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Date of Birth: August 30, 1946, New York, USA

Birth Name: Peggy Lipton Jones

Mini Biography:

Peggy is daughter of artist Rita Hetty (née Benson) and Harold Lipton, a corporate lawyer. She was raised in NY with her brothers, Robert, an actor, and Kenneth.

Lipton signed with the Ford Modeling Agency and enjoyed a successful career. In 1964 her family moved to LA and she signed a contract with Universal Pictures the same year.

Spiritually curious, Lipton explored several religions including Hinduism and Scientology. She dated Elvis Presley for a while, but their relationship reportedly ended after she tried to convince Elvis to join the Church of Scientology.

In 1974, Lipton married Quincy Jones and began a self-imposed hiatus from acting in order to devote herself to their growing family.The couple had two children: Kidada Jones, a fashion stylist, and Rashida Jones, an actress. They amicably divorced in 1990 and remain close friends.

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Date of Birth: 13 February 1950, Landskrona, Sweden

Birth Name: Ewa Brigitta Aulin

Mini Biography:

When Gunnar Fischer made a short in 1965 he needed a young girl, and he chose a young neighbor of his, Ewa Aulin.
After winning a beauty contest she quickly got an Italian film contract which led to a string of quickly forgotten films.
She got good reviews for "Candy" (1968) but at the age of 23, she felt that movies wasn't anything for her.
She remarried, had two daughters and enrolled in university to study teaching.

source: IMDB

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Date of Birth: 24 January 1945, Dallas, Texas, USA

Birth Name: Sharon Marie Tate

Heigh: 5' 5" (1.65 m)

Mini Biography:

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).

In 1967, she would meet her future husband, director Roman Polanski, on the set of the English film "Fearless Vampire Killers, The" (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.

Sharon then took time off from films as she awaited the birth of her first child.

On August 9, 1969, a pregnant Sharon Tate and four other people where murdered by members of the "Manson family" in her house.

source: IMDB

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