Sharon Tate on The Beverly Hillbillies

Did you know Sharon Tate was a regular on The Beverly Hillbillies beginning in the second season, in a black wig playing Janet Trego, an employee of the Commerce Bank where the Clampetts kept their millions.

Her first guest star role was as ’Sharon’ in the episode "Elly Starts To School”, the fourth episode of the second season. Thereafter she would return to portray Mr. Drysdale’s minion Janet.

“The Possum Parade,” (episode # 4.6) 10/20/1965
"Possum Day" (episode # 4.5) 10/13/1965
"Clampetts vs. Automation, The" (episode # 3.30) 5/12/1965
"Double Naught Jethro" (episode # 3.21) 3/3/1965
"Dash Riprock, You Cad" (episode # 3.17) 1/27/1965
"Back To Marineland" (episode # 3.7) 11/4/1964
“The Giant Jackrabbit" (episode # 2.16) 1/8/1964
“The Clampetts Get Culture" (episode # 2.13) 12/18/1963
"Elly Needs A Maw" (episode # 2.12) 12/11/1963
“The Garden Party" (episode # 2.11) 12/4/1963
“The Clampetts Go Hollywood" (episode # 2.9) 11/20/1963
“The Clampetts Are Overdrawn" (episode # 2.8) 11/13/1963
"Chickadee Returns" (episode # 2.7) 11/6/1963
"Jethro's First Love" (episode # 2.6) 10/30/1963

Her final appearance was on another very funny episode entitled "Possum Day" (episode # 4.5) airing 10/13/1965. Max Baer (Jethro) hinted on a talk show in the 1980s that he had dated Sharon Tate on a couple of occasions.

Sharon Tate and four others were murdered by members of the Manson Family on August 9, 1969, in a home she shared with her husband, director Roman Polanski. At the time of her death, she was eight-and-a-half months pregnant with the couple's son.