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Sharon's early life was one of constant moving as her father served in the military. When she lived in Italy, she was voted "Homecoming Queen" of her high school. After being an extra in a few Italian films, Sharon headed to Hollywood where she would again start as an extra. Her first big break came when she was cast as the shapely bank secretary, "Janet Trego", in the television series The Beverly Hillbillies (1962) (1963-1965). In 1967, she would meet her future husband, director Roman Polanski, on the set of the English film The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967). Sharon's big role would be that same year when she was the starlet in Valley of the Dolls (1967). With her marriage to Roman, her life became one of parties, travel and meeting influential movie people. She would appear as a red-haired beauty in the spy spoof The Wrecking Crew (1968) working with Dean Martin and the equally beautiful Elke Sommer. Sharon was 2 months pregnant of her first child while filming in Italy and France a funny Italian comedy movie 12 + 1 (1969) in February 1969. On August 9, 1969 Sharon Tate, Abigail Folger, Jay Sebring, Steve Parent, and Voytek Frykowski were murdered by 3 of Charles Manson's followers: Charles 'Tex' Watson, Susan Atkins (died in prison in 2009), and Patricia Krenwinkel. Manson died in prison in 2017. Watson and Krenwinkel are still in prison.

Tom Pittman was born on 16 March 1932 in Phoenix, Arizona, USA. He was an actor, known for High School Big Shot (1959), Tombstone Territory (1957) and Apache Territory (1958). He died on 31 October 1958 in Benedict Canyon, Beverly Crest, Los Angeles, California, USA.

Born on August 26, 1928 in Kansas City, Missouri, Yvette Vickers majored in picture and theatre arts at UCLA for three years. On a trip to New York in the mid-1950s, she was cast as the White Rain Girl in commercials. She returned to the West Coast, working in various television series until she debuted in her first movie, Short Cut to Hell (1957), James Cagney's first directing effort. She played Allison Hayes' slatternly rival in Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958) and Bruno VeSota's slatternly wife in Attack of the Giant Leeches (1959). After doing a half dozen more movies through the end of the 1950s, the blonde, blue-eyed actress appeared once in 1963 in Hud (1963), in What's the Matter with Helen? (1971), and in the television movie The Dead Don't Die (1975).

Frances Kroll Ring was born to a furrier in The Bronx, New York in 1916. As a child, she and her family moved to Los Angeles. In 1939, she became F. Scott Fitzgerald's last secretary, working for him until his death in late 1940. After he passed away, Frances Kroll Ring would work as a reader at Paramount Pictures, then marry a Cadillac salesman and have two children. When he died in 1965, she went back to work.

At the time of her death in June 2015, she was one of the last living links to the famous writer. She is survived by two children and two grandchildren.

Muriel Davison was born on 21 March 1923 in St. Paul, Minnesota, USA. Muriel was a writer, known for Baretta (1975). Muriel was married to Bill Davidson and Irving Herman Robitshek Jr.. Muriel died on 26 September 1983 in Benedict Canyon, Beverly Crest, Los Angeles, California, USA.