Shelley in the play Close Ties, 1983
Shelley was very active in the stage scene back in the early 1980s. She appeared in filmed-for-TV play Elizabeth Diggs' Close Ties. It premiered on The Entertainment Channel in March of 1983. Directed by Arwin Brown, it was about the struggles of a New England family coping with the senility of the clan's matriarch. Shelley played Anna, one of the matriarch's daughters. As with her earlier stage performance in Jack Heifner's Vanities, she got glowing reviews; and she impressed her critics. Her performances in both plays were proof that, yes, she could act.
Shelley in the play Close Ties, 1983
