Devotion

On this page you will have the opportunity to share your prayers and devotions for Dorothy. Think of it as a virtual altar. Email me your prayers and devotions and I will post them here. Please keep them brief so there will be space for as many as possible. Let your hearts speak!

The writing on Dorothy's gravestone is taken oddly enough from the book "A Farewell to Arms" by Ernest Hemingway the Grandfather of Mariel Hemingway who portrayed Dorothy in the movie Star 80.

Dorothy,
You were a beautifual sweet angel that graced us with your prescence for only a very brief time. You like many others before and after were taken from us much too soon. You were the essence of innocence and purity. Something that is very much lacking in today's corrupt world. When I look at you I am reminded of a much more simple, beautifal and wholesome time in American History. You were the most classy playmate to ever walk through Hugh Heffner's door, and I know he feels the void of your precsence tremendously. There are not enough words or adjectives to describe how truly special and unique you are. Peter Bogdonavich said it best when he referred to you as a "Unicorn."
Sweet, Wholesome, Elegant girls like you in the year 2012 have become extinct.
Thank You for your etheral prescence in the brief time you were here.... God let us borrow you for 20 years, But you were too Good and Pure for this earth and Jesus called his Angel home.
I can't wait to see you and give you a hug on that joyous morning of eternity.
Until then rest in Heavenly Peace.....
-Jenny David Nashville, TN

All of these years have passed, but you will never be forgotten. Such a beautiful radiant light, taken before her time. I was 16 when you left this earth, and will always remember that day. God Bless You, Dorothy.
Norm Vezina
-Pine Falls, Manitoba, Canada

Dorothy,
I was a Marine at the El Toro Marine base when you passed away. I was just a simple guy who fell in love with you the first time I saw you. Sometimes I wish I had been the man in your life..maybe things would have been different. I was always considered to be a tough Marine but your passing left an empty hole in my heart, a hole that will never heal. I know you are in a better place, a place of no pain, no heartache but a place of love, beautiful light and total peace. Maybe someday I will meet you there. I will always have you in my heart.
-Tim M, New Hampshire

Dorothy Stratten was more than the most beautiful woman of her time, more than the prototype of the perfect and unforgettable playmate, more than a great actress (and it certainly she was )! First of all, she was an angel! Anyone who knows a little about your life, knows she was really special in this world! An angel took the form of Dorothy Ruth Hoogstraten and she was immortalized in our hearts and minds as Dorothy Stratten! Despite the suffering she went in the end, my consolation is to believe that his pure soul is free now, somewhere, resuming their journey!
A kiss on her beautiful soul, wherever you are, Dorothy!
Adriano Miranda
Franca-Sao Paulo-Brazil

Dorothy Stratten foi mais do que a mais linda mulher de sua época, mais do que o protótipo da perfeita e inesquecível playmate, mais do que uma atriz de categoria ( e que certamente ela foi ) ! Antes de tudo ela foi um anjo! Quem conhece um pouco de sua vida , tem a certeza do quanto ela foi especial nesse mundo! Um anjo que assumiu a forma de Dorothy Ruth Hoogstraten e que ficaria imortalizada em nossos corações e mentes como Dorothy Stratten! Apesar do sofrimento que ela passou no final, meu consolo é acreditar que sua alma pura está bem agora, em algum lugar, recomeçando sua jornada!
Um beijo em sua linda alma, onde quer que você esteja Dorothy!
Adriano Miranda
Franca-SP-Brasil

I would like to share this with Dorothy.
It’s funny when one gets to an age, 35, and nearly 30 years later from 1980 starts remembering some of the things one did with the family. Though it’s 2010 and through the years, I could vaguely remember a romantic movie with John Ritter smoking and a beautiful blonde woman of his dreams descending some stairs dressed in white. I could never recall the exact movie. At the time of seeing this movie, I was only 8 years old, sitting with my parents one night and became in total awe on seeing you. I also became a Buck Rogers fan during my youth and today have the complete episode collection with you in ‘Cruise Ship to the Stars’. Since I am a big 80s buff, I recently tried to remember what this movie was and JOYFULLY found it and now own it after all these years. I fell in love again after seeing ‘They All Laughed’. You have sincerity and innocence, you have the nicest voice, the most admiring looks, and the potential. Now that I have found you after all these years, I will miss you. You are on that Cruise Ship in the Stars and I can only hope and pray I too will meet you one day in heaven since you are the one who has me admiring blondes today. LOL Please take care of my father Frank Tinsley up there by giving him his occasional St. Pauli Girl beer who passed away on January 3, 2010. May you both rest in peace Somewhere In Time.
Jim Tinsley, Florida

