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Death of a Centerfold: The Dorothy Stratten Story is a american film of genre Drama directed by Gabrielle Beaumont released in USA on 1 november 1981 with Jamie Lee Curtis
Death of a Centerfold: The Dorothy Stratten Story (1981)
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Add to a movie listDeath of a Centerfold: The Dorothy Stratten Story is a 1981 American television film directed by Gabrielle Beaumont. It is a true dramatization of the life and the murder of Playboy Playmate of the Year Dorothy Stratten, played by Jamie Lee Curtis. The movie was aired on NBC in November 1981. Two years later the same story was developed by director Bob Fosse in his movie Star 80, starring Mariel Hemingway and Eric Roberts.
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Jamie Lee Curtis
(Dorothy Stratten)
Bruce Weitz
(Paul Snider)
Robert Reed
(David Palmer)
Mitch Ryan
(Hugh Hefner)
Bibi Besch
(Hilda Flushing)
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