What is Dana Plato?
[[Image:Dana Plato in 1983.jpg|right|210px|thumb|Plato in March 1983]] '''Dana Michelle Plato''' (November 7, 1964 &ndash; May 8, 1999)<ref>{{cite news|title= ’Dana Plato, 34, Star of 'Diff'rent Strokes'|work= New York Times|date=May 10, 1999|url= https://www.nytimes.com/1999/05/10/arts/dana-plato-34-star-of-diff-rent-strokes.html?scp=2&sq=dana%20plato&st=cse|access-date=2010-08-10}}</ref> was an [[Americans|American]] actress who was known for her role as Kimberly Drummond in the hit comedy show ''[[Diff'rent Strokes]]''. After the show ended, her career went down and later posed for ''[[Playboy]]'' and committed [[robbery]]. Plato was born '''Dana Michelle Strain''' on November 7, 1964 in [[Maywood, California|Maywood]], [[California]]. She was [[adoption|adopted]] by Dean and Florine Plato and she legally changed her name from Strain to Plato. She was raised in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]]. Plato was married to Lanny Lambert from 1984 until they divorced in 1990. They had one son, Tyler Lambert. Plato committed suicide when she had an overdose from pills in her home in [[Moore, Oklahoma|Moore]], [[Oklahoma]], aged 34.<ref name=deseret>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=336&dat=19990521&id=79MiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=GewDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6282,2811386|title=Death of Actress Dana Plato in Oklahoma Ruled a Suicide|date=1999-05-21|publisher=The Deseret News|access-date=22 May 2011}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *{{IMDb name|0686818}} *{{amg name|57045}} *[http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=plato&GSfn=dana&GSbyrel=in&GSdyrel=in&GSob=n&GRid=5415&df=all& Dana Plato] at [[Find a Grave]] {{US-actor-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Plato, Dana}} [[Category:1964 births]] [[Category:1999 deaths]] [[Category:Actors from Los Angeles County, California]] [[Category:American adoptees]] [[Category:American child actors]] [[Category:American movie actors]] [[Category:American robbers]] [[Category:American television actors]] [[Category:American voice actors]] [[Category:Drug-related sui