![]() ![]() On Today last year, Robbie noted that, before she played Tate, "whenever I heard her name I really only thought about her death. More than 50 years later, Tate remains frozen in time, the unwitting star of one of the most gripping, gruesome and parsed-over crime dramas to worm its way into the fabric of our culture. Her story has often been a footnote to Manson's, however, her life a casualty all over again when weighed against the insane details of what he and his followers did. The actress had a handful of B-movies, the most memorable being Valley of the Dolls, and some TV guest spots to her name when, at 26 years old and 8 1/2 months pregnant, she was one of seven people murdered by members of Charles Manson's so-called "family" over the course of two nights of carnage that shook Hollywood. Three years later, she became more famous than anyone's wildest ambitions-or worst nightmares-could have imagined. ![]() "I feel, at least in my estimation, that every person, if they want to be an actress or they want to stay in the acting world-which is a pretty tough world-before you even make an appearance, it's very necessary to learn your craft first, and take as much time, and do as much as you can."Īt the time, she was a stunning up-and-comer who moved to Hollywood with big dreams, which she hoped were on the verge of panning out. "I don't like that word starlet at all, because there's no such thing, actually," Sharon Tate said in 1966. ![]()
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