On August 9 , 1969 as a member of the Manson Family , Watson accompanied Susan Atkins , Linda Kasabian , and Patricia Krenwinkel to the large estate on Cielo Drive in Hollywood , leased by movie director Roman Polanski and his wife , actress Sharon Tate , who was eight months pregnant . Polanski was in London working on a film on August 8 . Present in the house were Tate and her friends : hairdresser Jay Sebring , writer Wojciech Frykowski , and Folger 's coffee heiress Abigail Folger
Wojciech Frykowski
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