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Dana Michelle Plato (November 7, 1964 – May
8, 1999) was an United States|American
Actor|actress who became famous playing the role
of Kimberly Drummond in the U.S. television
Situation comedy|sitcom Diff'rent Strokes. Plato
was born in Maywood, California and grew up in the
San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles, California|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,
Nevada|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 an overdose from Vanadom
(carisoprodol) and Vicodin (hydrocodone).  Her
death was subsequently ruled a suicide.

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

==External links==
*imdb name | id=0686818 | name=Dana Plato
*http://www.sitcomsonline.com/danaplato.html A
Dana Plato memorial site
*http://www.franksreelreviews.com/shorttakes/plato
.htm Diff'rent Drugs for Diff'rent Folks - Dana
Plato