Sebring was murdered by the Manson family with Sharon.ġ2. Sharon learned the basics of haircutting from her ex-boyfriend, famed Hollywood men’s hairstylist Jay Sebring. One of Sharon’s favorite places to escape to was Big Sur. She was supposed to jump from a plane into a pool, but the parachute opened too quickly and covered the entire pool, making it difficult for Sharon to surface for air.ġ0. While filming “Don’t Make Waves,” Sharon suffered a near-death experience when her harness malfunctioned. Sharon’s character Malibu in “Don’t Make Waves” inspired Malibu Barbie.ĩ. Did you ever see your sister?” Don’t Make WavesĨ. Later, when Debra Tate asked the elderly Liz about it, she said, “Of COURSE I had her removed. Elizabeth Taylor had starlet Sharon removed from the set of her movie “The Sandpiper” because of her beauty. “She plays beautiful, sensitive, deep parts with a little bit of intelligence behind them,” she said.ħ. Sharon’s dream was to be an American Catherine Deneuve. Sharon appeared on several episodes of “The Beverly Hillbillies,” but you might not recognize her because she wore a black wig.Ħ. The Tate family moved often as her father was a colonel. Later, she won several beauty queen titles.Ĥ. Her mother, Doris, entered her pretty baby on a whim. Sharon won Miss Tiny Tot of Dallas at four months of age. I’m sad it isn’t made today, because it sounds lovely. In addition, she used a bath product called Milk & Pearls. One of her favorite products was simple Vaseline.Ģ.
Though she was one of the great beauties of her era, Sharon rarely wore makeup on her own time. Instead, it’s a tribute to a beautiful life that was cut too short.ġ. Debra Tate doesn’t want her sister’s legacy to be tied to Manson – and in fact, there is no mention of the word “Manson” in this book at all. I picked up the coffee table book/memoir/photo album that her sister Debra lovingly put together, “Recollection,” so I could learn more about her while poring over photos of her incredible beauty. That was pretty much all I knew about Sharon, though I’ve always been fascinated by her gorgeous face. Sharon was only 26 when she died, and the worst part is that she was also eight-and-a-half months pregnant with a baby boy. She and several of her friends had been enjoying a quiet evening at the house on Cielo Drive when intruders entered the house and murdered them all. Sharon was brutally murdered at her home in Los Angeles on the night of August 8, 1969. I knew the story of Sharon as seen through the Manson murders and subsequent trials. I didn’t know much about ‘60s actress Sharon Tate besides that she was insanely beautiful.