Dorothy Stratten

Playboy centerfold appearance	August 1979
Birthplace	Vancouver, British Columbia
Birthdate	February 28, 1960(1960-02-28)
Date of death	August 14, 1980 (aged 20)
Measurements	36" - 24" - 36"
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight	123 lb (56 kg)
Preceded by	Dorothy Mays
Succeeded by	Vicki McCarty
PMOY for	1980
PMOY preceded by	Monique St. Pierre
PMOY succeeded by	Terri Welles

Dorothy Stratten (born Dorothy Ruth Hoogstraten) (February 28, 1960 – August 14, 1980) was a Canadian model and actress. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 368 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (2006 × 3265 pixel, file size: 3 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg) This image may not have the proper copyright or licensing information. ... Playboy is an American mens magazine, founded in 1953 by Hugh Hefner and his associates, which has grown into Playboy Enterprises, Inc. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Motto: By Sea, Land, and Air We Prosper Location of Vancouver within the Greater Vancouver Regional District in British Columbia, Canada Coordinates: , Country  Canada Province  British Columbia Region Lower Mainland Regional District Greater Vancouver Incorporated 1886 Government  - Mayor Sam Sullivan (NPA)  - City Council List of Councilors Suzanne Anton (NPA) Peter... Motto: Splendor Sine Occasu (Latin: Splendour without diminishment) Capital Victoria Largest city Vancouver Official languages English Government - Lieutenant-Governor Iona Campagnolo - Premier Gordon Campbell (BC Liberal) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament - House seats 36 - Senate seats 6 Confederation July 20, 1871 (6th province) Area  Ranked 4th - Total 944,735 km... February 28 is the 59th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 226th day of the year (227th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ... The pound (abbreviations: lb or, sometimes in the United States, #) is a unit of mass (called weight in everyday parlance) in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ... The kilogram or kilogramme (symbol: kg) is the SI base unit of mass. ... Dorothy Mays (born July 24, 1957 in Nuremberg, Germany) is an American model and actress. ... Vicky McCarty Iovine was born Vicki McCarty in Los Angeles, California on January 13, 1954. ... This is a list of Playboy Playmates of the Year: // 2007: Sara Jean Underwood 2006: Kara Monaco 2005: Tiffany Fallon 2004: Carmella DeCesare 2003: Christina Santiago 2002: Dalene Kurtis 2001: Brande Roderick 2000: Jodi Ann Paterson 1999: Heather Kozar 1998: Karen McDougal 1997: Victoria Silvstedt 1996: Stacy Sanches 1995: Julie... Monique St. ... Terri Knepper (born November 21, 1956, Santa Monica, California) Known as Terri Welles is an American actress and model. ... February 28 is the 59th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 226th day of the year (227th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ...

She found fame as the Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for August 1979 and Playmate of the Year for 1980. Stratten afterwards began a modestly successful acting career. Playboy is an American mens magazine, founded in 1953 by Hugh Hefner and his associates, which has grown into Playboy Enterprises, Inc. ... A Playmate is a female model featured in Playboy magazine as Playmate of the Month. ... A Playmate is a female model featured in Playboy magazine as Playmate of the Month. ...

She was murdered at age 20 by her estranged husband, an act that was the basis of two motion pictures.

Biography

Stratten was born in a Salvation Army hospital in Vancouver, British Columbia, to Simon and Nelly Hoogstraten, Dutch immigrants. Her parents had married in Holland in 1954. In 1961 her brother John Arthur was born, and sister Louise Beatrice was born in May 1968. Shield of The Salvation Army The Salvation Army is a non-military evangelical Christian organisation. ...

She grew up and attended Centennial High School in Coquitlam. In 1977, while working part-time in a local Dairy Queen, she met a Vancouver-area 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. Coquitlam is a mid-sized city in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, Canada, bordering the cities of Burnaby, New Westminster, Port Moody, and Port Coquitlam. ... Dairy Queen (also known as DQ) is an ice-cream shop and fast-food restaurant franchise based in the United States and founded in 1940. ... Paul Leslie Snider (April 15, 1951 – August 14, 1980) was the estranged husband of Playboy model Dorothy Stratten. ... Classic Playboy logo. ...

