Shelley with Charlie's Angels co-stars Jaclyn Smith and Cheryl Ladd
Shelley joined the cast of Charlie's Angels in 1979. She was cast as Tiffany Welles, the daughter of Charles Townsend's good friend, a police chief in Boston, and a Latin teacher. Tiff graduated from the Boston Police Academy with top marks and worked at the Boston Police Department before joining the Townsend Agency. She took over from Kate Jackson's Sabrina Duncan at the agency as Charlie's Angel no. 5.