Portrait of Dana Plato

Acting

Dana Plato

Career

Active from 1975 to 2024, with a break from 2003 to 2023, with up to 3 main titles a year.

Leading roles
9
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score48/100
Highest rated
Poster for Diff'rent Strokes
Diff'rent Strokes
GoodWatch score74/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 17 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.6 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.6 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.3 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 4.9 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.1 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 4.5 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Dana Plato Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Melancholy
    2.3, average 4.7
  • Historical
    0.4, average 2.6
  • Psychological
    3.5, average 5.5
  • Pathos
    3.3, average 5.3

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

    Works often with

    People in at least two of their main titles.

    Movies and TV shows

    29
    Type
    Role
    Score
    Decade
    Genre
    Group by

    2020s

    1 title ยท average score 69
    Gary
    Gary (2024)
    GoodWatch score 69

    as Archive footage

    2000s

    2 titles
    Pacino is Missing
    Pacino is Missing (2002)

    as Prosecuting Attorney

    Insatiable Coeds
    Insatiable Coeds (2000)

    as Piano Teacher's Wife (archive footage) (uncredited)

    1990s

    11 titles ยท average score 46
    Different Strokes
    Different Strokes (1998)
    GoodWatch score 42

    as Jill Martin

    Tiger
    Tiger (1998)

    as Andrea Baker

    The Hostage
    The Hostage (1998)

    as Leslie

    E! True Hollywood Story
    E! True Hollywood Story (1996)
    GoodWatch score 48

    TV show

    Compelling Evidence
    Compelling Evidence (1995)
    GoodWatch score 34

    as Dana Fields

    Millenium Day
    Millenium Day (1995)

    as Pacifica

    Lethal Cowboy
    Lethal Cowboy (1995)

    as Elizabeth

    Night Trap
    Night Trap (1992)
    GoodWatch score 61

    as Kelly

    Distortions
    Distortions (1992)

    as Deborah Nichols

    Bikini Beach Race
    Bikini Beach Race (1992)
    GoodWatch score 30

    as J.D.

    The Word
    The Word (1990)
    GoodWatch score 63

    TV show

    1980s

    5 titles ยท average score 60
    Prime Suspect
    Prime Suspect (1989)

    as Diana Masters

    Growing Pains
    Growing Pains (1985)
    GoodWatch score 70

    TV show ยท as Lisa

    High School U.S.A.
    High School U.S.A. (1983)
    GoodWatch score 49

    as Cara Ames

    Kraft Salutes Walt Disney World's 10th Anniversary
    Kraft Salutes Walt Disney World's 10th Anniversary (1982)

    as Daughter

    Schoolboy Father
    Schoolboy Father (1980)

    as Daisy Dallenger

    1970s

    10 titles ยท average score 52
    The Facts of Life
    The Facts of Life (1979)
    GoodWatch score 46

    TV show ยท as Kimberly Drummond

    Hello, Larry
    Hello, Larry (1979)
    GoodWatch score 54

    TV show ยท as Kimberly Drummond

    Diff'rent Strokes
    Diff'rent Strokes (1978)
    GoodWatch score 74

    TV show ยท as Kimberly Drummond

    California Suite
    California Suite (1978)
    GoodWatch score 52

    as Jenny

    Return to Boggy Creek
    Return to Boggy Creek (1977)
    GoodWatch score 28

    as Evie Jo

    CHiPs
    CHiPs (1977)
    GoodWatch score 44

    TV show ยท as Dana Plato (uncredited)

    Exorcist II: The Heretic
    Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977)
    GoodWatch score 30

    as Sandra Phalor (uncredited)

    Family
    Family (1976)
    GoodWatch score 74

    TV show ยท as Debbie

    Beyond the Bermuda Triangle
    Beyond the Bermuda Triangle (1975)
    GoodWatch score 48

    as Wendy

    The Six Million Dollar Man
    The Six Million Dollar Man (1974)
    GoodWatch score 71

    TV show ยท as Girl on the Tennis Court