In 1979, after changing her surname to Stratten, she became Playboy's Miss August. She also found work as a Bunny at the Los Angeles Playboy Club. In 1980, she became Playboy's Playmate of the Year. Her original pictorial was photographed by Mario Casilli. This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Flag Seal Nickname: City of Angels Location Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates , Government State County California Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,290. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... A Playmate is a female model featured in Playboy magazine as Playmate of the Month. ...

In June, 1979, she married Snider in Las Vegas, Nevada. The couple's relationship quickly deteriorated, as Snider became prone to fits of jealousy and bizarre, controlling behavior; he constantly took credit for Stratten's fame, stating that he was the reason for her success, and repeatedly attempted to usurp her fame when in the presence of celebrities. For further information, see Las Vegas metropolitan area and Las Vegas Strip. ...

Hugh Hefner reportedly encouraged Stratten to sever ties with Snider, calling him a "hustler and a pimp." Rosanne Katon and other friends warned Stratten about Snider's behavior. By August of 1980, Snider's personality had turned obsessive. He hired a private detective to follow Stratten and report back to him everything she did. Stratten meanwhile developed a relationship with director Peter Bogdanovich, with whom she began having an affair. Snider and Stratten separated and Stratten moved in with Bogdanovich. Strantten had also made plans to file for divorce from Snider. Hugh Marston Hefner (born April 9, 1926 in Chicago, Illinois), also referred to colloquially as Hef, is the founder and editor-in-chief of Playboy magazine. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Rosanne Katon (born February 5, 1954 in New York City) is a Jamaican-American model, actress, comedian and activist. ... A private investigator, or PI, is a person who undertakes investigations. ... Peter Bogdanovich Serbian Cyrillic Петар Богдановић(born July 30, 1939) is a Serbian-American film director, writer and actor. ... For the record label, see Divorce Records. ...

Murder

On August 14, 1980, Snider and Stratten met at Snider's duplex, in which the couple had once lived along with their friend, Dr. Stephen Cushner. Cushner still lived in the home with his girlfriend and his girlfriend's best friend, but Cushner and the women were all out for the day when Stratten showed up at the home. What exactly transpired is unknown; at noon, Snider's private investigator called the apartment. He was aware that Stratten and Snider were meeting, and wanted to make sure that everything was going smoothly. Snider told the detective "Everything is going fine" and hung up. is the 226th day of the year (227th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ...

At 5:00 p.m., Cushner's girlfriend and her friend arrived home to find Stratten's car in the driveway. The door to Snider's room was closed and Stratten was nowhere to be seen; the women assumed that the two were in the bedroom and wanted privacy. They stayed until 6:00 p.m. to watch the news, then left at 6:30.

At 7:00 p.m., Cushner arrived home and found Stratten's car in the driveway. He assumed that Snider and Stratten wanted privacy. One hour later, at 8:00 p.m., Cushner's girlfriend and her friend arrived back home from dinner. At 11:00 p.m., the private investigator called Cushner. According to the investigator, Snider had given him instructions to periodically check in over the course of the day, but Snider hadn't answered his private line for some time. The investigator told Cushner that he believed something was wrong and that someone needed to check on Snider and Stratten.

Shortly after 11:00 p.m., Cushner broke into Snider's room. There he discovered Snider and Stratten both dead by gunshot.

Dorothy Stratten is buried at Westwood Memorial Park in Los Angeles, California. Flag Seal Nickname: City of Angels Location Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates , Government State County California Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,290. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Largest metro area Greater Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ...

References to Stratten

Jamie Lee Curtis portrayed Stratten in the 1981 television film Death of a Centerfold: The Dorothy Stratten Story. Jamie Lee Curtis (born November 22, 1958) an American film actress and a writer of books for children. ...

Stratten's tragic story was portrayed in Bob Fosse's 1983 film Star 80 starring Mariel Hemingway (Stratten) and Eric Roberts (Snider). Star 80 is a 1983 film about the true story of Playboy playmate of the year Dorothy Stratten who was murdered by her estranged husband (Paul Snider) in 1980. ... This article contains a trivia section. ... Eric Anthony Roberts (born on April 18, 1956, in Biloxi, Mississippi) is an American film and stage actor. ...

