Birth Name: Dorothy Ruth Hoogstraten
Birth Date: 1960-02-28
Birth Place: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Details
Alternate Names: Dorothy R. Stratten
Physical Characteristics: - Height: 5′ 9″ (1.75 m)
- Hair Color: blond hair
- Weight: 56.0kg
Career
First Appearances: - Americathon (1979) as Americathon Stage Dancer
Most Important Roles: - They All Laughed (1981) as Dolores Martin
- Galaxina (1980) as Galaxina
- One Day Since Yesterday: Peter Bogdanovich & the Lost American Film (2014) as Self
- Autumn Born (1979) as Tara Dawson
- Playboy Video Magazine: Volume 4 (1983) as Herself
- Playboy's Roller Disco & Pajama Party (1979) as
- Skatetown, U.S.A. (1979) as Customer at Snack Bar
- Americathon (1979) as Americathon Stage Dancer
- Playboy Playmates of the Year: The 80's (1989) as
- Dorothy Stratten: The Untold Story (1985) as
Career Highlights: - They All Laughed (1981)
- Galaxina (1980)
- One Day Since Yesterday: Peter Bogdanovich & the Lost American Film (2014)
- Autumn Born (1979)
- Playboy Video Magazine: Volume 4 (1983)
- Playboy's Roller Disco & Pajama Party (1979)
- Skatetown, U.S.A. (1979)
- Americathon (1979)
- Playboy Playmates of the Year: The 80's (1989)
- Dorothy Stratten: The Untold Story (1985)
Full Biography
Dorothy Stratten (February 28, 1960 – August 14, 1980) was a Canadian model and actress. Stratten was the Playboy Playmate of the Month for August 1979, Playmate of the Year in 1980 and was the second Playmate (after Lee Ann Michelle) born in the 1960s. Stratten appeared in three comedy films and at least two episodes of shows broadcast on US network television. She was murdered at age twenty by her estranged husband/manager Paul Snider, who committed suicide the same day. Her death inspired two motion pictures.
