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My Take
Dorothy Stratten's story is one of the saddest in Hollywood history, and it is impossible to discuss her without that weight. The Canadian model became Playboy's Playmate of the Year in 1980 and was poised for a real film career when she was murdered by her estranged husband that same year at just twenty. Bob Fosse's Star 80 and the Bogdanovich connection turned her into a tragic emblem of exploitation. I refuse to flatten her into only a cautionary tale, though. By accounts she was bright and warm, a young woman whose promise was stolen. We are left mourning the work she never got to make.
Overview
Dorothy Ruth Hoogstraten (February 28, 1960 – August 14, 1980), 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 1979 and Playmate of the Year in 1980, and appeared in three comedy films and in several episodes of television shows broadcast on American networks.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Dorothy Stratten
- Name (Japanese)
- ドロシー・ストラットン
- Reading
- どろしー・すとらっとん
- Born
- February 28, 1960 – August 14, 1980
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Pisces / Rat
- Origin
- Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 175 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- Playboy Playmate / actor / model
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Centennial High School
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- 1979 Playboy Playmate of the Month
- 1980 Playboy Playmate of the Year
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.