Monday, September 8, 2014

Hidden Sharon

When producer Martin Ransohoff "discovered" Sharon Tate, he wanted to hide her until he was ready to have her make her feature film debut. So he hid her in plain sight by putting her in wigs in roles on his various television shows. Here's Miss Tate playing Janet Trego on Beverly Hillbillies:




Here she is playing an unnamed operator on Mr. Ed:





Miss Tate would "hide out" this way until she began making movies like Fearless Vampire Killers, The Wrecking Crew and Valley of the Dolls.