Diff’rent Strokes actor Todd Bridges and his wife Bettijo B. Hirschi are separating after three years of marriage.

Actor Todd Bridges recently separated from his designer wife, Bettijo B. Hirschi, whom he married in September 2022. According to his statement shared with PEOPLE on Wednesday, the decision was mutual ...

Todd Bridges, who played Willis Jackson on the ABC sitcom Diff'Rent Strokes, is separating from his wife of 3 years, Bettijo B. Hirschi. The actor, 60, told TMZ on Wednesday, January 14: In a ...

Watson was best known for playing the role of Kathy Gordon on Diff'rent Strokes, the classic Norman Lear sitcom which starred Gary Coleman and Todd Bridges as Arnold and Willis Jackson, two orphaned ...

Todd Bridges, the last surviving main cast member of Diff’rent Strokes, has paid tribute to co-star Melanie Watson, who died on Friday (December 26). The actress, who played Kathy Gordon in multiple ...

The late 'Diff'rent Strokes' cast member died at the age of 57 in December 2025. Learn everything to know about her, including the genetic disease she lived with, here.

Actress Melanie Watson, who made a mark as Kathy Gordon in the 1970s-’80s sitcom “Diff’rent Strokes,” has died. She was 57. Watson was born with osteogenesis imperfecta, or brittle bone disease, a ...

It's been nearly 40 years since the series ended, but people are still talkin' 'bout Diff'rent Strokes. Many of the series' main stars went on to have continued success in film and television after ...

Her four episodes on the sitcom marked a rarity: a disabled actress onscreen. By Sopan Deb Melanie Watson Bernhardt, the trailblazing actress who played Kathy Gordon for four episodes on the 1980s ...

Her brother, Robert Watson, told TMZ that she had been hospitalized and her condition deteriorated The former child star, who had Osteogenesis Imperfecta, appeared in four episodes of Diff'rent ...

Melanie Watson Bernhardt, the actress known as Kathy Gordon on "Diff'rent Strokes," has died. She was 57. Watson Bernhardt's brother, Rob Watson, confirmed the actress died Friday, Dec. 26, in ...