Had an acting role in the Sega CD game "Night Trap."

Was number 91 on vh1's "100 Greatest Kid Stars" (2005) (mini).

Was adopted.

Plato's older son, an aspiring actor himself, is represented by another former child actor, Johnny Whitaker.

Won the part of Violet in the movie Pretty Baby (1978), but turned it down, so she wouldn`t be typecast in this type of role. Brooke Shields ended up playing the part.

Had breast implants done in 1994 in hopes of landing better film roles.

Childhood dream was to be an Olympic figure skater.

Was fired from Diff`rent Strokes at the end of the 1983-84 season due to her pregnancy. The producers were unwilling to write the pregnancy into the show, but she was able to return for guest appearances after her son was born.

Birth mother`s name is Linda Strain.

was adopted

Attended Sutter Jr. High in Winnetka, CA (1978).

Died in Moore, Oklahoma, in the home of her fiancé Robert Menchaca where they had visited for Mother`s Day. With Lanny Lambert, Dana Plato has a son born in 1985 named Tyler Lambert who lives in Tulsa.

Arrested for forging a valium prescription in 1992.

Arrested for armed robbery in 1991.