Saturday, November 10, 2018

A Superstar in '79

Shelley from the cover of the tabloid The Star in 1979

The proclamation of Shelley Hack as Charlie's newest Angel made her a Hollywood superstar overnight. Her face appeared on virtually every magazine in the world and was even mentioned in the evening news. "I couldn't believe it. What was I doing in the evening news?" Shelley exclaimed. (She was also set to guest star on the Love Boat, another Spelling hit series.) In St. Thomas, at the Caribbean, where the Charlie's Angels season opener was to be shot, she described, surprised, "When I got off the plane, there were maybe eight million paparazzi. I looked around for Sophia Loren. It was for me. I couldn't believe it."

Shelley on the cover of the tabloid The Star in 1979