Rare Photos of Famous Blondes of the 1970s

Although her career was tragically brief, Sharon Tate left an outsized mark on 1960s and early 1970s pop culture. Her playful blonde beauty and rising-star energy made her a symbol of Hollywood promise, frozen in time just as fame was fully opening up to her.

After her murder in 1969, Sharon became a lasting cultural ghost — endlessly referenced, mourned, and mythologized. In the decades since, she’s come to represent lost innocence and the darker edge of celebrity culture, her image living on far beyond her years.