TV Series

Diff'rent Strokes

7.1

1978

Synopsis

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.

Created By

Bernie Kukoff

Jeff Harris

ComedyFamilyDrama

family relationshipswealthyorphanclass differenceswidowermanhattan, new york cityinterracial adoptionadopted childsitcomchild carebrother brother relationshipafrican american