In August 1978, she moved to Los Angeles, where she was chosen as a finalist for the 25th Anniversary Great Playmate Hunt. Snider joined her in October, and in June the following year, they married. With her surname shortened to Stratten, she became "Playboy's" Miss August 1979, and began working as a bunny at the Playboy Club in Century City, Los Angeles. Hugh Hefner had high hopes that Stratten could have meaningful crossover success as an actress. She featured in episodes of the television series "Buck Rogers" and "Fantasy Island". She also had small roles in 1979 in "Americathon" and the roller disco comedy "Skatetown, U.S.A.", and a lead role in the exploitation film "Autumn Born".