashion model falls in love with a female art director during a photo shoot which puts their newfound romance at odds with the model’s p… |
| Night Trap | Kelly | 2018-07-06 | For the first time ever, the cult classic game Night Trap is available as a 48-minute motion picture on videocassette. Experience the terror like neve… |
| Tiger | Andrea Baker | 1997-01-01 | When the neighborhood bullies kidnap Tiger, a dog who can telepathically talk to his owner Josh, everything changes. What happens next will delight th… |
| Return to Boggy Creek | Evie Jo | 1977-07-29 | Three children and two adults become trapped in the woods during a hurricane and it is up to a Bigfoot-like creature called ‘Big Bay-Ty’ to come to th… |
| Distortions | Deborah Nichols | 1992-01-01 | A man with paranormal abilities discovers that one of his colleagues is cheating the firm they work for. When he threatens to expose the colleague, th… |
| The Hostage | Leslie | 1998-01-01 | The Hostage is about a gang of high-end thieves who plan to break into a really rich businessman’s house, hack into his computer, and download all his… |
| Schoolboy Father | Daisy Dallenger | 1980-10-15 | High school senior discovers his summer girlfriend has given birth to his child, and decides to fight for custody…. |
| Compelling Evidence | Dana Fields | 1995-01-01 | Rick Stone is the world’s biggest action star but unfortunately, he is also the prime suspect in his wife’s death. He must enlist the help of a conniv… |
| Lethal Cowboy | Elizabeth | 1995-09-01 | Cody is shot by Malone because Cody had a debt with him. Malone and his henchman buried him in the desert. What they do not know, however, is that the… |
| Desperation Boulevard | Herself | 1998-06-01 | An ex-child star (Judy Tenuta) tries to reclaim her former fame…. |
| Beyond the Bermuda Triangle | Wendy | 1975-11-06 | A retired businessman notices that there has been a rash of ships and planes disappearing off the Florida coast, and he starts to investigate…. |
| Pacino is Missing | Prosecuting Attorney | 2002-01-01 | Mob tale of a mafia boss whose moll has hooked up with a young hood now in charge of a movie studio…. |
| Prime Suspect | Diana Masters | 1989-01-01 | The only witness to a young woman’s murder has a nervous breakdown, is institutionalized, and escapes, tracking down the murderer…. |
| High School U.S.A. | Cara Ames | 1983-10-16 | Set in a senior high school class, J.J. pursues the girlfriend of a rival from a higher clique which culminates in a race at the end of the movie betw… |
| Insatiable Coeds | Piano Teacher’s Wife (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2000-01-01 | Insatiable Coeds is a compilation video. You get some very nice moments from Landon Hall, Brandy Davis, Gabriella Hall and the very striking Tammy Par… |
| Exorcist II: The Heretic | Sandra Phalor (uncredited) | 1977-06-17 | Bizarre nightmares plague Regan MacNeil four years after her possession and exorcism. Has the demon returned? And if so, can the combined faith and kn… |
| California Suite | Jenny | 1978-12-15 | The misadventures of four groups of guests at the Beverly Hills Hotel…. |
Credit: TMDB
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