Sharon Tate
Sharon Marie Tate Polanski was an American actress and model. During the 1960s, she played small television roles before appearing in films and was regularly featured in fashion magazines as a model and cover girl. Her most remembered performance was as Jennifer North in the 1967 cult classic film, Valley of the Dolls. That year she also performed in the film The Fearless Vampire Killers directed by her future husband Roman Polanski. Tate and four others were murdered by members of the Manson Family in the home she shared with her husband. At the time of her death, she was eight-and-a-half months pregnant.
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Sharon Marie Tate Polanski was an American actress and model. During the 1960s, she played small television roles before appearing in films and was regularly featured in fashion magazines as a model and cover girl. Her most remembered performance was as Jennifer North in the 1967 cult classic film, Valley of the Dolls. That year she also performed in the film The Fearless Vampire Killers directed by her future husband Roman Polanski. Tate’s last completed film, 12+1, was released posthumously in 1969. On August 9, 1969, Tate and four others were murdered by members of the Manson Family in the home she shared with her husband. At the time of her death, she was eight-and-a-half months pregnant. Tate was born on January 24, 1943, in Dallas, Texas, the eldest of three daughters to Colonel Paul James Tate, a United States Army officer, and his wife, Doris Gwendolyn. Her sister Debra stated that the family are of English and French-Swiss descent. At six months of age, Tate won the \”Miss Tiny Tot of Dallas Pageant\”, but her parents had no show business ambitions for their daughter. She attended Chief Joseph Junior High School from September 1955 to June 1958, and Columbia High School in Richland, Washington, from September 1958 to October 1959. As she matured, people commented on Tate’s beauty; she began entering beauty pageants, winning the title of \”Miss Richland\” in 1959.
She spoke of her ambition to study psychiatry, and also stated her intention to compete in the Miss Washington pageant in 1960; however, before she could do either, her father received orders to be stationed in Italy. In 1960 Tate was employed by the singer Pat Boone and appeared with him in an episode of the television series The Pat Boone Chevy Showroom that was filmed in Venice. Later that year, when Barabbas was being filmed near Verona, Tate was once again hired as an extra. Actor Jack Palance was impressed by her appearance and her attitude, although her role was too small to judge her talent. He arranged a screen test for her in Rome, but this did not lead to further work. Tate returned to the United States alone, saying she wanted to further her studies, but tried to find film work. She was persuaded to return to Italy by Richard Beymer’s agent, Harold Gefsky, who signed her to a seven-year contract with Filmways, Inc. In 1963, he introduced her to Martin Rohoff, director of Jeannine Riley, who gave her the role of Billie Jo Jo on CBS’s sitcom Joat Junction. In 1966, she appeared in the occult-themed Eye of the Devil, earning her a Golden Globe Award nomination. The following year, she starred in the comedy-drama, The Exorcist, with Paul Newman, Susan Strasberg, and Richard beymer. In 1962, she moved to the U.S. and Tate moved to Los Angeles.
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