Seasons(8) / Episodes(180)
Plots(1)
DIFF'RENT STROKES aired from 1978-1986, taking place in Manhattan and centering around the story of the Drummond family. Phillip Drummond (Conrad Bain) is a wealthy, penthouse-dwelling widower who lives with his teenage daughter Kimberly (Dana Plato); in fulfillment of the dying wishes of his former housekeeper, he has taken in her two sons, Willis (Todd Bridges) and Arnold Jackson (Gary Coleman), ghetto youths from Harlem whose fish-out-of-water status in their new home forms the comedic basis of the show. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Elisabeth Talbot-Martin
USA
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LaGloria Scott
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Hakeem Abdul-Samad
USA
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Enid Kent
USA
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Shelley Smith
USA
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Janna Lowell
USA
Best series:
Diff'rent Strokes (1978) (series)
Ina Fried
USA
Best series:
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Julie Anne Haddock
USA
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Dain Turner
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Dion Williams
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Alene Wilson
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Bob Ari
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Gary Waynesmith
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Ronne Troup
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Jerry Marshak
Best series:
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Geoff Edwards
USA
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![Ellen Travolta](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/332/166332722_4cb9b9.jpg)
Ellen Travolta
USA
Best series:
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![McLean Stevenson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270378_3f11bf.jpg)
McLean Stevenson
USA
Best series:
M*A*S*H (1972) (series) - actor, a.f.
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Diff'rent Strokes (1978) (series)
Carl M. Craig
USA
Best series:
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![Molly Ringwald](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/486/160486095_5f3b7b.jpg)
Molly Ringwald
USA