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Diff'rent Strokes (1978)

7.10h 30mComedy — Family — Drama

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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A high-signal pick with 303 votes.

Norman Lear/Tandem Productions / Embassy Television / Embassy Pictures Corporation / Tandem Productions

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Conrad Bain as Phillip Drummond

Conrad Bain

Phillip Drummond

Gary Coleman as Arnold Jackson

Gary Coleman

Arnold Jackson

Todd Bridges as Willis Jackson

Todd Bridges

Willis Jackson

Mary Jo Catlett as Pearl Gallagher

Mary Jo Catlett

Pearl Gallagher

Danny Cooksey as Sam McKinney

Danny Cooksey

Sam McKinney

Mary Ann Mobley as Maggie Drummond

Mary Ann Mobley

Maggie Drummond

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