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Diff'rent Strokes

Diff'rent Strokes (1978)

TV-PG
12h 30m

Overview

The series stars Gary Coleman and Todd Bridges as Arnold and Willis Jackson, two African American boys from Harlem who are taken in by a rich white Park Avenue businessman named Phillip Drummond and his daughter Kimberly, for whom their deceased mother previously worked. During the first season and first half of the second season, Charlotte Rae also starred as the Drummonds' housekeeper, Mrs. Garrett.

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Conrad Bain

Conrad Bain

Phillip Drummond (189 episodes)

Gary Coleman

Gary Coleman

Arnold Jackson (189 episodes)

Todd Bridges

Todd Bridges

Willis Jackson (189 episodes)

Dana Plato

Dana Plato

Kimberly Drummond (151 episodes)

Mary Jo Catlett

Mary Jo Catlett

Pearl Gallagher (87 episodes)

Charlotte Rae

Charlotte Rae

Edna Garrett (51 episodes)

Danny Cooksey

Danny Cooksey

Sam McKinney (43 episodes)

Shavar Ross

Shavar Ross

Dudley Ramsey (43 episodes)

Dixie Carter

Dixie Carter

Maggie McKinney (25 episodes)

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