from www.tmz.com – 1968 Playboy playmate of the year Angela Dorian has just been sentenced to 9 YEARS behind bars for shooting her husband in the back in 2010.

66-year-old Dorian — aka Victoria Rathgeb — aka Victoria Vetri — pled no contest to attempted voluntary manslaughter in L.A. County Superior Court.

On top of the 9 year sentence — Dorian was ordered to pay $70 thousand into California’s victim restitution fund.

TMZ broke the story … Angela grabbed a handgun a fired one shot at Bruce Rathgeb following a heated argument inside their Hollywood apartment.

Bruce underwent surgery to remove a bullet fragment from his body — but he’s reportedly doing OK.