Abigail Folger
Celebrity
1943 – 1969
Who was Abigail Folger?
Abigail Anne Folger was an American socialite, volunteer, civil rights devotee, and member of the prominent Folger family. She was the great-granddaughter of J. A. Folger, the founder of Folgers Coffee.
Folger, her boyfriend Wojciech Frykowski, actress Sharon Tate, hairstylist Jay Sebring, and an 18-year-old man named Steven Parent, were murdered by followers of Charles Manson at Tate's home at 10050 Cielo Drive in August 1969.
Three of Manson's followers, Susan Atkins, Charles "Tex" Watson, and Patricia Krenwinkel, were later convicted and sentenced to death for the murders. Their sentences were later commuted to life when California abolished the death penalty.
We need you!
Help us build the largest biographies collection on the web!
- Born
- Aug 11, 1943
San Francisco - Also known as
- Abigail Anne "Gibby" Folger
- Parents
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Radcliffe College
( - 1964) - Harvard University
Art history
(1964 - 1967) - Santa Catalina School
( - 1961/06)
- Radcliffe College
- Employment
- Publicity director, University of California Art Museum, Berkeley
(1967 - ) - Gotham Book Mart
- Publicity director, University of California Art Museum, Berkeley
- Lived in
- San Francisco
- New York City
- Died
- Aug 9, 1969
Los Angeles - Resting place
- Holy Cross Cemetery, Colma
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
Citation
Use the citation below to add to a bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Abigail Folger." Biographies.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 25 Apr. 2024. <https://www.biographies.net/people/en/abigail_folger>.
Discuss this Abigail Folger biography with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In