Peter Bogdanovich wrote a book about her titled The Killing of the Unicorn. He later married her sister, Louise. They divorced in 2001. Peter Bogdanovich Serbian Cyrillic Петар Богдановић(born July 30, 1939) is a Serbian-American film director, writer and actor. ...

Bryan Adams co-wrote two songs about Stratten. The first, titled "Cover Girl" became a hit for the band Prism in 1980 and the second titled "The Best Was Yet to Come," written with Jim Vallance, appeared on Adams' 1983 album Cuts Like a Knife and was later covered by Laura Branigan. Bryan Adams OC, OBC, (born 5 November 1959) is a Canadian rock singer, guitarist, songwriter and photographer. ... Prisms Armageddon album, 1979 (re-released in 2004) Prism is a Canadian rock band formed in Vancouver in 1976. ... James Douglas Vallance (born 1952) is a Canadian musician and songwriter who has written for Ozzy Osbourne, Aerosmith, Alice Cooper and Bryan Adams. ... Year 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar). ... Cuts Like a Knife is the third solo album by Canadian musician Bryan Adams, released in 1983 (see 1983 in music). ... Laura Branigan (July 3, 1957 – August 26, 2004) was a popular American singer/actress from Brewster, New York, best known in the U.S. for the song Gloria (1982). ...

It is believed by some that, in David Lynch's 2006 film Inland Empire, Laura Dern's character is stabbed on a Hollywood Walk of Fame star belonging to Dorothy Stratten, but a search of the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce's website reveals that Stratten has no star on the Walk. David Keith Lynch (born January 20, 1946, in Missoula, Montana) is an American filmmaker. ... There are three places in the United States called the Inland Empire: Inland Empire (California) Inland Empire (Georgia) Inland Empire (Pacific Northwest) Inland Empire, a film by David Lynch This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

Filmography

Following her appearance in Playboy, Stratten launched a modest acting career, appearing in five movies before her death:

• Skatetown USA (1979)
• Americathon (1979)
• Autumn Born (1979)
• Galaxina (1980) - her only starring role
• They All Laughed (1981) - released posthumously

She also appeared on television in Fantasy Island, the Cruise Ship to the Stars episode of Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, and The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. // Events March 5 - Production begins on Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back. ... Americathon (also known as Americathon 1998) is a 1979 comedy starring John Ritter, Fred Willard, Peter Riegert, Harvey Korman and Nancy Morgan, with narration by George Carlin, based on a play by Firesign Theatre alumni Phil Proctor and Peter Bergman. ... Categories: Wikipedia cleanup | Movie stubs ... The year 1980 in film involved some significant events. ... They All Laughed is a 1981 movie directed by Peter Bogdanovich. ... // January 19 - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer acquires beleaguered concurrent United Artists. ... Fantasy Island refers to two separate but related American fantasy television series, both originally airing on the ABC television network. ... Buck Rogers in the 25th Century is the title of an American motion picture produced by Universal Studios and released in 1979, and is also the title of a television series based upon the film that was aired by NBC for two seasons between 1979 and 1981. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

References

• Dorothy Stratten at Playboy.com

• Dorothy Stratten at the Internet Movie Database

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See also

• List of people in Playboy 1970-1979
• List of people in Playboy 1980-1989

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Literature

Picture Shows: The Life and Films of Peter Bogdanovich by Andrew Yule. The fascinating book of one of the most important and controversial directors of our time. The man responsible for The Last Picture Show, and Paper Moon went on to meet Playboy model Dorothy Stratten. This book is a must read for fans of Peter Bogdonovich and Dorothy Stratten. Image File history File links Unbalanced_scales. ... Shortcut: WP:NPOVD Articles that have been linked to this page are the subject of an NPOV dispute (NPOV stands for Neutral Point Of View; see below). ...

External links

• Dorothy Stratten at TV.com
• Dorothy Stratten Tribute site
• Dorothy's Forum, A place to share memories of Dorothy
• Dorothy Stratten Remember Page