Sharon Tate starred in a film directed by her brother.
Sharon Tate . Her most remembered performance was as Jennifer North in the 1967 cult classic film , Valley of the Dolls , earning her a Golden Globe Award nomination . In January 20 , 1968 , Tate married Roman Polanski , her director and co-star in 1967 's The Fearless Vampire Killers . The Thirteen Chairs ( 12 + 1 - original title and Italian release title ) is a 1969 comedy film based on The Twelve Chairs , a 1928 satirical novel by the Soviet authors Ilf and Petrov . It was directed by Nicolas Gessner and Luciano Lucignani , and starred Sharon Tate ( her last film before her death ) , Vittorio Gassman , Orson Welles , Vittorio De Sica , and Tim Brooke-Taylor .