Shelley at an event in 1982
Shelley was one of Hollywood's newest stars in the early 1980s. She rose to fame first via her Charlie perfume commercials and print ads in the 1970s and then, consequently, as one of Charlie's Angels in 1979. As it was with all the Angels, Shelley had to prove that she was more than just a pretty face. In 1981, she starred in the play Vanities and to everyone's surprise got excellent reviews. She eventually got the attention of Martin Scorsese who cast her in his Robert de Niro starrer The King of Comedy and received excellent reviews as well. She was going places.
