Sharon Marie Tate was an American actress. During the 1960s she played small television

Television

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 roles before appearing in several films. After receiving positive reviews for her comedic

Comedy

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 performances, she was hailed as one of Hollywood

Hollywood, Los Angeles, California

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's promising newcomers and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award

Golden Globe Award

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 for her performance in Valley of the Dolls

Valley of the Dolls (film)

The soundtrack was released in 1967. Dionne Warwick sang the title track; however, her version is not on the soundtrack. Warwick was signed to Scepter Records at the time and could not contractually appear...

 (1967). She also appeared regularly in fashion magazine

Magazine

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s as a model and cover girl

Cover girl

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Married to film director

Film director

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 Roman Polanski

Roman Polanski

Roman Polanski is a French-Polish film director, producer, writer and actor. Having made films in Poland, Britain, France and the USA, he is considered one of the few "truly international filmmakers."...

 in 1968, Tate was eight and a half months pregnant when she and her unborn child were murdered in her home, along with four others, by followers of Charles Manson

Charles Manson

Charles Milles Manson is an American criminal who led what became known as the Manson Family, a quasi-commune that arose in California in the late 1960s. He was found guilty of conspiracy to commit the Tate/LaBianca murders carried out by members of the group at his instruction...

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A decade after the murders, Tate's mother, Doris

Doris Tate

Doris Gwendolyn Tate was an American campaigner for the rights of crime victims. After the murder of her daughter, the actress Sharon Tate, and several others, she worked to raise public awareness about the United States corrections system and was influential in the amendment of California laws...

, in response to the growing cult status of the killers and the possibility that any of them might be granted parole

Parole

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, organized a public campaign against what she considered shortcomings in the state's corrections system.