Dorothy
I met you when at a Playboy promotion at the Autorama in Dallas in 1980. I was still a teen with that month's copy for Playboy for you to sign. You were very nice and I will always remember talking to you and asking you if you ever get 'get tired of this' meaning all the appearances and such, you said "No, not really, not from all the attention I get from you guys." You were very genuine and very sweet and will always be one of the most beautiful women I will ever meet in my life. I was smitten, to say the least.
I will always remember the day of when I heard of your death and how saddened I was. You were here for such a short time, but to me, you were truly an Angel on Earth.
We miss you.
Steve L.

Saddening to recall the short amount of time you were here to experience many of the wonderful ideas, sights and people this world has to offer.
Saddening to recall the way others around you treated you as an object to be possessed and displayed for profit, rather than the human being you were inside.
A vision of fantasy colliding with a nightmare reality.
I pray you found the peace and protection in death that eluded you in life.
God bless you.
Terrence Watt

True beauty was created once
and given to the world
to cherish for only a short time
then selfishly stolen from us
to never grace the planet again
but, can never be replaced
and never be forgotten.
Frank

I first read about Dorothy here in the UK in a Sunday mag in 1982,

& felt devastated about what happened to this stunning beauty.

I have thought about her a lot over the years & often to the point where it makes me very emotional , I love u Dorothy & know you are safe with Jesus.

I can never stop thinking of you, angel.

Robert

Dorothy, you were a great shining light, that was taken from us too soon. Even though I never knew you, this world was much better, and full of light with you in it. I will meet you someday in heaven. I'm truly sorry for what happened to you, you didn't deserve it in any way. I love you, and you are still the most beautiful woman, inside and out. I am your biggest fan, and will remain so until the end of my days. viva Dorothy Stratten. Much love forever, may you rest in peace.

Angela.

You should be here with us. You should have lived a 'happily ever after'. You should have had a remarkable acting career that broke down all the barriers. You should have had a family with a husband who loved you unconditionally and children--lots of children who looked just like you with a heart as big and as pure as your own. But instead your in Heaven with God and we are still left with the never ending question of "what if" and "why you"... Even after decades, you're still very much in the hearts and minds of those who have grown to love and admire you.

Dearest Dorothy
I met you on the Biography channel today for the first time. Your story touched my heart and I had to go online to search more and I have never done this before, but I need to send you a little note in heaven!
You were so beautiful and so young and so devoted to your sister. She loves you so much. We might never know our purpose in life during the time we spend on earth, but you obviously touched so many hearts and lives in your lifetime.
It was a real pleasure meeting you and reading about you.
God bless and RIP.
Alice

To a Beautiful person and lady:

I am so honored to still have the playboy magazine that you were in. It is so sad what happened to you. Dorothy, I would have loved to meet you. May God Bless you and hold you in his arms forever . You are sadly missed.

God Bless you and may you rest in peace.

Jo-Anne

Much love forever, Angela.

You will always be in my prayers and in my heart. I will never forget you. May your memory live on. My prayer to you is this... Shine as you always did, take comfort that I love you and always will, you are my angel. I will see you in heaven because we will meet, then I can hug you and tell you I LOVE YOU. Rest in forever peace. You truly are an angel.

Love, Your biggest and most loyal fan.

Dorothy,

You are a flame of hope that will burn on endlessly. Many people love and remember you even though most never even met you. You affected many during your short stay. This is a remarkable achievement that very few have attained. We need not pray for you because we know God is taking care of you, we need to pray for ourselves and hope that someone like you will be allowed to visit us again.

Joe D.

Dorothy,
I wish i could have known you. You were born at about the same time as myself. I always thought you represented the qualities i admire most in a woman. Yes, you were gorgeous, but your wholesome spirit was beautiful. RIP...
Kevin McGaugh

Many have tried to emulate your beauty, wit, & spark but all have failed. There will never be another Dorothy. Although few know your name today, your memory remains in the minds and hearts of those you touched. We didn't know you personally but it was as if we had. You were of another world, sent here for a short while, and then reclaimed by the heavens. You were more than a pretty girl...you were a rare & precious person. Your death was brutal & untimely, but I wish I had been able to meet you. I arrived in the world 3 years after your death. Here's to you, Dorothy Ruth...sleep with the angels.

