Shelley with Jim Metzler in Cutter to Houston, 1983
Shelley was already a Supermodel when she got her big break as Tiffany Welles in Charlie's Angels in 1979. But after her Angels stint, she was determined to learn her craft and give this acting opportunity a try. In the early 1980s, she wowed her critics and earned positive reviews for her stage work in Jack Heifner's Vanities, Elizabeth Diggs' Close Ties and the classic play Born Yesterday. She also got the same from her theatrical work in Martin Scorsese's The King of Comedy and the TV movies Trackdown: Finding the Goodbar Killer with George Segal and Found Money with Dick Van Dyke and Sid Caesar. By the end of 1983, she was back to series TV with Cutter to Houston alongside Jim Metzler and Alec Baldwin.
Shelley with Alec Baldwin in Cutter to Houston, 1983