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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. An influential teen idol of the late 1970s and early 1980s, she was best known for playing the role of Kimberly Drummond on the NBC/ABC sitcom Diff'rent Strokes (1978–1986). Plato was born to a teen mother and was adopted as an infant. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dana Plato has received more than 7,019,174 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Dana Plato is the 5,503rd most popular actor (down from 4,211th in 2019), the 8,208th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,551st in 2019) and the 2,587th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 7.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.04

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.44

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.40

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Dana Plato ranks 5,503 out of 9,996. Before her are James Stacy, Sofia Milos, Beth Grant, Christine Ebersole, Elaine Hendrix, and Terrence Mann. After her are Julianne Nicholson, Carroll O'Connor, Frances O'Connor, Mamoru Miyano, Valerie Harper, and Corbin Bernsen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1964, Dana Plato ranks 296. Before her are Hope Davis, Ahmed Radhi, Ronit Elkabetz, João Paulo, Rockwell, and Joanne Harris. After her are Miguel Alcubierre, David Cross, Jorge Drexler, Néstor Gorosito, Ricardo Arjona, and Shari Headley. Among people deceased in 1999, Dana Plato ranks 225. Before her are Charles Brown, Maigonis Valdmanis, Boris Kuznetsov, Mohammad Mohammadullah, Vladimir Yashchenko, and Jorge Góngora. After her are Tamás Mendelényi, Irving Rapper, Toninho, Ernest Gold, Marie Kraja, and Peter Seeberg.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Dana Plato ranks 8,208 out of 18,182. Before her are Elaine Hendrix (1970), John Sedgwick (1813), Terrence Mann (1951), Amy Poehler (1971), Kim Deal (1961), and Dan Ariely (1967). After her are Rebecca Solnit (1961), Edward Lindberg (1886), Michael Burry (1971), Bill Nieder (1933), Wilfred Hudson Osgood (1875), and Joe Arpaio (1932).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Dana Plato ranks 2,587. Before her are Betty Gilpin (1986), James Stacy (1936), Beth Grant (1949), Christine Ebersole (1953), Elaine Hendrix (1970), and Terrence Mann (1951). After her are Julianne Nicholson (1971), Carroll O'Connor (1924), Valerie Harper (1939), Corbin Bernsen (1954), Anna Thomson (1953), and Jonathan Brandis (1976).

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