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Sharon Marie Tate (January 24, 1943 – August 9, 1969) was a Golden Globe-nominated American actress. During the 1960s she had small television roles before starting her film career. She appeared in several films that highlighted her beauty, and after receiving positive reviews for her comedic performances, was hailed as one of Hollywood's promising newcomers. Tate's fame increased after her marriage to film director Roman Polański and her appearances in fashion magazines as a model and cover girl. Tate was murdered, along with four others, by followers of Charles Manson at her Benedict Canyon home. She was eight and a half months pregnant.
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Sharon was the daughter of an Army Intelligence officer. From the very beginning she was a beauty queen, winning the Tiny Tot pageant in Dallas at the age of one. More pageants followed, as well as modeling gigs. She hitchhiked to Hollywood and began a career in commercials, meeting director Roman Polanski on the set of Fearless Vampire Killers -- a film for which she recieved a Golden Globe nomination for "Best Newcomer." Tate and Polanski married in 1968. Sharon soon became pregnant, and they moved into 10050 Cielo Drive in Beverly Hills, formerly owned by Candice Bergen.
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Tate and Polanski later agreed that neither of them had been impressed by the other when they first met. Polanski was planning The Fearless Vampire Killers , which was being co-produced by Ransohoff, and had decided that he wanted the red-headed actress Jill St. John for the female lead. Ransohoff insisted that Polanski cast Tate, and after meeting with her, he agreed that she would be suitable on the condition that she wore a red wig during filming. The company travelled to Italy for filming where Tate's fluent Italian proved useful in communicating with the local crewmembers. A perfectionist, Polanski had little patience with the inexperienced Tate, and said in an interview that one scene had required seventy "takes" before he was satisfied. In addition to directing, Polanski ... acted in the film, playing one of the main characters, a guileless young man, who is intrigued by Tate's character and begins a romance with her.
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A March 1967 article about Tate in Playboy Magazine commenced with, "This is the year that Sharon Tate happens..." and in addition to an article about Tate, included six nude and partially nude photographs taken by Roman Polanski during filming of The Fearless Vampire Killers. Tate was optimistic – Eye of the Devil and The Fearless Vampire Killers were each due for release, and she had been signed to play a major role in the film version of Valley of the Dolls. One of the all-time literary bestsellers, the film version was highly publicised and anticipated, and while Tate stated that she could not believe her luck, she confided to Polanski that she did not like either the book or the script.
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Although Sharon was dating Roman, he did not cast her in his new film "Rosemary's Baby." A film which would become a huge hit. Sharon would... visit the New York set and become friends with the movie's star Mia Farrow, who was married to legend Frank Sinatra at the time. When Frank served divorce papers to Mia on the set of the movie (in view of the whole cast and crew) Sharon and Roman took Mia under their wing and brought her into their circle of friends.
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On August 8, 1969, Tate was two weeks away from giving birth. She entertained two friends for lunch at her home, actress Joanna Pettet and Barbara Lewis, confiding in them her despair at Polanski's delay in returning from London. In the afternoon Polanski phoned her. Her younger sister Debra ... called to ask if she and their sister Patti could spend the night with Tate. Tate explained that she was tired and refused. In the evening she went to a restaurant with Sebring, Frykowski and Folger, returning at approximately 10.30 p.m. During the night they were murdered by members of Charles Manson's "Family" and their bodies discovered the following morning by Tate's housekeeper, Winifred Chapman.
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