In August 1981, a year after Stratten's death, They All Laughed had its U.S. release, and in 1984, its director, Bogdanovich, released the memoir and biography The Killing of the Unicorn: Dorothy ...

Stratten was born Dorothy Hoogstraten in 1960. According to The Washington Post, a teenage Stratten met 26-year-old Snider in 1978.At the time, Stratten was in high school and working at a Dairy ...

Dorothy Stratten's sister Louise opens up about the iconic Playboy model's 1980 murder — and revealed that Hugh Hefner broke down in front of her years later before apologizing for the role he ...

Read about the tragic death of Playboy model Dorothy Stratten, killed by her estranged husband Paul Snider in 1980, as depicted in Hulu's "Welcome to Chippendales." While Hulu’s upcoming true crime ...

So, yes: for those familiar with Star 80 and the Pulitzer Prize-winning Village Voice article, "Death of a Playmate," the mere mention of Stratten’s name foreshadows tragedy.

How did Dorothy Stratten die? In early 1980, Dorothy was given the title of Playmate of the Year. Around the same time, she scored a role in the 1981 film They All Laughed alongside Audrey Hepburn .

Stratten's tragic story has been told onscreen in 1981's "Death of a Centerfold" (she was played by Jamie Lee Curtis) and in 1983's "Star 80" (Mariel Hemingway).

Stratten died at just 20 years old, ... The first was a made-for-television movie, Death of a Centerfold, which starred Jamie Lee Curtis. Bob Fosse later directed Mariel Hemingway in Star 80.

Following her death, Stratten became a legend and the subject of the TV film, Death of a Centerfold, as well as The Killing of the Unicorn, Bogdanovich's 1984 memoir detailing his relationship ...