...and, sweet Christ, Dana Plato can't act.

by Anonymous

reply 29

October 13, 2020 4:36 AM

I was friends with Dana in Jr high.

by Anonymous

reply 1

October 12, 2020 12:53 AM

r2, she was really one of the nicest people in school. Truly.

by Anonymous

reply 4

October 12, 2020 12:56 AM

She could suck a mean cock though. Taught by the best...Charlotte Rae.

by Anonymous

reply 5

October 12, 2020 12:58 AM

Fuck, now Janet Jackson is "singing"

by Anonymous

reply 6

October 12, 2020 1:03 AM

I vaguely remember watching Different Strokes as a kid in the early 80s and thinking she was super pretty. Then she got booted off the show for getting pregnant out of wedlock. I remember being sad when her character wasnt on anymore.

by Anonymous

reply 7

October 12, 2020 1:28 AM

If that happened today they would just write the baby into the script and make her an unwed mother or something.

I mean they were rich, it's not like they couldn't have afforded to take care of a baby.

by Anonymous

reply 8

October 12, 2020 1:35 AM

She came back to show on a recurring basis, the last season and a half. I remember Conrad Bain talking about her telling him she got pregnant on purpose.

by Anonymous

reply 9

October 12, 2020 1:50 AM

She had good comic timing.

by Anonymous

reply 10

October 12, 2020 2:51 AM

Todd Bridges was one of the better child actors ever

by Anonymous

reply 11

October 12, 2020 2:59 AM

She was hot when she came back after having her baby. That bulimia episode when she's in the swimsuit. Mmmm

by Anonymous

reply 12

October 12, 2020 3:05 AM

I heard someone interviewed once who said she was barely literate. Her set guardian would read the lines to her and help her memorize them.

This does not surprise me.

I agree with the poster who said Todd Bridges was a good actor. He did some really good stuff on The Waltons and Little House. It's a shame he isn't more successful. His TV girlfriend could not act. She just used to whisper her lines in a flirty tone. She obviously didn't learn much from the three powerful ladies on Good Times.

by Anonymous

reply 13

October 12, 2020 3:08 AM

I agree Todd was a good actor. He's been able to hold it together so good for him for surviving.

by Anonymous

reply 14

October 12, 2020 3:13 AM

That tone is called "whispercoo", R13. It is Trademarked by DL.

by Anonymous

reply 15

October 12, 2020 3:16 AM

Kind of surprising that Todd Bridges is the one who is still alive. With his early criminal and drug history, I thought he'd have been the first to go.

by Anonymous

reply 17

October 12, 2020 3:23 AM

Not-so-Fun Fact: Everybody knows that Dana died of an overdose one day after appearing on The Howard Stern Show. Not sure if it was ever established if it was accidental or suicide.

What a lot don't know is that her son committed suicide a few years ago. That's really sad.

Someone could so a thread listing the celebrity fall-out tragedies after the original: Dana Plato's son, Whitney Houston's daughter, Anissa Jones' brother....all suicides.

by Anonymous

reply 18

October 12, 2020 3:26 AM

OP, you misspelled "the entire cast of '227' as 'Dana Plato.'

by Anonymous

reply 20

October 12, 2020 5:27 AM

That doesn’t ring true r13 as Dana worked steadily I’m commercials before and after starting diff’rent strokes.

Who squandered her money though? Dana or her mother? Dana was adopted at birth and her mother passed away in the late 80’s and she was an only child. I remember she reconnected with her birth mother for a time but became estranged from her as well.

by Anonymous

reply 21

October 12, 2020 4:33 PM

Facts of Life was so much better

And all the Facts girls are still alive bitches!

Oh and except Jesus Christ and repent for your sins gays!

by Anonymous

reply 22

October 12, 2020 4:47 PM

R22 - I do except Jesus Christ, Lisa.

You fucking fool.

by Anonymous

reply 23

October 12, 2020 4:54 PM

With the exception of Kim Fields, who I adore, I find Dana Plato much more likeable than the Facts of Life girls

by Anonymous

reply 24

October 12, 2020 4:56 PM

She wasn't a great actress but she was likable and photogenic, which is why she was cast.

by Anonymous

reply 25

October 12, 2020 6:52 PM

[quote]She wasn't a great actress but she was likable and photogenic, which is why she was cast.

She also worked well with Bridges and Coleman. It seemed like her character really cared for them and vice versa.

by Anonymous

reply 26

October 12, 2020 8:32 PM

Whatchyoutalkin' bout R18? There were multiple threads on is suicide here on DL alone. It was a reported by many news outlets.

by Anonymous

reply 27

October 13, 2020 4:09 AM

That's Alan Thicke singing the theme song. (He wrote it, too.)

by Anonymous

reply 28

October 13, 2020 4:19 AM

She was not worse than that girl named after a cookie.

by Anonymous

reply 29

October 13, 2020 4:36 AM