caption death_date death_place religion birth_place years_active resting_place_coordinates relatives name parents birth_date spouse image article_title birth_name occupation death_cause
sharon the devil '' -lrb- 1966 -rrb- tate in her debut film '' eye of 09 august 1969 benedict canyon , los angeles , california , u.s. catholic dallas , texas , u.s. 1961 -- 1969 33 : landmark inline sharon tate burial site 59 26 n 118 23 16 w type debra -rrb- tate -lrb- sister -rrb- patti tate -lrb- sister sharon tate colonel paul james tate doris gwendolyn willett 24 january 1943 roman -rrb- polanski -lrb- 1968 -- 1969 , her death file : sharon_tate_in_eye_of_the_devil_trailer_3 . jpg sharon tate
 sharon marie tate actress , model homicide
sharon tate

sharon marie tate -lrb- january 24 , 1943 -- august 9 , 1969 -rrb- was an american actress and model .
during the 1960s she played small television roles before appearing in several movies .
she also appeared regularly in fashion magazines as a model and cover girl .
after receiving positive reviews for her comedic and dramatic performances , tate was hailed as one of hollywood 's most promising newcomers .
she made her film debut in the occult-themed `` eye of the devil '' -lrb- 1966 -rrb- , which was produced by martin ransohoff .
tate also starred as jennifer north in the cult classic , `` valley of the dolls '' -lrb- 1967 -rrb- , which earned her a golden globe award nomination .
in 1968 , in london tate married roman polanski , her director and co-star in `` the fearless vampire killers '' -lrb- 1967 -rrb- .
she was eight-and-a-half months pregnant with the couple 's son , when she was murdered in her home , along with four others , by a group known as the manson family on august 9 , 1969 .
tate 's last completed film , `` 12 +1 '' -lrb- co-starring orson welles -rrb- , was released in 1969 after her death , with the actress receiving top-billing .
a decade after the murders , tate 's mother , doris , in response to the growing cult status of the killers and the possibility that any of them might be granted parole , organized a public campaign against what she considered shortcomings in the state 's corrections system .
it resulted in amendments to the california criminal law in 1982 that allowed crime victims and their families to make victim impact statements during sentencing and at parole hearings .
doris tate was the first person to make such an impact statement under the new law when she spoke at the parole hearing of charles `` tex '' watson , one of her daughter 's killers .
she believed changes in the law had afforded her daughter dignity that had been denied her before and that she had been able to `` help transform sharon 's legacy from murder victim to a symbol of victims ' rights '' .
