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Dana Plato

1964 - 1999

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Dana Michelle Plato (née Strain; November 7, 1964 – May 8, 1999) was an American actress. She rose to fame for playing Kimberly Drummond on the sitcom Diff'rent Strokes (1978–1986), which established her as a teen idol of the late 1970s and early 1980s. Her personal struggles with substance abuse were well documented by the media and led to her premature death at the age of 34. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dana Plato has received more than 7,700,871 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Dana Plato is the 5,417th most popular actor (up from 5,494th in 2019), the 7,902nd most popular biography from United States (up from 8,190th in 2019) and the 2,451st most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 7.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.35

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.44

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.50

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Dana Plato ranks 5,417 out of 13,578. Before her are Will Geer, Jayne Atkinson, Zbigniew Zamachowski, Ruby Lin, Jadwiga Barańska, and Bebe Neuwirth. After her are Shelley Lubben, Kevin Sussman, Rick Hoffman, Reema Lagoo, Carlos Bernard, and Branka Katić.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1964, Dana Plato ranks 287. Before her are Joanne Harris, Vivica A. Fox, Nick Menza, Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, Budimir Vujačić, and Jeanna Fine. After her are Zach Galligan, Dell Curry, Claudio Borghi, Stojko Vranković, Guru Josh, and Arkady Volozh. Among people deceased in 1999, Dana Plato ranks 229. Before her are Robert Kramer, Raúl Silva Henríquez, Christopher Cockerell, István Nagy, Muhammetnazar Gapurow, and Roderick Thorp. After her are Lloyd La Beach, Ashley Montagu, János Parti, Hank Snow, Roberto Bussinello, and Nicholas Metropolis.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Dana Plato ranks 7,902 out of 20,380. Before her are Stith Thompson (1885), Jack Conway (1887), Scott Hall (1958), Robert A. Lovett (1895), Dick Butkus (1942), and Nick Carter (1980). After her are Melville Fuller (1833), Christy Walton (1949), Shelley Lubben (1968), Peter Tork (1942), Kevin Sussman (1970), and Rick Hoffman (1970).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Dana Plato ranks 2,451. Before her are Warren Frost (1925), Arthur Hohl (1889), Megan Mullally (1958), Steve Schirripa (1958), Will Geer (1902), and Bebe Neuwirth (1958). After her are Shelley Lubben (1968), Kevin Sussman (1970), Rick Hoffman (1970), Carlos Bernard (1962), Barry Van Dyke (1951), and Michael Murphy (1938).

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Television and Movie Roles

Diff'rent Strokes
Kimberly Drummond
The series stars Gary Coleman and Todd Bridges as Arnold and Willis Jackson, two African American boys from Harlem who are taken in by a rich white Park Avenue businessman named Phillip Drummond and his daughter Kimberly, for whom their deceased mother previously worked. During the first season and first half of the second season, Charlotte Rae also starred as the Drummonds' housekeeper, Mrs. Garrett.
7.026 / 10
Exorcist II: The Heretic
Sandra Phalor (uncredited)
Bizarre nightmares plague Regan MacNeil four years after her possession and exorcism. Has the demon returned? And if so, can the combined faith and knowledge of a Vatican investigator and a research specialist free her from its grasp?
Jun 17th 19774.529 / 10
Different Strokes
Jill Martin
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 photographer boyfriend.
Jun 25th 19983.6 / 10