Dorothy Stratten was a Canadian model and actress who gained fame in the late 1970s.
Dorothy Ruth Hoogstraten was born on February 28, 1960, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.Dorothy Stratten began her career as a model and gained attention after winning the Playboy magazine’s “Playmate of the Year” title in 1980. She was featured in several issues of Playboy.
In August 1980, at the age of 20, Dorothy Stratten was brutally murdered by Paul Snider in a murder-suicide. The tragic event shocked the entertainment industry.