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During the s, she appeared in advertisements and small television roles before appearing in films as well as working as a model. She made her film debut in as an extra in Barabbas with Anthony Quinn. She next appeared in the British mystery horror film Eye of the Devil On August 9, , Tate and four others were murdered by members of the Manson Family , a cult , in the home she shared with Polanski, while he was away.

She was eight-and-a-half months pregnant. 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. Paul Tate was promoted and transferred several times. By the age of 16, Tate had lived in six cities and reportedly found it difficult to maintain friendships. Her family described her as shy and lacking in self-confidence.

As an adult, Tate commented that people would misinterpret her shyness as aloofness until they knew her better. As she matured, people commented on Tate's appearance; she began entering beauty pageants, winning the title of "Miss Richland" in Washington in at age sixteen. 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 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. 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.

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. In , 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.