Plato was also an accomplished figure skater. Īt a very young age, Plato began attending auditions with her mother, and at seven years old had appeared in over 100 television commercials.
When she was three, her adoptive parents divorced and she lived with her mother. She was raised in the San Fernando Valley. In June 1965, the seven-month-old Dana was adopted by Dean Plato, who owned a trucking company, and his wife Florine "Kay" Plato. Early life ĭana Plato was born Dana Michelle Strain on November 7, 1964, in Maywood, California, to Linda Strain, a teenager who was already caring for an 18-month-old child. Her personal life, in retrospect, has been described as a "tragedy". Her death was initially considered accidental, but later ruled a suicide. On May 8, 1999, at age 34, Plato was found dead in her motor home from an overdose of prescription drugs. She was arrested in 1991 for robbing a video store, and again the following year for forging a drug prescription. Plato struggled with substance abuse for most of her life. Plato was married twice she had a child in 1984 during her marriage to guitarist Lanny Lambert. Following Diff'rent Strokes, she worked sporadically in independent films and B movies.
The role also earned Plato nominations for a Young Artist Award for Best Young Actress in a Comedy Series and two TV Land Awards for Best Quintessential Non-Traditional Family. She earned widespread recognition and acclaim for playing Kimberly Drummond on Diff'rent Strokes. Plato's breakthrough feature was the Academy Award-winning film California Suite (1978), in which she played Jenny Warren. Plato subsequently appeared in the horror films Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977) and Return to Boggy Creek (1977). Her acting career began with numerous commercial appearances, and her television debut came at the age of 10 with a brief appearance on the television series The Six Million Dollar Man (1975). She was raised in the San Fernando Valley and was an accomplished figure skater before acting. Plato was born to a teen mother and was adopted as an infant. 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). Dana Michelle Plato (née Strain Novem– May 8, 1999) was an American actress.
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