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Diff'rent Strokes (1978 - 1986)

Comedy Family Drama
rating icon7.0

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.

Creator
Bernie Kukoff , Jeff Harris ,

Seasons & Episodes

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Diff'rent Strokes Casts

Conrad Bain Conrad Bain as Phillip Drummond
Gary Coleman Gary Coleman as Arnold Jackson
Todd Bridges Todd Bridges as Willis Jackson
Mary Jo Catlett Mary Jo Catlett as Pearl Gallagher
Danny Cooksey Danny Cooksey as Sam McKinney
Mary Ann Mobley Mary Ann Mobley as Maggie Drummond

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