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Dorothy Stratten
Canadian Playmate and actress (–)
For the Director of U.S. Coast Guard SPARS during World War II, see Dorothy C. Stratton.
Dorothy Ruth Hoogstraten (February 28, – August 14, ), known professionally as Dorothy Stratten, was a Canadian model and actress, primarily known for her appearances as a Playboy Playmate. Stratten was the Playboy Playmate of the Month for August and Playmate of the Year in ,[1] and appeared in three comedy films and in several episodes of television shows broadcast on American networks. Stratten was murdered shortly after co-starring in the movie They All Laughed, at the age of 20, by her estranged husband and manager Paul Snider, whom she was in the process of divorcing and breaking business ties with. Snider committed suicide after he killed Stratten.
Stratten's death inspired two movies, a book, and several songs: the TV movie Death of a Centerfold: The Dorothy Stratten Story (), the theatrical motion picture Star 80 (),[2] the book The Killing of the Unicorn (), and songs such as "The Best Was Yet to Come" by Bryan Adams, and "Cover Girl" by Prism.[citation needed]
Life and career
[edit]Dorothy Stratten was born in Grace Maternity Hospital in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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A Centrefold Model, a Shocking Murder, and the Vancouver Film It Inspired
In , the murder-suicide of a Vancouver couple shocked and horrified Hollywood. Model and actress Dorothy Stratten and her husband, Paul Snider, were found in their West Los Angeles home, both dead of gunshot wounds. At a point when Stratten’s career was about to reach new heights, the jealous and desperate Snider killed his wife and then himself.
Released only three years later, the film Star 80 () offered a fictionalized account of Stratten and Snider’s relationship and the events leading up to the crime. Filmed in Vancouver and Los Angeles, using many of the real locations, Star 80 depicts how Stratten (played by Mariel Hemingway) rose from a teenager working at a Vancouver Dairy Queen to a Playboy centrefold and actress, and the small-time grifter Snider’s (Eric Roberts) growing resentment as Stratten moves beyond his control. Star 80 was the final film directed by Oscar-winner Bob Fosse (All That Jazz, Cabaret). Fosse brought an obsession with accuracy to the film, as well as his own destructive behaviour. Gaining in both controversy and acclaim since its release, Star 80 shaped the B.C. couple’s tragic story into an unnerving tale of celebrity culture and toxic male rage.
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