Sharon Tate,
Born1/24/1943, in Dallas, Texas. Starting out in Hollywood in the early 1960s, Tate appeared in a recurring role on the television show, Beverly Hillbillies,
and in bit parts in movies, including The Americanization of Emily (1964) and The Sandpiper (1965). In 1965, she landed her first real movie role in Eye of the Devil. While filming the movie
in London, she met the movie director Roman Polanski after auditioning successfully for his horror spoof, The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967). She
made her breakthrough performance came in the hit 1967 film, Valley of the Dolls. On August 9, 1969, the 36-year-old Tate (then 8 months pregnant)
was brutally murdered in her home, by a group of people who were later revealed as part of the "Manson family," a murderous cult driven by the apocalyptic
fantasies of its deranged leader, Charles Manson.
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Sharon Tate,
Born1/24/1943, in Dallas, Texas. Starting out in Hollywood in the early 1960s, Tate appeared in a recurring role on the television show, Beverly Hillbillies,
and in bit parts in movies, including The Americanization of Emily (1964) and The Sandpiper (1965). In 1965, she landed her first real movie role in Eye of the Devil. While filming the movie
in London, she met the movie director Roman Polanski after auditioning successfully for his horror spoof, The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967). She
made her breakthrough performance came in the hit 1967 film, Valley of the Dolls. On August 9, 1969, the 36-year-old Tate (then 8 months pregnant)
was brutally murdered in her home, by a group of people who were later revealed as part of the "Manson family," a murderous cult driven by the apocalyptic
fantasies of its deranged leader, Charles Manson.
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