All the official Spelling-Goldberg Angels, so far
Shelley joined the cast of the phenomenal TV hit Charlie's Angels in 1979. She was the fifth Angel to join the Townsend Agency. She appeared in the 4th season alongside Jaclyn Smith and Cheryl Ladd and they were occasionally joined by Farrah Fawcett. She took over from Kate Jackson who left the show after the 3rd season. And when Shelley left, Tanya Roberts took over in the 5th season. The original series was produced by Aaron Spelling and Leonard Goldberg and it ran from 1976 to 1981. Many reboots soon followed - in 1988, in 2000 and 2003, in 2011 and now in 2019.
Charlie’s Angels, the original TV series:
Kate Jackson …as Sabrina Blaylock Duncan
Farrah Fawcett (then Majors) …as Jill Munroe
Jaclyn Smith …as Kelly Garrett
Cheryl Ladd…as Kristine Munroe
Shelley Hack …as Tiffany Welles
Tanya Roberts … as Julie Rogers
Charlie's Angels debuted in 1976, with Kate, Farrah and Jaclyn as the original Angels. The series broke new ground as it was the first series with a cast led by women with no men around to "bail them out" - they bailed each other out instead. Another groundbreaking element of the series was how the leads were portrayed. They weren't backstabbing each other, trying to get to a man (as women were portrayed in films previously). They had each others backs and were actually good friends. It was the very first show that perpetuated Girl Power. Cheryl, Shelley and Tanya came in subsequent seasons. This blog's favorite is Shelley Hack, of course!!! Second fave? Jaclyn Smith.
Angels '88:
Karen Kopins …as Trisha Lawrence
Claire Yarlett …as Connie Bates
Sandra Canning …as Pam Ryan
Téa Leoni …as Bernie Colter
In 1988, an attempt to reboot the series was in the works, with Angels '88. This series holds a lot of significance in Angels history as it was produced by Aaron Spelling himself. Casting was finalized and Karen Kopins, Claire Yarlett, Sandra Canning and Téa Leoni were announced as the new Angels in a press conference. This new iteration of was to be an updated version of the original. There was to be no Charlie as the girls would put the agency up themselves. But after casting was done, the series went through many setbacks including a writer's strike. It was postponed, renamed Angels' 89 and was finally shelved. The cast organized a Fallen Angels party to commemorate the show's demise. Among the Angels '88 cast, Téa Leoni is this blog's favorite. Second is Sandra Canning - love the hair.
Charlie's Angels
and Charlie's Angels Full Throttle:
Cameron Diaz …as Natalie Cook
Drew Barrymore …as Dylan Sanders/Helen Zaas
Lucy Liu …as Alex Munday
Demi Moore …as Madison Lee
In 2000, the series was finally brought back to life, this time on the big screen, with Charlie's Angels the movie. The big budget reboot was produced by Leonard Goldberg and Drew Barrymore. Drew along with Cameron Diaz and Lucy Liu became the newest Angel team and they karate chopped their way to the top of the box office that summer. In 2003, a sequel was released, Charlie's Angels Full Throttle, with the addition of a new "bad" Angel, played by Demi Moore. Jaclyn Smith reprised her role as Kelly Garrett. This blog's favorite is Lucy Liu. Demi Moore comes in a close second.
Charlie's Angels 2011:
Annie Ilonzeh …as Kate Prince
Minka Kelly …as Eve French
Rachael Taylor …as Abby Sampson
Nadine Velazquez …as Gloria Martinez
In 2011, the TV series was again reboot; this time with an updated TV series also produced by Leonard Goldberg and Drew Barrymore, dubbed Charlie's Angels 2011. The new Angels were Annie Ilonzeh, Minka Kelly and Rachael Taylor. A fourth Angel was also introduced in the series- Nadine Velazquez, who played Gloria Martinez, probably the Angel with the shortest screen time as she was killed in the first act of the first episode. The series had a hard time finding an audience and was cancelled after seven episodes with one episode left unaired. This blog's favorite is actually Nadine Velazquez as Gloria - love her kick-ass scene on the beach. Second fave is Annie Ilonzeh, no-nonsense and fab outfits.
Charlie's Angels 2019:
Kristen Stewart ...as Sabina Wilson
Naomi Scott ...as Elena Houghlin
Ella Balinska ...as Jane Kano
This 2019, Charlie's Angels has again been rebooted, another big screen version has finished filming and will be on screen this November. Kristen Stewart, Naomi Scott and Ella Balinska are the newest Angels. In the movie, the agency goes international (But didn't it already go international in the original series? In 1981, the plaque in the Hawaiian office read "Townsend Agency Beverly Hills Paris Hawaii"). Let's see how the movie will fare and how many former Angels will be in this version.
