Actress who was simply tragically stabbed to loss of life by people of ‘s cult. She gained a Golden World nomination on her behalf function in Valley from the Dolls. She got dreams of contending in the Miss Washington beauty pageant, but her family members shifted to Italy. She debuted in the 1966 film Eyesight from the Devil, that was about the occult. She was wedded to film movie director from 1968 until her loss of life. She got a recurring function as Janet Trego for the Beverly Hillbillies with Pal Ebsen.
Nominations Golden Globe Award for Best New Star of the Year – Actress
Movies The Thirteen Chairs, The Wrecking Crew, Eye of the Devil, Valley of the Dolls, Don't Make Waves, The Fearless Vampire Killers, The Sandpiper, The Americanization of Emily, Twelve Plus One
Star Sign Aquarius
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Her ghost has been seen at the house of David Oman that he JUST built in 2005. Along with his friends and guest have seen or felt activity by her and tried an exorcism, but failed to relive the spirits of her and other victims from Charles Manson crime. David and the other's involved could be seen on the popular Paranormal TV show Paranormal Witness: The Manson Curse (2013). Sarah Beaudin and Sarah Jacqueline both play her in this episode.
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There is a reference to Sharon Tate in Woodstock (1970) best seen in the bluray disc version of the movie. Exactly 15 minutes into the movie a local storekeeper is being interviewed on the business the rock festival was bringing in -- behind the storekeeper's right shoulder is a newsstand of local papers including the New York Daily News, the front page headline "Sharon's Pals Balk At Probe - Cops Study New Address Book". Sharon's death had been the front page news story around the world the weekend before Woodstock.
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Her first beauty pageant win was "Miss Tiny Tot" when she was 6-months-old.
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She was sensitive to strong perfumes and toilet water but did enjoy using a scent enhanced body soap called Milk & Pearls.
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Spoke fluent Italian.
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Received "introducing" designation in the credits of two films. Internationally with Eye of the Devil (1967) and domestically in Don't Make Waves (1967), both produced by her mentor, Martin Ransohoff.
On "E!'s Most Shocking Hollywood Murders", her murder was ranked #1.
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Her friend Christopher Jones was emotionally devastated by her August 9th, 1969 murder by the acolytes of Charles Manson. Jones suffered what he described as a "nervous breakdown" and abandoned his acting career.
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Was originally cast in the role of Christian Rudd in The Cincinnati Kid (1965) by producer Martin Ransohoff, who had her under contract. She was replaced with Tuesday Weld by the film's director, Norman Jewison, after Sam Peckinpah was fired several days into filming by Ransohoff. Ransohoff was dismayed by Peckinpah's desire to shoot the film in black and white and to feature Tate in a nude scene.
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The Barbie Doll "Malibu Barbie" was created based on Sharon Tate's character in Don't Make Waves (1967).
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A January 25, 1965, brief in Daily Variety announced that she would play the lead, on loan from Filmways, in producer Sy Weintraub's Tarzan and the Valley of Gold (1966). The role eventually went to Nancy Kovack.
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Was originally cast in the role of "Billie Jo" on Petticoat Junction (1963), but she walked away from the show on advice from her manager (Martin Ransohoff). He didn't feel it was a good launching pad for her career.
Last book she read was Thomas Hardy's "Tess of the d'Urbervilles" which she convinced Roman Polanski would make a great film one day. Polanski's film Tess (1979) is dedicated simply "For Sharon".
When the house was demolished in 1994, Trent Reznor having used the house to record his 8th Halo album 'The Downward Spiral (1994)' alledgedly took the 'Pig' door and used it for his studio in Louisiana.
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Lived in Pasadena, Texas from 1948 to 1955 and attended St. Pius V Catholic School and South Shaver Elementary School.
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In 1959 she was the winner of 5 different beauty pageants: Miss Frontier Days, Miss Richland, Miss Tri-Cities, Miss Water Follies, and Miss Auto-Rama.
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Born at 5:47 pm-CST on a Sunday.
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She was engaged to celebrity hairstylist Jay Sebring from 1966-1967. She broke off the engagement to marry Roman Polanski, but they remained good friends. Sebring was a house guest on the night that four of Charles Manson's minions broke into the house, and murdered Sharon, Jay, Abigail "Gibby" Folger, Voytek Frykowski, and Steven Parent. Susan Atkins used a towel to write 'Pig' on the front door in Sharon's blood before throwing it on Jay's head and fleeing the house with her accomplices.
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Spent her junior year of high school in three different schools: Columbia High School in Richland, Washington, from September to late fall 1959; Irvin High School in El Paso, Texas, from late fall 1959 to April 1960; and Vicenza American High School in Vicenza, Italy, from April to June 1960. She graduated from Vicenza American High School in 1961.
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Her favorite lip makeup was vaseline. She kept little jars of it in her car.
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Her parents' names are Paul James Tate and Doris Gwendolyn Willett. They were married on January 25, 1942. Her mother was born on January 19, 1924 and died on July 10, 1992.
