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Dorothy Stratten (born Dorothy Ruth Hoogstraten)
(February 28, 1960 - August 14, 1980) was born in
a Salvation Army hospital in Vancouver, British
Columbia. She grew up and attended high school in
Coquitlam. In 1976 while working part-time in a
local Dairy Queen, she met a local promoter named
Paul Snider (then 26) who coaxed her into sending
photos to Playboy. Stratten forged her mother's
signature on the model release form. In 1979, she
became Playboy's Miss August with a name change to
Dorothy Stratten.  In 1980, she became Playboy's
Playmate of the Year.

== Life ==

In June, 1979, she married Snider in Las Vegas,
Nevada.  He began to control her life which,
eventually resulted in separation and a pending
divorce in August, 1980.

On August 14, 1980, Stratten's estranged husband
brutally raped and murdered her in her west Los
Angeles, California|Los Angeles apartment,
apparently jealous over an affair she was having
with Hollywood film director Peter Bogdanovich. 
Snider committed suicide shortly thereafter in the
same apartment. Stratten's tragic story was
portrayed in the film Star 80 (1983).

Peter Bogdanovich wrote a book about her titled
The Killing of the Unicorn. He later married her
sister, Louise, and they divorced in 2001.

== Filmography ==

Stratten appeared in five movies:
* Skatetown USA (1979)
* Americathon (1979) 
* Autumn Born (1979) 
* Galaxina (1980) - her only starring role
* They All Laughed (1981)

She also appeared on television in Fantasy Island,
the Cruise Ship to the Stars episode of Buck
Rogers in the 25th Century and in 1980 on The
Tonight Show.

==External links==

* imdb name|id=0833617|name=Dorothy Stratten
* tvtome person|id=117674|name=Dorothy Stratten
* http://www.dorothystratten.com/ Dorothy Stratten
Tribute site
* http://www.dorothystratten.de.vu/ Dorothy
Stratten Remember Page 
*
http://www.playboy.com/playmates/feature/dorothyst
ratten/ Dorothy, remembered 


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  title = Playmate|Playboy Playmate |
  years = August 1979 |
  before = Dorothy Mays |
  after = Vicki McCarty |

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  title = Playmate|Playmate of the Year |
  years = 1980 |
  before = Monique St. Pierre |
  after = Terri Welles |

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