Manson Family also included a small, devoted unit of mostly impressionable young women and girls. According to Susan Atkins, whose initial statements in late 1969 cast the die for the template henceforth applied to the telling of the story in popular media, the Manson family began to believe, without question, Manson's claims that he was a manifestation of Jesus and his prophecies of a race war. They gained national and international notoriety after the murder of actress Sharon Tate and four others on August 9, 1969 by Tex Watson and three other members of the Family, acting under the instructions of Charles
Jeane Manson Jeane Manson Jeane Manson, born Jean Ann Manson, (born October 1, 1950 in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American model, singer, and actress. She was "Playboy" magazine's Playmate of the Month for the August 1974 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Dwight Hooker. Before she was a Playmate she acted in a few films including "The Young Nurses" (1973), "Dirty O'Neil" (1974), "Nightmare Circus" (1974) and "From Hong Kong with Love" (1975), and moved to France soon after she appeared in "Playboy". Performing under the name Jeane Manson, she became a recording artist in Europe. Her albums covered several genres, from