After a few months, Doris Tate, who feared for her daughter's safety, suffered a nervous breakdown and her daughter was persuaded to return to Italy. Tate returned to the United States alone, saying that she wanted to further her studies, but tried to find film work. He arranged a screen test for her in Rome but this did not lead to further work. Actor Jack Palance was impressed by her appearance and her attitude, although her role was too small to judge her talent.
Later that year, when Barabbas was being filmed near Verona, Tate was once again hired as an extra.
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In 1960, Tate was employed by the singer Pat Boone and appeared with him in an episode of the television series The Pat Boone Chevy Showroom which was filmed in Venice. Beymer noticed Tate in the crowd and introduced himself, and the two dated during the production of the film, with Beymer encouraging Tate to pursue a film career. Tate and her friends became interested in the filming of Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man, which was being made nearby with Paul Newman, Susan Strasberg and Richard Beymer, and obtained parts as film extras. Sharon Tate (at right wearing a dark wig) as Janet Trego in the 1964 "Giant Jackrabbit" episode of The Beverly Hillbillies with Max Baer, Jr. She discovered a kinship with other students at the American school she attended in nearby Vicenza, recognizing that their backgrounds and feelings of separation were similar to her own, and, for the first time in her life, began to form lasting friendships. With her family relocating to Verona, Tate learned that she had become a local celebrity owing to the publication of a photograph of her in a swimsuit on the cover of the military newspaper Stars and Stripes. She spoke of her ambition to study psychiatry and also stated her intention to compete in the " Miss Washington" pageant in 1960 however, before she could do either, her father received orders to be stationed in Italy. Tate graduated from Vicenza American High School in 1961.Īs she matured, people commented on Tate's beauty she began entering beauty pageants, winning the title of "Miss Richland" in Washington in 1959. She attended Irvin High School in El Paso, Texas, from late fall 1959 to April 1960 and Vicenza American High School in Vicenza, Italy, from April 1960 to June 1961. Tate attended Chief Joseph Junior High School (now Chief Joseph Middle School) from September 1955 to June 1958, and Columbia High School (now Richland High School) in Richland, Washington, from September 1958 to October 1959. As an adult, Tate commented that people would misinterpret her shyness as aloofness until they knew her better. Her family described her as shy and lacking in self-confidence.
By the age of 16, Tate had lived in six cities and reportedly found it difficult to maintain friendships. Paul Tate was promoted and transferred several times. At six months of age, Tate won the "Miss Tiny Tot of Dallas Pageant", but her parents had no show business ambitions for their daughter. The family are of English, Scottish, Swiss-French, and Swiss-German descent. Sharon Marie Tate was born on January 24, 1943, in Dallas, Texas, the eldest of three daughters to Colonel Paul James Tate, a United States Army officer, and his wife, Doris Gwendolyn (née Willett).
Life and career 1943–1964: Childhood and early acting career
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