Birth Name: Dorothy Ruth Hoogstraten

Date of Birth: February 28, 1960

Place of Birth: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Date of Death: August 14, 1980

Place of Death: Los Angeles, California, U.S.

Ethnicity: Dutch

Dorothy Stratten was a Canadian Playboy Playmate, model, and actress. She was the Playboy Playmate of the Month for August 1979, and Playmate of the Year in 1980.

Her parents, Simon Hoogstraten and and Nelly Willems, were Dutch immigrants.