Dorothy Stratten
Victim of crime and Actor
Dorothy StrattenDorothy Stratten (February 28, 1960 ndash August 14, 1980) was a Canadian model and actress. Stratten found fame as the Playboy Playmate of the Month for August 1979 and subsequently Playmate of the Year for 1980. She was the second Playmate... In this article: Louise Stratten, Dorothy Stratten, Peter Bogdanovich, Playboy, They All Laughed, Hugh Hefner, Bryan Adams, Playmate of the Year, and Star 80 |
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Celebrity Mound | November 03, 2009
Check Out Mariel Hemingway's Daughter Dree In A Topless Photoshoot
...for an Oscar for Best supporting Actress. She also posed on the cover of Playboy and later played the role of Playboy model Dorothy Stratten in the 1983 film Star 80. She appeared in another of Allen's films, Deconstructing Harry, in...
In this article: Mariel Hemingway, Ernest Hemingway, Playboy, Woody Allen, Manhattan, Oscar, Nobel Prize, For Whom the Bell Tolls, and Harry Potter
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Wikipedia | October 24, 2009
Centennial School
...her journalism career writing for the school's student newspaper. Playboy Playmate and actress Dorothy Stratten attended Centennial High School. Stratten was Playmate of the Year for 1980. She appeared in several movies, including Peter...
In this article: Centennial School, Craig Forrest, Centennial High School, Matthew Good, NBA Championship, Juno Award, and School District 43 Coquitlam
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Wikipedia | October 23, 2009
They All Laughed
...Hepburn), wife of a European tycoon. Detective Charles Rutledge (John Ritter) falls in love with Dolores Martin (Dorothy Stratten), whose husband has also hired him to spy on her. Rutledge is cautioned against this infatuation by his buddy...
In this article: They All Laughed, Peter Bogdanovich, Audrey Hepburn, Ben Gazzara, and They All Laughed
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Wikipedia | October 05, 2009
Paul Snider
...whom he murdered before he himself committed suicide. He was born in Vancouver, British Columbia. Snider met Stratten in 1977 while Stratten was working part-time at a Dairy Queen in Vancouver. He promoted her by sending photos of her to...
In this article: Playboy, Vancouver, Suicide, Dairy Queen, Peter Bogdanovich, Bob Fosse, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Mariel Hemingway
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Wired: Underwire | August 15, 2009
Online Bidders Can Sleep on Top of Marilyn Monroe Forever
...and Burt Lancaster. But it also contains the graves of tragic casualties of show business - like Natalie Wood, Bob Crane, Dorothy Stratten, Heather O'Rourke and Marilyn Monroe. Now, according to the Los Angeles Times, you have a chance to...
In this article: Marilyn Monroe, Recession, EBay, Los Angeles Times, Truman Capote, George C. Scott, Walter Matthau, Roy Orbison, and Natalie Wood
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Newsweek Top News | July 09, 2009
Gilt.com: Susan Lyne's Digital Makeover
...as editor of the Village Voice, which snared a Pulitzer Prize during her tenure for a story on murdered Playboy centerfold Dorothy Stratten. In the '80s, she launched Premiere magazine, pioneering a new brand of Hollywood journalism. By...
In this article: Gilt Groupe, Tina Brown, The Huffington Post, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Arianna Huffington, Martha Stewart, Insider trading, The Daily Beast, and Village Voice
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PopMatters | June 25, 2009
Dominick Dunne: After the Party (Review)
...Clarkson stride across the screen, reminded of another dream factory starlet felled by male violence, Playboy centerfold Dorothy Stratten. Stratten was slain by gunshot by a maniacal control freak who happened to be her husband, her tale...
In this article: Dominick Dunne, Vanity Fair, DVD, Tina Brown, Graydon Carter, John Sweeney, and Hollywood
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Wikipedia | April 04, 2009
Galaxina
...a low-budget 1980 American science fiction movie , best remembered for its lead actress, Playboy Playmate of the Year (for 1980) Dorothy Stratten (who was murdered shortly after the movie's release). Galaxina is a parody of Star Wars, Star...
In this article: Galaxina, Stephen Macht, and Avery Schreiber
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Perez Hilton | October 20, 2008
Celebrity gossip juicy celebrity rumors Hollywood gossip blog from Perez Hilton » Blog Archive » Heidi's Ex Speaks! Bashes Her and Spencer
...pleace whight moremoremoremoremore the hills gossip!!! i like audrina, heidi and spencer MUUUCH more than lc and lo…. ew. Dorothy Stratten and Paul Snider…For those of you who do not know…check up on your Playboy history and look up slain...
In this article: Heidi Montag, Perez Hilton, Hollywood, Crocodile, and God
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Yahoo! News | October 28, 2007
Rock novice Bogdanovich takes on Petty documentary
...Moon." But subsequent artistic missteps ensued, as did the brutal murder of his girlfriend, Playboy Playmate of the Year 1980 Dorothy Stratten. He directed only a handful of films during the 1980s, and his marriage to Stratten's sister...
In this article: Peter Bogdanovich, Turner Classic Movies, Playboy, What's Up, Runnin' Down a Dream, Sundance Channel, Frank Sinatra, and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
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Dorothy Stratten (28 February 1960 – 14 August 1980) was a Canadian model and actress. Stratten found fame as the Playboy Playmate of the Month for August 1979 and subsequently Playmate of the Year for 1980. She was the second Playmate (after Lee Ann Michelle) to be born in the 1960s.
However, Stratten is most famous for the circumstances of her murder at age 20 by her estranged husband, an act that was the basis of two motion pictures.
- Birth Date:
- February 28, 1960
- Birthplace:
- Vancouver, British Columbia
- Death Date:
- August 14, 1980
- Place of Death:
- West Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
- Weight:
- 123 lb
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