Phillip proposed to Maggie, and they got married. Plato did not appear as a regular cast member in the final two seasons of the series, but she made several guest appearances.Īt the same time, the ratings for "Diff'rent Strokes" were beginning to fall, so new characters were added to open up future storylines.ĭixie Carter and Danny Cooksey portrayed recently divorced television aerobics instructor Margaret "Maggie" McKinney, and her son, Sam McKinney.Ĭarter was introduced midway into the sixth season after she left for California, Drummond and the family took off after her, during a two-part trip in February 1984, a storyline which also introduced Sam. Plato's character, Kimberly, was written out of the story lines with the explanation that she moved to Paris to study for a couple of years. Initially they agreed to add it, but later decided not to add the pregnancy with Plato's publicized brushes with substance abuse contributing to this decision which resulted in her dismissal from the series. Midway through Season six, Dana Plato became pregnant and she approached the producers of the show to include her pregnancy.
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In the fifth season, Mary Jo Catlett portrayed Pearl Gallagher (the last of the three maids) and joined the cast as a series regular where she appeared in almost every episode until the final season. Although Volz was not added to the show's opening credits (instead always being credited with the guest cast on the closing credits), she appeared as a frequent semi-regular character. The show's title was eventually retitled as "Diff'rent Strokes" inspired by the quote, "Different strokes for different folks" which was popularized by boxer Muhammad Ali in 1966.Ĭharlotte Rae (who portrayed the role of the Drummond family's housekeeper, Edna Garrett)Īppeared in every first season episode and is present for most of the second season, but is absent in several episodes late on in the season before leaving to star in her own spin-off series, "The Facts of Life" set at Kimberly's private school (however, Kimberly herself did not become a regular character in that series, although the two shows had a number of cross-overs).įollowing Rae's departure from the show, Nedra Volz was added to the cast as new housekeeper Adelaide Brubaker in the third season. The series was originally devised jointly to serve as a vehicle for "Maude" co-star Conrad Bain (after "Maude" had abruptly finished production in 1978), and child actor Gary Coleman, who had caught producers' attentions after appearing in a number of commercials.Īn early rough outline for the series (which featured the characters created for Bain and Coleman) had the proposed title "45 Minutes from Harlem." As the show's pitch was developed, Coleman's character gained an older brother, and the daughter of Bain's character and a housekeeper was added to the line-up. Steven Mond as Robbie Jason (1980–1985).Rosalind Chao as Miss Chung (1981–1983).Shavar Ross as Dudley Johnson (1980–1986).Dody Goodman as Aunt Sophia (1981–1984).Janet Jackson as Charlene DuPrey (1980–1984).Danny Cooksey as Sam McKinney (1984-1986).Mary Ann Mobley as Maggie McKinney Drummond #2 (1985-1986).Dixie Carter as Maggie McKinney Drummond #1 (1984-1985).Mary Jo Catlett as Pearl Gallagher (1982-1986).Nedra Volz as Adelaide Brubaker (1980-1984).Charlotte Rae as Edna Garrett (1978-1979).The series centered on Willis and Arnold Jackson, two African-American boys from Harlem, New York who are taken in by Phillip Drummond, a rich Park Avenue white businessman & widower & his daughter, Kimberly, for whom the boys' deceased mother had previously worked for.
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