Sharon Tate
American actress and model (1943-1969) · United States · Actors · Died at 26
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Something wrong?She was eight-and-a-half months pregnant when members of the Manson Family killed her in her home. The crime fixed her in public memory less as the rising actor she was than as the centre of an atrocity that marked the end of the 1960s.
A life in dates
Twelve Plus OneFilm, 1969Pat1968“Oh, that's silly! I'm not an anything . . . I'm just me. If I am sexy, it's just something I do naturally, like picking up a knife and fork to eat.”In their wordsMay 1968In response to being called Hollywood's "New Sex Goddess" in Modern Screen magazine (May 1968)
Mia and RomanFilm, 1968Herself1967“When I was in school, I dreamed about becoming a psychiatrist or a ballerina. Like most girls I would dream about being a movie star too.”In their wordsAs quoted in Screen Stories magazine (1967)“I guess you could say that I was somewhat withdrawn from my classmates. I spent a good deal of time being a loner.”In their wordsAs quoted in Screen Stories magazine (1967)“Martin Ransohoff had to sell Roman on the idea of even considering me for the film. He arranged for the two of us to have dinner.”In their wordsOn how she received the part of Sarah Shagal in Roman Polanski's The Fearless Vampire Killers, in Screen Stories magazine (1967)“I can't play games. I have friends, older women, who tell me I'm foolish to let Roman know how deeply I care about him.”In their words9 December 1967As quoted in New Castle News (9 December 1967)1966
All Eyes on Sharon TateFilm1964
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.Series, Therapist
The Americanization of EmilyFilm, 1964Girl (uncredited)1962
The Beverly HillbilliesSeries, Mary1961
Mister EdSeries
BarabbasFilm, 1961Patrician in Arena (uncredited)1943Born24 January 1943Also in Deutsch
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Tate with Jack Palance during the filming of Barabbas (1961)
Tate (right, wearing a dark wig) in the 1964 "Giant Jackrabbit" episode of The Beverly Hillbillies with Max Baer, Jr. and Nancy Kulp
Newspaper clipping, November 28, 1965
Tate in a publicity photograph for Eye of the Devil (1966)
Tate in Valley of the Dolls (1967)
Tate kissing Roman Polanski in The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967)In their own words 8
, I'd like to be a fairy princess - a little golden doll with gossamer wings, in a voile dress, adorned with bright, shiny things.
Oh, that's silly! I'm not an anything . . . I'm just me. If I am sexy, it's just something I do naturally, like picking up a knife and fork to eat.
When I was in school, I dreamed about becoming a psychiatrist or a ballerina. Like most girls I would dream about being a movie star too.
Filmography 40
JTJay Sebring… Cutting to the Truth
BPBeautiful Like a Poem
VAValerie
MAMansfield 66/67
SMSteve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans
RPRoman by Polanski
RMRoman Polanski: A Film Memoir
RDRoman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
GDGotta Get Off This Merry-Go-Round: 'Valley of the Dolls'
TDThe Dish on Dolls
EHEasy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
MHMurders of Hollywood
BIBiography: Sharon Tate - Murdered Innocence
TLThe Unbeatable Bruce Lee
HTHollywood Screen Tests: Take 1
TTThe Last Days of Sharon Tate
DMDracula in the Movies
DHDeath In Hollywood
HDHollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
HTHollywood Scandals and Tragedies
CFCiao, Federico!TOTwelve Plus One
RBRosemary's Baby
TCThe Wrecking CrewMRMia and Roman
TCThe New Cinema
TKThe Fearless Vampire Killers
VDValley of the Dolls
DWDon't Make Waves
LMLionpower from MGM
TLTonite Let's All Make Love in London
VVValley of the Dolls: A World Premiere Voyage
JDJacqueline Susann and the Valley of the Dolls
EDEye of the DevilATAll Eyes on Sharon TateTEThe Americanization of Emily
HMHemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man
MSMusketeers of the SeaBABarabbas52 credits on file
Television 8
CTConversations with a Killer: The Charles Manson Tapes
TMThe Playboy Murders
HMHelter Skelter: An American Myth
TDToo Young to Die
GHGhost HuntersTEThe Man from U.N.C.L.E.THThe Beverly HillbilliesMEMister EdFamily
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Sharon Marie Tate made her film debut in 1961 as an extra in Barabbas, then moved through British mystery horror and small roles before landing Jennifer North in Valley of the Dolls in 1967. The part earned her a Golden Globe nomination and launched her as a Hollywood sex symbol, appearing in Playboy and working with Roman Polanski on The Fearless Vampire Killers - he would become her husband. Critics compared her to Marilyn Monroe and called her one of the industry's most promising newcomers. On August 9, 1969, members of Charles Manson's cult entered the home she shared with Polanski while he was away and murdered her along with four others. She was twenty-six.
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