Sharon Tate magazine cover January 1970

9 August, 1969: “Actress Sharon Tate (born 1943) has been found brutally murdered in her Los Angeles home, along with three high-society friends and a fifth, as yet un-named, victim. All five died from shooting and multiple stab wounds. Sharon Tate, 26, was the wife of film director Roman Polanski and was eight months pregnant. … Sharon Tate began her acting career in the television series, “The Beverly Hillbillies”. She also had parts in the films “Valley of the Dolls”, “The Americanisation of Emily”, and “The Sandpiper”.” BBC News.

Pascale Petit

Pascale Petit: French actress born Anne-Marie Petit 1938. Screen debut in a French film version of Arthur Miller’s The Crucible (1957); on screen until 2001.

Agnès Laurent 1936 – 2010

Agnès Laurent: born Josette Chouleur, 28 January 1936, Lyon France.

 

Annette Stroyberg 1936 – 2005

Annette Strøyberg, later Annette Vadim, Danish actress in European films 1959–1965.

Paola Bossalino

Paola Bossalino: one film credit – Terence Young’s The Rover (1967)

Sophie Daumier 1934 – 2004

Sophie Daumier (1934-2004): French actress born Elisabeth Hugon, in films from 1956 – 1979.

Claudia Cardinale in cinéMONDE

Claudia Cardinale born 1938, on the cover Tuesday 3 April 1962.

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Britt Ekland, Vogue 1966

Britt Ekland: Swedish-born actress (1942) who started in Italian movies, then British films, Hollywood movies and UK television.

Carole Wells in The Cleveland Press, November 1966

Carole Wells: American actress, born 1942.

Carole Welles in the Boston Herald 1966

Carole Wells: American actress born 1942, on screen from 1956, including National Velvet (TV 1961 -62) and Pistols ‘n’ Petticoats (1966-67). Final screen credit: Hat Check Girl in The Cheap Detective (1978).

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