What is Sharon Tate?
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2019}} {{Infobox person | name = Sharon Tate | image = Sharon Tate Valley of the Dolls 1967.jpg | imagesize = | caption = Tate in {{Circa|1967}} | birth_name = Sharon Marie Tate | birth_date = {{Birth date|1943|01|24}} | birth_place = [[Dallas]], [[Texas]], [[U.S.]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|1969|08|9|1943|01|24}} | death_place = [[Benedict Canyon]], [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], U.S. | death_cause = Murder by stabbing | resting place = [[Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City|Holy Cross Cemetery]] | spouse = [[Roman Polanski]]<br>(m. 1968–1969, her death) | occupation = Actress, model | years_active = 1961–1969 | parents = Colonel Paul James Tate<br/>[[Doris Tate|Doris Gwendolyn Willett]] }} '''Sharon Marie Tate''' (January 23, 1943 – August 9, 1969) was an American actress. She was married to movie director [[Roman Polanski]].<ref>Ain-Krupa, Julia ''Roman Polanski: A Life in Exile'' ABC Clio Publishing Santa Barbara California 2010 pages 75-76</ref> ==Early life== Sharon Marie Tate was born in [[Dallas]], [[Texas]] on January 23, 1943. She was the eldest daughter of a career army officer. So, her family had to move through various parts of the United States and Europe. As a child, her parents placed her in a beauty contest and she won.<ref>Sanders, Ed The Family Thunder's Mouth Press, New York, New York 2002 page 48</ref> ==Movies== Tate made her movie debut in ''Eye of the Devil'' in 1965.<ref>Fritscher, Jack; Anton Lavey Popular Witchcraft: Straight from the Witch's Mouth: Second Edition The University of Wisconsin Press Madison Wisconsin 2004 page 50</ref> The movie producer, Martin Ransohoff, made a ten-minute documentary promoting her, called ''All Eyes on Sharon Tate''.<ref>Lisanti, Tom Glamour Girls of Sixties Hollywood: Seventy-Five Profiles Mcfarland and Company Inc. Jefferson, North Carolina 2008 page 207</ref> Tate met Polanski while acting in his movie, ''The Fearless Vampire Killers''.<ref>Ain-Krupa, Julia