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Sharon Tate.Silver Screen Collection/Getty
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The Beverly Hillbillies
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Eye of the Devil(1966)
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04of 08The Fearless Vampire Killers(1967)Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/GettyThis 1967 film about a vampire hunter, in which Tate plays the kidnapped daughter of an innkeeper, introduced the actress to future husband Roman Polanski, who she began dating while shooting. They married in January 1968, the year before her murder.
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The Fearless Vampire Killers(1967)
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This 1967 film about a vampire hunter, in which Tate plays the kidnapped daughter of an innkeeper, introduced the actress to future husband Roman Polanski, who she began dating while shooting. They married in January 1968, the year before her murder.
05of 08Don’t Make Waves(1967)Silver Screen Collection/GettyTate leaned into her ingenue status in this 1967 sex comedy, which got her top billing alongside Tony Curtis and Claudia Cardinale.
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Don’t Make Waves(1967)
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Tate leaned into her ingenue status in this 1967 sex comedy, which got her top billing alongside Tony Curtis and Claudia Cardinale.
06of 08Valley of the Dolls(1967)20thCentFox/Everett CollectionThe 1967 adaptation of Jacqueline Susann’s hit novel from the year prior netted Tate her first and only Golden Globe nomination, for her role as a member of a Broadway ensemble, one of three up-and-coming stars who develop a friendship.
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Valley of the Dolls(1967)
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The 1967 adaptation of Jacqueline Susann’s hit novel from the year prior netted Tate her first and only Golden Globe nomination, for her role as a member of a Broadway ensemble, one of three up-and-coming stars who develop a friendship.
07of 08The Wrecking Crew(1969)Columbia Pictures/GettyTate needed saving once again as the Danish guide to Dean Martin’s bad boy spy Matt Helm in the fourth and final film of the comedy series, released in 1969.
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The Wrecking Crew(1969)
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Tate needed saving once again as the Danish guide to Dean Martin’s bad boy spy Matt Helm in the fourth and final film of the comedy series, released in 1969.
08of 08The Thirteen Chairs(12+1)Höhn/Ullstein bild/ettyAfter her murder, Tate became first billed in this 1969 comedy, playing an antique dealer who helps an Italian barber find the chairs he inherited from his aunt and mistakenly sold. She filmed while pregnant with her and Polanski’s child and was murdered two months before the movie’s release, also two weeks before her due date.
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The Thirteen Chairs(12+1)
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After her murder, Tate became first billed in this 1969 comedy, playing an antique dealer who helps an Italian barber find the chairs he inherited from his aunt and mistakenly sold. She filmed while pregnant with her and Polanski’s child and was murdered two months before the movie’s release, also two weeks before her due date.
source: people.com
