Sharon Tate

In life, actress Sharon Tate lent a willowy, sensual presence to a handful of motion pictures in the storied year of 1967, including "Valley of the Dolls," "Don't Make Waves," and her husband Roman Polanski's "The Fearless Vampire Killers." Sadly, her work on film and in television was overshadowed by her senseless murder in 1969 by members of Charles Manson's cult, The Family, and her death would remain one of Hollywood's greatest tragedies, as well as a key component in one of the 20th century's most shocking crimes. In subsequent years, the efforts of her family to remember Tate's life in a positive light through advocacy for victims' rights helped to remove the pall of the brutality she endured, and she eventually entered the pantheon of performers whose talent and beauty shone brightly, if all too briefly, for audiences around the world.