Growing up in the spotlight is notoriously difficult, and few child stars embodied this sad truth quite like Dana Plato. The ...

Behind the scenes, Plato had become pregnant and the producers decided to write her off the show. At the time, network ...

Diff’rent Strokes actor Todd Bridges and his wife Bettijo B. Hirschi are separating after three years of marriage.

According to Kiernan Shipka, who played big sister Sally, there were no fewer than eight Bobbys in the series' seven seasons — only four of whom, however, were credited. Those four major Bobbys were ...

Melanie Watson, an actress who appeared in four episodes of “Diff’rent Strokes” during the 1980s and was a disability advocate, died Dec. 26. She was 57. Watson, who played Kathy Gordon in four ...

Actress Melanie Watson, who made a mark as Kathy Gordon in the 1970s-’80s sitcom “Diff’rent Strokes,” has died. She was 57. Watson was born with osteogenesis imperfecta, or brittle bone disease, a ...