She grew up in nearby coquitlam, and her early years were fairly ordinary But all of that changed after she turned 18. Born dorothy ruth hoogstraten as the oldest of three children of dutch immigrants, she worked at a local dairy queen while still in high school She began to come into her own as a model in her. Dorothy stratten's story was brief, glorious and tragic She was born dorothy ruth hoogstraten on february 28, 1960 in vancouver, british columbia, canada
She grew up in a rough neighborhood in vancouver, but kept out of trouble and went through the motions of school. Stratten, born dorothy ruth hoogstraten in vancouver and raised in coquitlam, was discovered by snider in 1978 while working at the dairy queen on east hastings street. February 28, 1960 in vancouver b.c August 14, 1980 in west los angeles father Dorothy stratten’s life reads like a hollywood screenplay—glamorous, tragic, and hauntingly short But behind the dazzling ascent was a story of control, obsession, and a tragic end that the world still mourns
