Catherine Share
Catherine Share | |
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Born | Paris, France | December 10, 1942
Nationality | American |
Other names | Gypsy |
Known for | Former member of the Manson Family |
Children | 1 |
Catherine Share (born December 10, 1942) is an American criminal who is known as a former member of the
Following her release from prison in 1975, Share disassociated herself from the "Family". She has spoken publicly about her experiences with them.
Early life
Share was born in
Through her father's arrangements, Share was to be adopted by an American couple. Before the girl reached the United States, the couple divorced due to the husband's infidelity. They went to court, and adoptive mother Patricia Jeanne Johnston was awarded custody of the French girl. Johnston later married American psychologist Sidney Share, who also adopted the girl. The couple relocated to Hollywood, California.
Catherine Share grew up there, attending public schools, and graduated from
Counterculture
In 1965, Catherine Share cut a single as Charity Shane for the Autumn Records label in San Francisco. The company had gained some success with The Beau Brummels. In 1996 the recording was issued in the UK on the Ace/Big Beat compilation CD Someone to Love.
Involvement with the Manson Family
In early 1967, Share met
Tate-LaBianca
Although not directly involved in the
On December 18, 1970, Share, along with four other Manson followers:
They planned for Moorehouse to lure Hoyt to
While incarcerated, Share gave birth to a son, Phoenix, on January 5, 1971. The baby was taken from her and placed into foster care. For years Share refused to identify the boy's paternity, but denied that Manson was the father. After being released from prison, she was able to be reunited with Phoenix. At that time, she said Steve "Clem" Grogan was the boy's father.[8]
Share married Kenneth Como after getting out of jail. On August 21, 1971, Share and Como, accompanied by Family members Mary Brunner, Dennis Rice, Charles Lovett, and Larry Bailey, drove a van to a Hawthorne, California Western Surplus Store. Inside they brandished guns and ordered store patrons and clerks to lie on the floor. They took 143 rifles from the premises, and loaded them into the van, while a store clerk tripped the silent alarm. (The group had previously held up a liquor store.)[9] When a police squad car arrived, Share opened fire on the vehicle, hitting the windshield. Police returned gunfire, which wounded Brunner, Share, and Bailey.[9][10] Police arrested all five for the armed robbery. In addition, they alleged that they planned to hijack a Boeing 747 and threaten to kill one passenger each hour until Manson and fellow Family members were released from prison.[9]
Brunner and Share were convicted of armed robbery and sentenced to prison; they were assigned to California Institution for Women. There they were held in the special unit that had been created as a death row for Family members Leslie Van Houten, Susan Atkins, and Patricia Krenwinkel. These three had been sentenced to death for their involvement in the Tate-LaBianca murders. Their sentences were later commuted to life imprisonment after the Supreme Court ruled in 1972 that existing statutes about the death sentence were unconstitutional.
After the Manson Family
Share served five years for the Hawthorne shootout and was released in 1975. Following her release, Share disassociated herself from the "Family". During Manson's 1970 trial, Share and other "Family" members had carved an "X" on her forehead at his orders. In the documentary Helter Skelter: An American Myth (2020), Share said she had removed the symbol.[citation needed]
In 1979, Share was convicted
Interest in the Manson Family has been periodically revived. In July 2006, Share returned to the remnants of
Like several other Manson Family members, Share became a born again Christian later in life. She has been a public speaker, advocating against cults.[3] She developed a close relationship with her son Phoenix. Per the Library of Congress, she sold her memoir She was a Gypsy Woman to Paramount Vantage in 2008.[11]
In popular culture
In addition to being featured in interviews, Share was portrayed by Lena Dunham in Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019), a drama about this period.[12]
References
- ^ Manson Cultist Tries New Life, Associated Press, Los Angeles, April 15, 1975
- ^ FBI Seeks Ex-Manson Clan Member Sacramento Bee, March 1, 1979
- ^ a b c d "Manson2Jesus". Archived from the original on June 28, 2009. Retrieved May 22, 2009.
- ^ a b "Crime/Punishment". Archived from the original on December 19, 2006. Retrieved May 24, 2009.
- ^ Catherine Louise Share, Evidence: The Story of the Manson Family and Their Victims, CieloDrive.com
- ^ Sederstrom, Jill (August 12, 2019). "Why Did The Manson Family Members Have Nicknames?". Oxygen. Archived from the original on August 13, 2019. Retrieved August 14, 2021.
- ^ a b Bugliosi, Vincent: Helter Skelter, 1974. pg. 601.
- ThoughtCo. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
- ^ a b c Sanders, Ed. The Family. 2002. pg. 474
- ^ "Crime/Punishment – Mary Brunner". Archived from the original on February 1, 2009. Retrieved April 18, 2009.
- ^ "What Happened to Gypsy's Book?".
- ^ Tyler, Adrienne (September 5, 2019). "Every Actor Cameo In Once Upon A Time In Hollywood's Manson Cult". Screen Rant.
External links
- Catherine Share at IMDb