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Dorothy Stratten is a Actor Canadienne born on 28 february 1960 at Vancouver (Canada)

Dorothy Stratten

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Birth name Dorothy Ruth Hoogstraten
Nationality Canada
Birth 28 february 1960 at Vancouver (Canada)
Death 14 august 1980 (at 20 years) at Los Angeles (USA)

Dorothy Ruth Hoogstraten (February 28, 1960 – August 14, 1980), who took the stage name Dorothy Stratten, was a Canadian Playboy Playmate, model, and actress. Stratten was the Playboy Playmate of the Month for August 1979, Playmate of the Year in 1980 and was the second Playmate (after Lee Ann Michelle) born in the 1960s. Stratten appeared in three comedy films and in at least two episodes of shows broadcast on US network television. She was murdered at the age of 20 by her estranged husband/manager Paul Snider, who committed suicide on the same day. Her death inspired two motion pictures.

Biography

Dorothy Ruth Hoogstraten est née dans un hôpital de l'Armée du salut de Vancouver. Elle passe son enfance dans cette ville, puis part faire des études supérieures à Coquitlam.

Alors qu'elle travaille à temps partiel dans un fast-food de la chaîne Dairy Queen, elle est remarquée par Paul Snider , un imprésario de petite envergure, alors âgé de 26 ans. Ce dernier la persuade d'envoyer des photos au magazine Playboy. Sur le contrat d'engagement en tant que playmate, Dorothy, qui est mineure, imite la signature de sa mère.

En 1979, elle est choisie comme « miss août » du magazine sous le pseudonyme de « Dorothy Stratten ». La même année, elle commence à tenir des rôles au cinéma. Elle fait aussi plusieurs apparitions à la télévision américaine, entre autres dans des épisodes de L'Île fantastique et Buck Rogers au XXVe siècle (Croisière vers les étoiles) et The Tonight Show (1980).

En juin 1979, elle épouse Paul Snider à Las Vegas. Snider veut garder le contrôle sur la carrière de Dorothy Stratten, qu'il a lancée, mais elle ne peut supporter sa jalousie ; ils se séparent.

En 1980, elle est élue « Playmate de l'année 1980 ». Elle tient la vedette du film de science-fiction parodique Galaxina, qui sort en juin 1980, puis obtient un rôle dans Et tout le monde riait. Pendant le tournage de ce dernier film - son premier pour un studio important - elle a une liaison avec le réalisateur, Peter Bogdanovich.



En août 1980, Dorothy Stratten et Paul Snider entament une procédure de divorce. Le 14 août, Snider, qui reproche à Dorothy sa liaison avec Bogdanovich, retrouve son épouse dans son appartement de Los Angeles et la viole, puis la tue avant de se suicider.

L'histoire tragique de l'actrice a inspiré en 1981 le téléfilm Death of a Centerfold: The Dorothy Stratten Story, avec Jamie Lee Curtis dans le rôle de Dorothy Stratten, et en 1983 le film Star 80, où elle est interprétée par Mariel Hemingway.

Peter Bogdanovich a consacré le livre The Killing of the Unicorn (Le Meurtre de la licorne) à l'histoire de Dorothy Stratten. En 1988, le réalisateur a épousé la sœur de Dorothy Stratten, Louise, dont il a divorcé en 2001.

La chanson The Best Was Yet to Come, sur l'album Cuts like a knife du rocker canadien Bryan Adams, est écrite en hommage à Dorothy Stratten.

Le peintre Axel Sanson la représente dans son tableau Eidolon, in loving memory of Dorothy Stratten, en 2015.

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Filmography of Dorothy Stratten (4 films)

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They All Laughed, 1h55
Directed by Peter Bogdanovich
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Audrey Hepburn, Ben Gazzara, John Ritter, Colleen Camp, Patti Hansen, Peter Bogdanovich
Roles Dolores Martin
Rating62% 3.146713.146713.146713.146713.14671
Detective John Russo (Ben Gazzara) attempts to cheat on his girlfriend, country singer Christy Miller (Colleen Camp), with a blonde taxi driver he calls Sam (Patti Hansen), with the connivance of his colleague Arthur Brodsky (Blaine Novak). Russo has met the taxi driver en route from a meeting at which he's been assigned to follow Angela Niotes (Audrey Hepburn), wife of a European tycoon.
Galaxina
Galaxina (1980)
, 1h35
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Adventure, Comic science fiction
Themes Space adventure films, Comedy science fiction films, Films set in the future, Space opera, Robot films
Actors Dr. Stephen Macht, Avery Schreiber, Dorothy Stratten, Lionel Mark Smith, Tadashi Horino, Rhonda Shear
Roles Galaxina
Rating37% 1.8585751.8585751.8585751.8585751.858575
In the year 3008, the crew of the Intergalactic Space Police cruiser Infinity is on patrol duty in deep space. The ship is captained by the incompetent Cornelius Butt (Avery Schreiber) and his crewmen: his first officer, Sgt. Thor (Stephen Macht); pilot "space-cowboy" Pvt. Robert "Buzz" McHenry (J.D. Hinton); Maurice (Lionel Mark Smith), a black humanoid alien with pointy ears and bat wings; and Sam (Tad Horino), an Asian man who quotes Confucius. Also aboard is Galaxina (Dorothy Stratten), a voluptuous blonde android servant, and Rock-Eater, a rock-eating alien prisoner confined to the brig.
Americathon, 1h26
Directed by Neal Israel
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Environmental films, Films set in the future, Films based on plays
Actors John Ritter, Peter Riegert, Harvey Korman, Fred Willard, Richard Schaal, Chief Dan George
Roles Americathon Stage Dancer
Rating45% 2.2595052.2595052.2595052.2595052.259505
In the (then-near future) year 1998, the USA has run out of oil, and many Americans are living in their now-stationary cars and using other non-gas-powered means of transportation such as jogging, riding bicycles and rollerskating. Many Americans wear sweatsuits. In search of leadership, Americans elect Chet Roosevelt (Ritter) as President. Roosevelt, a "cosmically inspired" former governor of California, proves to have little else in common with Teddy Roosevelt or FDR other than his name. Roosevelt, an overly-optimistic man who quotes positive affirmation slogans, stages a number of highly publicized fund raising events, all of which fail. Real money comes in the form of loans from a cartel of Native Americans, led by billionaire Sam Birdwater (George), in control of Nike (which has been renamed "National Indian Knitting Enterprise").
Skatetown, U.S.A., 1h38
Directed by William A. Levey
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about music and musicians, Sports films, Musical films
Actors Scott Baio, Patrick Swayze, Flip Wilson, Maureen McCormick, Katherine Kelly Lang, Ron Palillo
Roles Customer at Snack Bar
Rating49% 2.4619552.4619552.4619552.4619552.461955
One evening at a Los Angeles-area roller disco called Skatetown, U.S.A., a rivalry between two skaters (Patrick Swayze and Greg Bradford) culminates in a contest, the winning prize for which is $1000 and a moped. After a game of chicken played on motorized roller skates, the two rivals become friends.