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Was very close to her younger sisters Debra Tate, born November 6, 1952, and Patricia Tate, born October 30, 1957, and died June 3, 2000.
Lived in Richland, Washington from the 1955 to the fall of 1959 and attended Chief Joseph Junior High School (now Chief Joseph Middle School) from September of 1955 to June of 1958, and Columbia High School (now Richland High School) from September of 1958 to October of 1959.
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Was crowned Sophomore Princess at Columbia High School in 1958.
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Sharon Tate's unborn baby boy (who died with her) was to be named Paul Richard Polanski.
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The house at 10050 Cielo Drive, rented by Tate and Roman Polanski at the time of the murders, was demolished in 1994. An Italian-style mansion has been erected in its place and the street address has been changed. The new mansion was originally priced at $12.5 million in an attempt to cash in on the locations notoriety but no sale was made. Recently, the price was reduced to $7.7 million but the house still remains vacant.
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In high school, she was a cheerleader, baton twirler, star basketball player, and played Juliet in the school production of "Romeo and Juliet." She was also voted Homecoming Queen and Senior Prom Queen. She was also on Student Council.
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Drove a 1967 red Ferrari with tags # VMP659.
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Buried at Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California.
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Had enormous brown eyes and a dazzling smile. At the time of her death, she was known as one of the most beautiful women in Hollywood.
Actress
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
12 + 1
1969
Pat
The Wrecking Crew
1968
Freya Carlson
Valley of the Dolls
1967
Jennifer North
Don't Make Waves
1967
Malibu
Eye of the Devil
1967
Odile de Caray
Dance of the Vampires
1967
Sarah Shagal
The Beverly Hillbillies
1963-1965
TV Series
Janet Trego / Young Woman - Party Guest / Mary
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1965
TV Series
Therapist
The Americanization of Emily
1964
Beautiful Girl (uncredited)
Mister Ed
1963
TV Series
Telephone Operator / Girl
Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man
1962
Burlesque Queen (uncredited)
Barabbas
1961
Patrician in Arena (uncredited)
Soundtrack
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Beverly Hillbillies
1963
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Thanks
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Dieter & Andreas
1989
Short grateful acknowledgment
Tess
1979
dedicatee - as Sharon
Self
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Ciao, Federico!
1970
Documentary
Herself (uncredited)
Playboy After Dark
1969
TV Series
Herself
Jacqueline Susann and the Valley of the Dolls
1968
TV Short documentary
Herself
Wedding of the Doll
1968
Documentary
Herself
Mia and Roman
1968
Documentary short
Herself
The New Cinema
1968
TV Movie documentary
Herself
All Eyes on Sharon Tate
1967
Documentary short
Herself - Interviewee
Valley of the Dolls: A World Premiere Voyage
1967
TV Movie
Herself
Hollywood Backstage
1967
TV Series
Herself
The Merv Griffin Show
1966
TV Series
Herself - Guest
Hollywood and the Stars
1963
TV Series
Girl in the Mirror / Herself
The Pat Boone-Chevy Showroom
1960
TV Series
Herself
Archive Footage
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Final Days of an Icon
2008
TV Movie
Herself
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
2008
Documentary
Herself / Sarah Shagal
Cease to Exist
2007
Documentary
Herself
Blind Faith: London Hyde Park 1969
2006
Video
Herself
The 60s: The Beatles Decade
2006
TV Series documentary
Herself
Gotta Get Off This Merry Go Round: Sex, Dolls and Showtunes
2006
Video documentary
Herself / Jennifer North
The Dish on Dolls
2006
Video short
Jennifer North
Sex at 24 Frames Per Second
2003
Video documentary
Jennifer North in "Valley of the Dolls"
101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment
2003
TV Movie documentary
Herself
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex, Drugs and Rock 'N' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
I honestly don't understand the big fuss made over nudity and sex in films. It's silly. On T.V., the children can watch people murdering each other, which is a very unnatural thing, but they can't watch two people in the very natural process of making love. Now, really, that doesn't make any sense, does it?
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[on her husband, Roman Polanski]: Roman is such a beautiful, mad human being. Sometimes things are difficult, sometimes good. But it makes life twice as interesting.
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I'm one of those mad, irrational characters who simply loves men. I love them because they're men. Women, ...I don't like to compete against them or play games. It's a waste of time.
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I'm very unpredictable. Very, very impulsive. Extremely. Absolutely! Sometimes I don't know what I want to do from one day to the next. I can't enjoy anything premeditated; I just do it as I feel it. But whatever I do is motivated by honesty.
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Everything that's realistic has some sort of ugliness in it. Even a flower is ugly when it wilts, a bird when it seeks its prey, the ocean when it becomes violent.
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My definition of love is being full. Complete. It makes everything lighter. Beauty is something you see. Love is something you feel.
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Sexiness is all in the eye of the beholder. I think it should be. Absolutely. My sex appeal, whatever it might be, isn't obvious . . . at least to me.
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My whole life has been decided by fate. I've never planned anything that's happened to me.
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