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Dorothy Stratten

1960 - 1980

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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. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Dorothy Stratten is the 6,481st most popular actor (up from 6,559th in 2019), the 585th most popular biography from Canada (down from 558th in 2019) and the 162nd most popular Canadian Actor.

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Among actors, Dorothy Stratten ranks 6,481 out of 13,578. Before her are Alice Davenport, Oh Se-hun, Paul McGann, Willard Scott, Jami Gertz, and C. S. Lee. After her are Reggie Lee, Gregory Sierra, Elizabeth Reaser, Sean Murray, Frances O'Connor, and D.O..

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Among people born in 1960, Dorothy Stratten ranks 404. Before her are Wakin Chau, Håkan Loob, Carol Yager, Olaf Ludwig, Ján Figeľ, and Jiří Rusnok. After her are Malouma, Johnny Van Zant, Corine Mauch, Pascal Fabre, Paolo Pezzi, and James J. Martin. Among people deceased in 1980, Dorothy Stratten ranks 270. Before her are Mustapha Choukri, Walter Susskind, Olivia Manning, John McEwen, Marc Connelly, and Barbara Loden. After her are Clyfford Still, Shohachi Ishii, Larry Williams, William Hood Simpson, Nikolay Bogolyubov, and Bette Nesmith Graham.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Dorothy Stratten ranks 585 out of 1,622. Before her are Christopher Heyerdahl (1963), Norm Macdonald (1959), Gordon Tootoosis (1941), Aimee Semple McPherson (1890), Eva Dawes (1912), and Ivan Koloff (1942). After her are Marie Yovanovitch (1958), Rachelle Lefevre (1979), Jack Layton (1950), Mac DeMarco (1990), Norman Lane (1919), and George Woodcock (1912).

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Among ACTORS In Canada

Among actors born in Canada, Dorothy Stratten ranks 162. Before her are Michael Hogan (1949), Melissa Roxburgh (1992), Barbara Kent (1907), Patrick J. Adams (1981), Christopher Heyerdahl (1963), and Gordon Tootoosis (1941). After her are Rachelle Lefevre (1979), Daniel Gillies (1976), Erica Durance (1978), Rob Stewart (1961), Douglas Rain (1928), and Pablo Schreiber (1978).

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