HOLLYWOOD, Mar. 31 – Sharon Tate, in a mini skirt, flew to Hollywood a weekend or so ago, to test for the role of Jennifer North in “Valley of the Dolls.”

She got the job!

She is now before the camera as the doll who takes too many pills in the valley; the doll everyone takes advantage of.

She isn’t the type of chick too many people can take advantage of.

She isn’t a European actress as most people believe, because of her big wave of publicity from abroad.

She is not a cheesecake actress.

She is co-starred with David Niven and Deborah Kerr in “13,” has the feminine lead in “The Vampire Killers,” co-stars with Tony Curtis and Claudia Cardinale in “Don’t Make Waves,” and now working in the “Valley.”

She is tiptoe on the brink of what will be an important movie career.

She feels at the moment like the King awaiting the bride in “Camelot”: scared. (“Do you blame me? Release one of the pictures already!”)

She is 5 feet 5 ½ inches tall, weighs 120 pounds, is an ash blonde with hazel eyes. She measures 35-23-34 in the strategic places. (I can vouch for this. I worked with her for two days in “Don’t Make Waves.” She wore only a bikini. I told her she’d be a movie star. She tried to believe me.)

She is using her real name.

She was born in Dallas, Texas, on January 24, 1943, the daughter of U.S. Army Major Paul J. Tate.

She is soft-voiced and graceful.

She met Richard Beymer when she was 16. Her father was then posted in Italy. (“Richard told roe ‘you oughta be in pictures’ and I believed him.”)

She tried out for a small part in Filmways TV series, “Petticoat Junction” and didn’t get it. Can you imagine what might have happened if she had gotten the part? See, success isn’t always the best.

She was signed by producer Martin Ransohoff, who spent 30-months grooming her. (“Whenever I did a role on TV, I used another name and wore a black wig.”)

She is a believer.

She considers herself obstinate and strong-willed.

She accuses herself of being impulsive, but at the same time too cautious. (I’m so afraid of hurting other people’s feelings I don’t speak out when I should. I get into big messes that way.”)

She and the Polish director Polanski are a big thing. (When I love, I love. I won’t marry for a long time.”)

She plans on retiring from the screen when she marries. (“I believe a wife must immerse herself completely in her husband and family, and that’s what I intend to do. Few women can handle marriage and a career successfully at the same time.”)

She has yet to taste all the sweet juices of being a movie star.

She admires, and considers great men, Caesar, Napolean and Lincoln. Women? (“All I can think of is Greta Garbo. Not as an actress particularly — just as a woman. I have no favorite actresses. Or actors, either.”)

She believes in first impressions of people. But doesn’t always act on the conviction.

She is a big eater, with no weight problem. Cooking, except for baking pies and pastries, bores her.

She prefers cold to heat. Luxuriates in snow. Winter is her favorite time of year.

She is a day person.

She sleeps in the raw, with the windows open just a crack.

By SIDNEY SKOLSKY