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{{Short description|Canadian Playmate and actress (1960–1980)}} {{for|the Director of U.S. Coast Guard SPARS during World War II|Dorothy C. Stratton}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2021}} {{Infobox person | name = Dorothy Stratten | image = Dorothy Stratten 1979.jpg | caption = Stratten in 1979 | birth_name = Dorothy Ruth Hoogstraten | birth_date = {{birth date|1960|2|28}} | birth_place = [[Vancouver, British Columbia|Vancouver]], [[British Columbia]], Canada | death_place = [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1980|8|14|1960|2|28|mf=y}} | death_cause = [[Murder]] (gunshot wound) | resting_place = [[Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery]] | occupation = {{hlist|Model|actress}} | spouse = {{marriage|[[Paul Snider]]|1979|1980|end={{abbr|[[legal separation|sep.]]}}}} | module = {{Infobox Playboy Playmate | embed = yes | name = <!-- leave blank --> | issue = August 1979 | preceded = [[Dorothy Mays]] | succeeded = [[Vicki Iovine|Vicki McCarty]] | pmoy-year = 1980 | pmoy-preceded = [[Monique St. Pierre]] | pmoy-succeeded = [[Terri Welles]] }} }} '''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 [[List of Playmates of the Year|Playmate of the Year]] in 1980,<ref name=wekinglypigs>{{cite web|url=http://wekinglypigs.com/cgi-bin/nand/search/pmstat?browse=%3A%3ACONFIG%3A%3Amodelbrowse&key=stratten%2C+dorothy&limit=0|title=Playmate data|access-date=January 29, 2010}}</ref> 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 [[murder–suicide|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]]'' (1981), the theatrical motion picture ''[[Star 80]]'' (1983),<ref name="nytimes star80">{{cite news | title = Screen: 'Star 80,' A Sex-Symbol's Life and Death| first = Vincent | last = Canby | newspaper = The New York Times | date = November 10, 1983 | url = https://www.nytimes.com/1983/11/10/movies/screen-star-80-a-sex-symbol-s-life-and-death.html | access-date = July 22, 2008}}</ref> the book ''[[The Killing of the Unicorn]]'' (1984), and songs such as "The Best Was Yet to Come" by [[Bryan Adams]], and "Cover Girl" by [[Prism (band)|Prism]].{{Citation needed|date=February 2024}}
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