Dear Dorothy you are so sadly missed. You are such an inspiration to me and I also look up to you as a role model. You were so beautiful I hope you are now in peace. Always thinking of you, love always.

Through tear filled eyes I think, I think of what was and what could have
been. Beyond the stardom and bright lights was gentleness, beauty, love.
My thoughts turn to you when I see an act of kindness, you are an
inspiration in a world of uninspired. As the leaves change color and die,
so is the truth of life and so you were.
All these years later your light shines brightly in the darkness. You were
from my home and this is where you are for me. You are in the snow covered mountains and in the rippling seas, you are in the night sky and the stars that you gazed upon so many years ago.
Through tear filled eyes I think, I think of what we would ever do without
you.
From my heart to yours.
Jeff (Vancouver)

Dear Dorothy,

I still have the Playboy book with you on the cover with those butterflies. I have watched many of your movies. :) I am in awe of you. I wish I could bring you back. I know you use to work at DQ and when ever I go to one or drive by one I think of you. So sad how you life was ended so soon. I will always love you and keep you in my prayers for now you are an angel of heaven. God Bless you sweety! I hope when I cross over I can meet you.

Your fan xxoo

Joanne F.

I am so sorry what happened to you. Why the Universe, or our Creators, chose you to influence the hearts and lives of the rest of us, is sometimes is not for us to understand.

Meaning: we can't question it or hate the powers that be, but grieve, accept and learn.

Maybe, other women wont follow your path--women of beauty, mind & vulnerability-- but will take caution before they date a man; understand that man's motives; and take the path to stardom slowly. Life in the fast-lane can be paced at a moderate rate.

Bless you, love Carla Frances

How can you know someone you never met? It's easy, all spirits have met and
know all spirits, good and bad, nothing hidden. In Dorothy we met pure good,
the kind that gets us through the bad, with a smile and a knowing. She so
touched my soul and I cried out without knowing why on that night,
something was gone forever to this place, an emptiness
unexplained, a longing unquenched, a hope shattered, a chance gone, only
legacy to contemplate.

Dear Dorothy,
When you was died in 1980, I was 14 years old. Always I remembered.
Forever love you.

Edward to Spain (Europe)

Dorothy,
I'm sorry that your life had to end as soon as it did. You seem to have been a very giving person with a big heart, who either could not or did not want to see the evil lurking in someone else. It's a shame that someone like Paul Snider had to both live off of you and then put an end to your possibilities, all because he had nothing going for himself. He was a user who ultimately took your life from you out of sheer jealousy, but we will never forget you. You were very beautiful and you will be remembered.
S. Stephens

Dorothy,
I hope that you are in A Heaven with beautifull places, with maybe Mr Michael Hutchence......wouldn't that be something Awesome?.......,You are not vorgotten..RIP

Dorothy dear Dorothy.
I used to think of you and wonder how such a horrible thing can happen. Well, that horrible thing happened to my family too. My Nephew was brutally murdered. Could you please say hello to Neil? He was all about good and I know you two would have loved being together and talking about love and life.
Bonnie

Dorothy,

You are a flame of hope that will burn on endlessly. Many people love and remember you even though most never even met you. You affected many during your short stay. This is a remarkable achievment that very few have attained. We need not pray for you because we know God is taking care of you, we need to pray for ourselves and hope that someone like you will be allowed to visit us again.

Joe D.

Dorothy, I wish i could have known you. You were born at about the same time as myself. I always thought you represented the qualities I admire most in a woman. Yes, you were gorgeous, but your wholesome spirit was beautiful. RIP...
Kevin McGaugh

Dearest Dorothy,

When I first learned of you, you were already gone due to your tragic and unfair ending. The first time I saw you I was entranced by your beauty, innocence and charm. There was so much more to you than your seemingly flawless beautiful face and body... I'm a Canadian, just as you were. I can only imagine how overwhelming everything was when you moved to Los Angeles and started your new life there...I have no doubt that you would have blossomed into an even more wonderful woman and I know that you had so much to offer the world. I know that you're still here spiritually and I hope that wherever you are, you are at peace.

Love Always,

Amy Westbrook

To Dorothy:

You are truly a blessed Angel from above! You are in my prayers and may you always rest in peace. Your memories are still alive!

