Shelley at a New York party in 1977
Shelley first gained international recognition as THE Charlie Girl in 1976. She lived in New York at the time, was a known as sort of a clothes horse, and was spotted at numerous parties around the city. In August of 1977, she was caught by the paparazzi with Susan Sarandon and Patrick Wayne at the opening night party of Otherwise Engaged, a hit Broadway play by Simon Gray with TV talk show host Dick Cavett in the lead role. It was Cavett's Broadway debut. Shelley and Cavett both appeared in the Woody Allen classic Annie Hall which hit the theaters April of that year.