Dana Plato

Acting

Dana Plato

Born — Died

1964-11-07 — 1999-05-08

Place of birth

Maywood, California, USA

Known for

Acting

Credits

33 titles

Dana Michelle Plato (November 7, 1964 — May 8, 1999) was born in Maywood, California. 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 199…

Known for

Film credits

1990s · 12 titles

Distortions poster
5.7

A man with paranormal abilities discovers that one of his colleagues is cheating the firm they work for. When he threatens to expose the colleague, things become dangerous...

Distortions

1992

Night Trap poster
6.2

For the first time ever, the cult classic game Night Trap is available as a 48-minute motion picture on videocassette. Experience the terror like never before. You better be good, you better beware...

Night Trap

1992

Millenium Day poster
7.0

A movie about aliens trying to fight each other; one side wanting to destroy the earth and the other wanting to save it. A lot of stock footage of tanks and cars exploding along with the United States and Red China fighting each other.

Millenium Day

1995

Tiger poster
7.0

When the neighborhood bullies kidnap Tiger, a dog who can telepathically talk to his owner Josh, everything changes. What happens next will delight the whole family. What started out as a boy's dream of having his own pet, becomes the adventure of a lifetime.

Tiger

1998

Compelling Evidence poster
4.5

Rick Stone is the world's biggest action star but unfortunately, he is also the prime suspect in his wife's death. He must enlist the help of a conniving tabloid reporter named Dana Fields and the trust of his mistress Stephanie to try and clear his name.

Compelling Evidence

1995

Different Strokes poster
4.2

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.

Different Strokes

1998

Desperation Boulevard poster
4.7

An ex-child star (Judy Tenuta) tries to reclaim her former fame.

Desperation Boulevard

1998

Bikini Beach Race poster
2.7

Rev up your engines as the most gorgeous and charming Bed Race Team of all, The Sex Puppets, heat up the raceway. Clad in bikinis and sexy lingerie, they'll bump and grind their way to victory aboard comical "Bedmobiles". J.D. is a hydroplane speedboat pilot cajoled by four college oddballs into joining their Bed Race Team. But watch out - there's dangerous curves ahead as the local Mafia pits the odds 100 to 1 against our zany team. The gears shift as Milo perfects a fantastic invention that'll blast this year's event into Gran Prix history.

Bikini Beach Race

1992

Silent Fury poster
7.5

After his friend is caught and killed by some drug dealers, a former commander of special forces search revenge.

Silent Fury

1994

No artwork available
8.0

Bloodsport clone finds roughneck cop, Detective Rick Morgan going undercover to get a blood-thirsty fight promoter named Jonathan Carter. Morgan finds himself getting caught up in the violent "fight-to-the-death" world of human cock-fighting and liking it. He is joined by a young officer in training named Rita.

Blade Boxer

1997

Lethal Cowboy poster
5.7

Cody is shot by Malone because Cody had a debt with him. Malone and his henchman buried him in the desert. What they do not know, however, is that they have just buried Cody on a sacred Indian cemetery.

Lethal Cowboy

1995

The Hostage poster
5.5

The Hostage is about a gang of high-end thieves who plan to break into a really rich businessman's house, hack into his computer, and download all his money. Ted Prior plays a down-on-his-luck former special forces soldier who signs on with this crew so he can make some quick cash for him and his daughter. Things go wrong, though, and the guys are holed up in the mansion, holding the businessman hostage, while the feds have them under siege outside, led by agent Cynthia Rothrock. Will the thieves get away with the cash?

The Hostage

1998

1980s · 4 titles

Series credits

The Six Million Dollar Man poster
7.3

Follow the adventures of Steve Austin, cybernetically enhanced astronaut turned secret agent, employed by the OSI, under the command of Oscar Goldman and supervised by the scientist who created his cybernetics, Rudy Wells. Steve uses the superior strength and speed provided by his bionic arm and legs, and the enhanced vision provided by his artificial eye, to fight enemy agents, aliens, mad scientists, and a wide variety of other villains.

The Six Million Dollar Man

1974

The Facts of Life poster
7.0

Mrs. Edna Garrett, housemother and dietitian at the Eastland School, teaches a group of girls in her charge how to solve those problems that every teenager has to face.

The Facts of Life

1979

Growing Pains poster
6.5

Fatherhood has taken on a whole new meaning for Jason Seaver, who has assumed the chores of cooking, cleaning and minding the kids so that his wife, Maggie, can pursue a career in journalism after spending 15 years as a housewife.

Growing Pains

1985

The Word poster
6.0

The Word was a 1990s Channel 4 television programme in the United Kingdom. The show pushed forward the boundaries of youth TV, always coming close to going too far.

The Word

1990

Family poster
7.2

The lives of the middle-class Lawrence family in Pasadena, California.

Family

1976

Hello, Larry poster
5.0

Radio host Larry Alder has to cope with being a single father to his two daughters, Diane and Ruthie.

Hello, Larry

1979

CHiPs poster
6.8

Lighthearted look at the adventures of two Highway Patrol officers in Los Angeles. The main characters are Jon Baker and Frank Poncherello, two motorcycle officers always on the street to save lives.

CHiPs

1977

Hollywood Demons poster
6.8

Six documentaries about Hollywood's darkest scandals with accounts from insiders, project collaborators, and survivors who endured harrowing abuse and struggles

Hollywood Demons

2025

E! True Hollywood Story poster
8.1

E! True Hollywood Story is an American documentary series on E! that deals with famous Hollywood celebrities, movies, TV shows and also well-known public figures. Among the topics covered on the program include salacious re-tellings of Hollywood secrets, show-biz scandals, celebrity murders and mysteries, porn-star biographies, and "where-are-they-now?" investigations of former child stars. It frequently features in-depth interviews, actual courtroom footage, and dramatic reenactments. When aired on the E! network, episodes will be updated to reflect the current life or status of the subject.

E! True Hollywood Story

1996

Diff'rent Strokes poster
7.1

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.

Diff'rent Strokes

1978