- The murder scene in Star 80 (1983), the film about her life and death, was filmed at the actual apartment where she was killed.
- On her Playmate data sheet, she listed her major turnoff as "jealous people".
- Canadian rocker Bryan Adams wrote a song dedicated to her memory: the poignant "The Best Was Yet to Come". The song appears on his album "Cuts Like a Knife" (1983).
- Paul Snider hired a private detective to follow her around after she moved into Peter Bogdanovich's Bel Air home.
- In high school (c. 1974-77), she worked at the local Dairy Queen on 2109 E. Hastings st. in Vancouver, BC.
- Playboy Playmate of the Year 1980.
- Murdered by her husband Paul Snider.
- She assisted Chippendales co-founder Bruce Nahin in obtaining the rights to use the cuffs and collars for the male waiters of Chippendales from "Playboy" publisher and founder Hugh Hefner.
- Her tombstone features a quote from Ernest Hemingway's novel "A Farewell to Arms". Coincidentally, Hemingway's granddaughter Mariel Hemingway portrayed her in Bob Fosse's drama movie Star 80 (1983).
- Is portrayed by Jamie Lee Curtis in Death of a Centerfold: The Dorothy Stratten Story (1981)
- Her former boyfriend Peter Bogdanovich married her younger sister Louise Stratten.
- Playboy Playmate of the Month August 1979.
- Born in a Salvation Army hospital in Vancouver, British Columbia.
- Interred at Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles, CA, 2-1/2 miles away from the Playboy Mansion.
- Has become a minor cult figure with several movies made about her life and even a song written about her: "Cover Girl" by Prism.
- Appeared on the cover of the Vancouver Canadians (AAA Pacific Coast League Baseball) program, one month before her murder.
- The song written in Dorothy Stratten's honor is "Cover Girl" by the rock band Prism.
- Grew up in the East Hastings area in Vancouver, British Columbia.
- Graduated from Centennial High School in Coquitlam, British Columbia (1978).
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