Aila
Jersey City, NJ

Dorothy,
You are in my prayers everyday! Even though we never met, I feel a special
bond with you, just as your soul touches so many! I know you are an angel in heaven who watches over us. I love you and just wanted you to know how special you are to me and so many others!

Your spirit is not forgotten dear Dorothy. Blessings to your sweet soul.
Heidi Sorensen

Remembering you Dorothy........
You will always be remembered for your kind and gentle ways, Your beautiful smile and courage. The memories of you are priceless. For those memories are a comfort when I remember you. Rest in Peace.....Beautiful Angel .
Sincerely,
M.Cleary

I feel Dorothy was very much like myself, kind hearted, selfless and giving. It's weird but I feel a part of her is always near me in spirit guiding me in the right direction, as well as God. I even felt a connection with Peter Bogdanovich. I hope to complete what she left behind, a career that was so full of promise but was ended before it really began.

Love Sunny.

Dearest Dorothy,
I know that you are now, and always were an Angel on earth and in Heaven...
Some how you connected to me and many others in your own unique and special way.
Lisa In Minnesota

Dorothy lives on, not only through her innocent beauty, but through her gentle, sweet personality. I have no doubt in my mind that she would have done wonderful things. I know she has inspired me - I was only a year old when she died, but I have since learned a lot about her. The fact that she was also a fellow Canadian brings it very close to home. Watching her so few films, reading about her and looking at her photographs is the only way most of us know her, which is sad within itself. I will cherish these memories - how small and meager they may be - and retain them forever in my heart.
Fly on, sweet angel.
Mike

Dear Dorothy,

I first heard of your story in 1983 when I was in high school. I have never forgotten you over the years and I'm so sorry your life on earth ended so tragically and when you were young. Remember, people still think of you and I do often as well. It's something special when someone who has never met you but you have made an impact on their life as you have done mine. God Bless:)

Sheryl M

Dorothy,

Obrigado por você ter existido, hoje em 2004 vc ainda fascina a quem tem o privilégio de visualizar suas fotos, vc sempre será a mais bela de todas. I love you!

Luis Henrique
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil.

Dear Dorothy,

You had so much life and lived so much, yet you were only 20 when you died. Your death was a senseless tragedy. Your life, though, showed us an example of a beautiful girl who could remain wholesome in the midst of that which is far from it. Here is a prayer that your death was not senseless, a hope that we can see that a person is more than that which is skin deep. Dorothy, you were beautiful inside and out. Extremely remarkable.

Mary Myers

Love & Peace to you Dorothy, at this moment I am looking at a beautifull star in Heaven..........she must have been inspired by you..it shines pure gold, ..You stay young forever now..... ruud.

Dear Dorothy,

Both your life and especially your very tragic death has had a very large impact on me personally. I watched Star 80 and was devastated and angered to a great extent by your death. I am very sorry about your death and terrible marriage. I wish I could turn back time for you. I have been thinking about you a lot for several years now and I am considering paying hommage to you at your gravesite.

You were of amazing beauty both physically and spiritually and I had the pleasure of watching and hearing you speak on television.

I am a very big fan of you and your memory will live on forever.

Rest in Peace Dorothy Ruth Hoogstratten.
You deserve eternal happiness , not the misery you put up with.

John from Australia.

Dorothy, I wish more than anything that we will meet in our next life. God created you and has asked you back up to him, so I know your in a much better place.
You'll forever be in my heart.
Tiffany L.

Dearest Angel,
We may never know why you were robbed from us, seems like all you did was good. You were a true angel on earth, and no one could be as pure as you. I wish I could have known you as I was only 10 when you passed. Dorothy, I hope you are at peace now, and we will meet one day. You are NEVER forgotten.
Sleep with the angels beautiful one.

Olá Dorothy,

Meu nome é José Nival Freire Junior, e sou da maravilhosa cidade de Fortaleza, no Brasil. Eu confesso a você que seu eu pudesse escolher outro lugar para nascer concerteza eu nasceria em Israel. Perdoe-me o fato de eu não escrever em língua inglesa, mas eu sei que nem por isso tiraria a essência da mensagem. Dorothy: a sua beleza, o seu charme, o seu talento e o seu brilho me encanta e me fascina profundamente. Eu sou seu fã e te amo muito. Será que eu posso encontrar você em meus sonhos? Eu espero que sim.
Beijos, Abraços e Shalom.

May God be with you.
Jesse

I never met you
I never saw you
But i loved you from afar
An Australian fan