Dana Plato
Date of birth: 1964-11-07
Place of birth: Maywood, California, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as:
Biography
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.
Movie Credits
Blade Boxer
1997-10-27
Bloodsport clone finds roughneck cop, Detective Rick Morgan going undercover to get a blood-thirsty
Insatiable Coeds
2000-01-01
Insatiable Coeds is a compilation video. You get some very nice moments from Landon Hall, Brandy Dav
Compelling Evidence
1995-01-01
Rick Stone is the world's biggest action star but unfortunately, he is also the prime suspect in his
Night Trap
1992-10-15
For the first time ever, the cult classic game Night Trap is available as a 48-minute motion picture
Bikini Beach Race
1992-01-01
Rev up your engines as the most gorgeous and charming Bed Race Team of all, The Sex Puppets, heat up
Different Strokes
1998-06-25
A Los Angeles fashion model falls in love with a female art director during a photo shoot which puts
Schoolboy Father
1980-10-15
High school senior discovers his summer girlfriend has given birth to his child, and decides to figh
Tiger
1997-01-01
When the neighborhood bullies kidnap Tiger, a dog who can telepathically talk to his owner Josh, eve
Return to Boggy Creek
1977-07-29
Three children and two adults become trapped in the woods during a hurricane and it is up to a Bigfo
Millenium Day
1995-01-01
A movie about aliens trying to fight each other; one side wanting to destroy the earth and the other
California Suite
1978-03-19
The misadventures of four groups of guests at the Beverly Hills Hotel.
Silent Fury
1994-01-01
After his friend is caught and killed by some drug dealers, a former commander of special forces sea
Desperation Boulevard
1998-06-01
An ex-child star (Judy Tenuta) tries to reclaim her former fame.
Kraft Salutes Walt Disney World's 10th Anniversary
1982-01-21
The Lane family from Evansville Indiana is about to embark on its annual vacation, let's join them.
Prime Suspect
1989-01-01
The only witness to a young woman's murder has a nervous breakdown, is institutionalized, and escape
High School U.S.A.
1983-10-16
Set in a senior high school class, J.J. pursues the girlfriend of a rival from a higher clique which
Beyond the Bermuda Triangle
1975-11-06
A retired businessman notices that there has been a rash of ships and planes disappearing off the Fl
Distortions
1992-01-01
A man with paranormal abilities discovers that one of his colleagues is cheating the firm they work
Exorcist II: The Heretic
1977-06-17
Bizarre nightmares plague Regan MacNeil four years after her possession and exorcism. Has the demon
Pacino is Missing
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.
The Hostage
1998-01-01
The Hostage is about a gang of high-end thieves who plan to break into a really rich businessman's h
Lethal Cowboy
1995-09-01
Cody is shot by Malone because Cody had a debt with him. Malone and his henchman buried him in the d
Gary
2024-08-28
Follow the extraordinary story of Gary Coleman's rise to international fame as the child star of Dif