Shelley in a 1980s promo pic
Shelley was a busy working actress in the 1980s. After her career-boosting appearance in Charlie's Angels, she was determined to prove that she was more than just a pretty face. She immediately tackled stage a via the Jack Heifner play Vanities and gained critical praise for her work. Other stage roles soon followed. She was praised for her work in Elizabeth Diggs's play Close Ties and Garson Kanin’s Born Yesterday. At the same time, she was getting more serious feature film work. She appeared in Martin Scorsese's The King of Comedy and much later in Joseph Ruben's horror classic The Stepfather. She also got to work in TV movies with seasoned actors such as George Segal, Dick Van Dyke, Sid Caesar and Paul Michael Glaser.
Shelley in a 1980s promo pic