Diff'rent Strokes (1978)
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.
Cast & Crew
- Director
Phillip Drummond Conrad Bain
Arnold Jackson Gary Coleman
Willis Jackson Todd Bridges
Pearl Gallagher Mary Jo Catlett
Sam McKinney Danny Cooksey
Maggie Drummond Mary Ann Mobley
Season 8
1985
19 episodes
Season 8 of Diff'rent Strokes premiered on September 27, 1985
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Keywords
- family relationships
- wealthy
- orphan
- class differences
- widower
- manhattan, new york city
- interracial adoption
- adopted child
- sitcom
- child care
- brother brother relationship
- african american