Sharon's early life was one of constant moving as her father served in the military. When she lived in Italy, she was voted "Homecoming Queen" of her high school. After being an extra in a few Italian films, Sharon headed to Hollywood where she would again start as an extra. Her first big break came when she was cast as the shapely b...
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Sharon's early life was one of constant moving as her father served in the military. When she lived in Italy, she was voted "Homecoming Queen" of her high school. After being an extra in a few Italian films, Sharon headed to Hollywood where she would again start as an extra. Her first big break came when she was cast as the shapely bank secretary, "Janet Trego", in the television series The Beverly Hillbillies (1962) (1963-1965). In 1967, she would meet her future husband, director Roman Polanski, on the set of the English film Dance of the Vampires (1967) . Sharon's big role would be that same year when she was the starlet in Valley of the Dolls (1967). With her marriage to Roman, her life became one of parties, travel and meeting influential movie people. She would appear as a red-haired beauty in the spy spoof The Wrecking Crew (1968) working with Dean Martin and the equally beautiful Elke Sommer. Sharon then took time off from films as she awaited the birth of her first child. On August 9, 1969 a pregnant Sharon Tate, Abigail Folger, Jay Sebring, Steven Parent, and Wojciech Frykowski were murdered by 3 of Charles Manson's followers. Today all of her killers remain in prison. Show less «
My definition of love is being full. Complete. It makes everything lighter. Beauty is something you ...Show more »
My definition of love is being full. Complete. It makes everything lighter. Beauty is something you see. Love is something you feel. Show less «
[on her husband, Roman Polanski]: Roman is such a beautiful, mad human being. Sometimes things are d...Show more »
[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. Show less «
Sexiness is all in the eye of the beholder. I think it should be. Absolutely. My sex appeal, whateve...Show more »
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. Show less «
I'm one of those mad, irrational characters who simply loves men. I love them because they're men. W...Show more »
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. Show less «
Everything that's realistic has some sort of ugliness in it. Even a flower is ugly when it wilts, a ...Show more »
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. Show less «
I'm very unpredictable. Very, very impulsive. Extremely. Absolutely! Sometimes I don't know what I w...Show more »
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. Show less «
I honestly don't understand the big fuss made over nudity and sex in films. It's silly. On T.V., the...Show more »
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? Show less «
My whole life has been decided by fate. I've never planned anything that's happened to me.
My whole life has been decided by fate. I've never planned anything that's happened to me.
