"The Valley Of The Dolls" Babes

The Valley Of The Dolls

Barbara Parkins

Sharon Tate

Patty Duke

 

The movie was based on "The Valley Of The Dolls" novel written by Jacqueline Susann and published in 1967.  It has gone on to sell over 30 million copies and paved the way for writers like Jackie Collins.  Both the book and the movie were "events" in a period unlike today that "event books/movies" were rare. 

 

Barbara Parkins

Sharon Tate

Sharon Tate & Husband Roman Polanski

 

Sharon Tate might have been a minor footnote in cinema

history had it not been for the way she died.

On August 9th, 1969, a pregnant Sharon Tate and 4 others were massacred in the home of Sharon and her husband Roman Polanski (Director/"Rosemary's Baby") by members of

the Charles Manson family. Polanski was not home that evening.

 Patty Duke