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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 TV shows broadcast on American networks. Dorothy 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dorothy Stratten has received more than 6,023,565 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Dorothy Stratten is the 6,563rd most popular actor (down from 5,278th in 2019), the 557th most popular biography from Canada (down from 443rd in 2019) and the 175th most popular Canadian Actor.

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  • 6.0M

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  • 44.06

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  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.22

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.54

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Dorothy Stratten ranks 6,563 out of 13,578. Before her are Max Riemelt, Edward Brophy, Joey King, Desmond Harrington, Miguel Herrán, and Sam Robards. After her are Filiz Ahmet, Joachim Król, Nirupa Roy, Wilmer Valderrama, Cariba Heine, and Naomi Scott.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Dorothy Stratten ranks 396. Before her are Olga Bondarenko, Ellina Zvereva, Maurane, Mike Mignola, Robert J. Sawyer, and Vyacheslav Bykov. After her are Zoran Živković, Erin Moran, Igor Presnyakov, Oleksandr Sydorenko, Perrine Pelen, and Mikhail Kornienko. Among people deceased in 1980, Dorothy Stratten ranks 271. Before her are Domingo Acedo, Dick Haymes, Walter Rodney, William Hood Simpson, Ahmet Berman, and Bette Nesmith Graham. After her are Nelson López, Zakaria Chihab, John Kotelawala, Nikolay Bogolyubov, John McEwen, and William Gemmell Cochran.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Dorothy Stratten ranks 557 out of 1,622. Before her are Jeanne Sauvé (1922), Kenneth Lane (1923), Arthur Hill (1922), Farley Mowat (1921), Edward Archibald (1884), and Charles Scicluna (1959). After her are K.d. lang (1961), Atiba Hutchinson (1983), Nellie McClung (1873), Jeff Healey (1966), Wilfred Lucas (1871), and Michael Cera (1988).

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Among ACTORS In Canada

Among actors born in Canada, Dorothy Stratten ranks 175. Before her are Douglas Rain (1928), Maurice LaMarche (1958), Lolita Davidovich (1961), Taylor Kitsch (1981), Barbara Parkins (1942), and Arthur Hill (1922). After her are Wilfred Lucas (1871), Michael Cera (1988), Thomas Middleditch (1982), Ken Kirzinger (1959), Teryl Rothery (1962), and Helen Shaver (1951).

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Television and Movie Roles

Galaxina
Galaxina
Galaxina is a lifelike, voluptuous android who is assigned to oversee the operations of an intergalactic Space Police cruiser captained by incompetent Cornelius Butt. When a mission requires the ship's crew to be placed in suspended animation for decades, Galaxina finds herself alone for many years, developing emotions and falling in love with the ship's pilot, Thor.
Jun 6o 19803.985 / 10
They All Laughed
Dolores Martin
New York's Odyssey Detective Agency is hired by two different clients to follow two women suspected of infidelity. Ladies' man John Russo trails Angela Niotes, the elegant wife of a wealthy Italian industrialist, while Charles Rutledge and Arthur Brodsky follow Dolores Martin, the beautiful young wife of a jealous husband. Their respective cases are complicated when John falls for Angela, and Charles falls for Dolores.
Nov 20o 19815.8 / 10
Autumn Born
Tara Dawson
A rich young woman is kidnapped and taken to a school of "discipline."
Sep 1o 19792.8 / 10