Dorothy Stratten

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Dorothy Stratten (born February 28, 1960 in Vancouver , British Columbia as Dorothy Ruth Hoogstraten , † August 14, 1980 in Los Angeles , California ) was a Canadian actress who was first known as a Playmate .

biography

life and career

She was born Dorothy Ruth Hoogstraten on February 28, 1960 in a Salvation Army hospital in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She grew up there and attended high school in Coquitlam . Her younger sister is the actress and film producer Louise Stratten .

In 1976, while working part-time at a local diner ( Dairy Queen ), she met promoter and pimp Paul Snider. He persuaded her to send photos of her to Playboy magazine . For this purpose, Snider forged the mother's signature on the model contract, since Dorothy Ruth Hoogstraten was still a minor at the time.

In 1979 she was elected "Miss August" and changed her surname from Hoogstraten to Stratten , in 1980 she was " Playmate of the Year ". In addition to film appearances such as in Galaxina , she also played smaller roles in some television series such as Fantasy Island and Buck Rogers .

On June 1, 1979, she married Paul Snider in Las Vegas . Due to Snider's jealousy, they separated in August 1980.

assassination

Stratten's grave in Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery

On August 14, 1980 Paul Snider Dorothy Stratten lured under the pretext of a recent debate in their formerly shared home in West Los Angeles, where he in a fit of rage raped and then a -caliber 12- Mossberg 500 - Pumpgun murdered. The trigger for the murder was the report by the private detective Mark Goldenstein hired by Snider , who had uncovered a relationship between Stratten and the director Peter Bogdanovich . Paul Snider committed suicide immediately after his act with the same weapon suicide .

She was buried in the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery .

Filmography

  • 1979: Skatetown USA
  • 1979: Americathon
  • 1979: Fantasy Island (TV series, episode)
  • 1979: Buck Rogers ( Buck Rogers in the 25th Century , TV series, an episode)
  • 1979: Playmate Lady O. (Autumn Born)
  • 1980: Galaxina
  • 1981: They All Laughed

Reception of her life

Dorothy Stratten's story was made into a TV production in 1981 under the title Death of a Centerfold: The Dorothy Stratten Story and in 1983 in the movie Star 80 - Death of a Playmate by Bob Fosse .

Peter Bogdanovich wrote a book about Dorothy Stratten in 1984 entitled The Killing of the Unicorn - Dorothy Stratten (1960-1980) .

literature

Web links

Commons : Dorothy Stratten  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Dorothy Stratten in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved May 9, 2020.
  2. ↑ Death of a Centerfold: The Dorothy Stratten Story in the Internet Movie Database (English)
  3. ↑ Star 80 - death of a Playmate in the Internet Movie Database (English)
personal data
SURNAME Stratten, Dorothy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hoogstraten, Dorothy Ruth (real name); Stratten, Dorothy R.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian playmate and actress
DATE OF BIRTH February 28, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Vancouver , British Columbia , Canada
DATE OF DEATH August 14, 1980
Place of death Los Angeles , California , United States