Teresa Carpenter's " Death of a Playmate " article about Dorothy Stratten's murder was published in The Village Voice and won the 1981 Pulitzer Prize, and while Bogdanovich did not criticize Carpenter's article in his book, she had lambasted both Bogdanovich and Playboy mogul Hugh Hefner, claiming that Stratten was a victim of them as much as of her husband, Paul Snider, who killed her and himself.

Playboy Playmate and actress Dorothy Stratten was raised in Coquitlam and attended Centennial High School.

Stratten was Playmate of the Year for 1980.

Stratten was portrayed twice in biographies of her life, by Jamie Lee Curtis in Death of a Centerfold: The Dorothy Stratten Story, and by Mariel Hemingway in Star 80.

Dorothy Stratten ( February 28, 1960 – August 14, 1980 ) was a Canadian model and actress.

Stratten was born Dorothy Ruth Hoogstraten in a Salvation Army hospital in Vancouver, British Columbia, to Simon and Nelly Hoogstraten, who were Dutch immigrants.

Stratten began an affair with Peter Bogdanovich while he was directing They All Laughed, her first and only major film.

Shortly after noon on August 14, 1980, Snider and Stratten met at Snider's house, where the two had once lived as a couple, and which Snider was by then sharing with its owner, their mutual friend, Dr. Stephen Cushner.

Bob Fosse's Star 80 ( 1983 ) starred Mariel Hemingway as Stratten and Eric Roberts as Snider, whose performance was praised by many critics.

Star 80 is a 1983 American film about the true story of Playboy Playmate of the Year Dorothy Stratten, who was murdered by her estranged husband Paul Snider in 1980.

Hugh Hefner sued the producers of the film because he did not like the way he was portrayed, perhaps in part because the article the film was based on suggested that Stratten was as much a victim of Hefner and Bogdanovich as she was of Snider.

In a 1998 interview, Hefner stated that he still disliked the film because it was a poor portrayal of Stratten, although he did commend Eric Roberts for " an excellent portrayal of the sick husband who murdered her.

Star 80 was the second movie based on the murder of Stratten.

It was preceded by the 1981 television film Death of a Centerfold: The Dorothy Stratten Story in which Jamie Lee Curtis portrayed Stratten and Bruce Weitz portrayed Paul Snider.

Wilcox was executive producer of the TV movie Death of a Centerfold: The Dorothy Stratten Story.

Galaxina is a low-budget 1980 American comedy / science fiction film, best remembered for its lead actress, Playboy Playmate of the Year for 1980 Dorothy Stratten, who was murdered shortly after the movie's release.

Dorothy Stratten was murdered before the film's release.

* August 14 – Dorothy Stratten, the 1980 Playboy Playmate of the Year is murdered by estranged husband Paul Leslie Snider, who subsequently commits suicide.

* Dorothy Stratten ( 1960 – 1980 ), actress, Playboy Playmate, murder victim

With her surname shortened to Stratten, she became Playboy's Miss August, and began working as a bunny at the Century City Playboy Club.

Dorothy Stratten appears, uncredited and in a brief non-speaking role, in a Playboy bunny style outfit during a scene where Meat Loaf's character gives blood.

She starred in the 1981 TV film, Death of a Centerfold: The Dorothy Stratten Story, playing the part of the eponymous doomed Playmate.

They separated and Stratten moved in with Bogdanovich, planning to file for a divorce from Snider.

Gavin Rossdale mentions Dorothy Stratten in his song " Dead Meat " performed by his band Bush on the album, The Science of Things ( 1999 ), in the lyric " Dorothy died for your pleasure ".

Hefner also later sued Bogdanovich for the negative portrayals in Bogdanovich's book about Stratten, The Killing of the Unicorn.

* 1981: Teresa Carpenter, Village Voice, " for her account of the death of actress-model Dorothy Stratten.

Charles, who pursues Dorothy Stratten's character, wears director Peter Bogdanovich's trademark oversized plastic-framed eyeglasses, perhaps a reference to Bogdanovich's initial guilt and subsequent acceptance of his love for Stratten.

By August 1980 Snider most likely believed he had lost Stratten and what he had called his " rocket to the moon.

* August 14 – Dorothy Stratten, an actress, is raped and killed in Los Angeles by Paul Snider before he commits suicide.

* Dorothy Stratten ( August 1979 ), actress whose life and murder were portrayed in Star 80 ( 1983 ) and in Death of a Centerfold: The Dorothy Stratten Story ( 1981 )

* 1960 – Dorothy Stratten, Canadian actress ( d. 1980 )

* February 28 – Dorothy Stratten, Canadian model and actress ( d. 1980 )

Bogdanovich turned back to writing as his directorial career sagged, beginning with The Killing of the Unicorn: Dorothy Stratten ( 1960 – 1980 ), a memoir published in 1984.

* February 28 – Dorothy Stratten, model, actress and murder victim ( d. 1980 )

On December 30, 1988, the 49-year-old Bogdanovich married 20-year-old Louise Stratten, Dorothy's younger sister, whom he had begun dating a few years after Dorothy's death.

In Death of a Centerfold: The Dorothy Stratten Story ( 1981 ) in which Jamie Lee Curtis portrayed Stratten and Bruce Weitz played Paul Snider.

" First born Unicorn / hard core-soft porn " refers to the late Dorothy Stratten.

* 1984: The Killing Of The Unicorn-Dorothy Stratten 1960-1980.

Stratten appeared in three comedy films and at least two episodes of shows broadcast on US network television.

Her sister Louise Stratten followed in May 1968.

Hugh Hefner had high hopes Stratten could have meaningful crossover success as an actress.

Stratten also played the title role in the sci-fi parody Galaxina.

Hefner reportedly encouraged Stratten to sever ties with Snider, calling him a " hustler and a pimp.

" Rosanne Katon and other friends warned Stratten about Snider's behavior.

Snider hired a private detective to follow Stratten.