Sharon Tate
Actor
Sharon Tate was a rising young movie star when she was killed by followers of Charles Manson in 1969. A former homecoming queen, Tate had a small part in Eye of the Devil (1967, with David Niven) and a larger part in Valley of the Dolls (1967, with Patty Duke), among other films. She and Polish director Roman Polanski became a popular jet-set couple, and they married on 20 January 1968. Tate was pregnant with their first child when she and four friends were murdered in her Los Angeles home during a Manson killing spree. The grisly murders were the subject of Vincent Bugliosi's best-selling 1974 book Helter Skelter.Sharon Tate appears with fellow actress Marilyn Monroe in our loop Autopsy By Noguchi.
Four Good Links
Sharon Tate Official Site
Sanctioned by Tate's sister, with plenty of detailed info and many Tate links
Star 69
Tate fan site from the U.K., good but not updated
Sharon Tate Filmography
Recap of her brief career, from the Internet Movie Database
Crime Library: The Manson Family
Detailed (though uncomfortably flippant) coverage of Tate's murder
Vital Stats
Birth
Birthplace
Death
9 August 1969
(murder, age 26)
Best Known As
Famous victim of Charles Manson
