She later said that she believed the 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". Sharon Tates legacy has long been tied to the gruesome tragedy that was her death. Doris Tate was the first person to make such an impact statement under the new law, when she spoke at the parole hearing of one of her daughter's killers, Charles "Tex" Watson. Married to the film director Roman Polanski in 1968, Tate was eight and a half months pregnant when she was murdered in her home, along with four others, by followers of Charles Manson.Ī 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 which led to amendments to the California criminal law in 1982, which allowed crime victims and their families to make victim impact statements during sentencing and at parole hearings. Because Tate’s father was in the army, he would often get transferred to different cities. Tate has two younger sisters, Debra and Patricia. At just six months old, she was crowned Miss Tiny Tot of Dallas after her grandmother submitted some of her photos to the pageant. Paul Tate and Doris Tate, Tate possessed star power from a young age.
She also appeared regularly in fashion magazines as a model and cover girl. Sharon Tate was born on January 24, 1943, in Dallas, Texas, to Doris Gwendolyn and the late Colonel Paul James Tate, who was a U.S. Born Sharon Marie Tate in Dallas, Texas on January 24, 1943, to Col. After receiving positive reviews for her comedic performances, she was hailed as one of Hollywood's promising newcomers and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for her performance in Valley of the Dolls (1967). During the 1960s she played small television roles before appearing in several films.
Sharon Marie Tate (Janu– August 9, 1969) was an American actress.