The Tragic Love Story of Sharon Tate and Roman Polanski
How they met, fell in love and married
Sharon Tate was a 23-year old starlet starring in her second film, and Roman Polanski was her 33-year old director and co-star when they fell in love.
Sharon had been toiling for several years in Hollywood, hoping for her next break. In 1962, she signed with talent agent Martin Ransohoff, who was currently producing the television show The Beverly Hillbillies. He secured Sharon a role there as Janet Trego, the secretary for stuffy spinster Jane Hathaway. Sharon’s beautiful blonde hair was obscurred by a short black wig, and her talents were also dulled there. But Ransohoff was paying quite a bit of money to enhance her skills — sending Sharon to dance, etiquette and fitness classes.
His Pygmalion efforts began to pay off in 1965, when Sharon was chosen for a significant role in the film Eye of the Devil, filmed in Italy and the UK, which would star film legends David Niven and Deborah Kerr. At the time, she was dating notable hair stylist Jay Sebring. Her next movie role would have a dramatic impact…
