Shelley was an up-and-coming actress by around the mid-to-late 1970s. She had already made her mark as one of the highest-paid, million-dollar Supermodels of the decade and, as with other successful Supermodels, Hollywood beckoned. Her first film appearance was a cameo in the Academy-Award-winning Woody Allen feature film Annie Hall - in one of the most memorable scenes in the movie (For more, check out: Film Debut 1977). In 1978, Bond films producer Cubby Broccoli talked to her about testing for the leading lady role in the upcoming James Bond flick, Moonraker (For more, check out: Angels as Bond Girls). Also in 1978, she was hand-picked by producer, writer and director Joseph Brooks to star as his leading lady in the romantic flick If Ever I See You Again (For more, check out: Exposed in '78). In 1978 as well, Shelley declined the leading lady role in the Nicholas Meyer film Time After Time (For more, check out: The Angel and the Writer). In 1979, Shelley guest-starred in the short-lived series Married: The First Year in 1979 (For more, check out: Shelley As Linda). She also finished filming the TV movie Death Car on the Freeway (For more, check out: Classic Telefilm). Shortly after that, Shelley was cast as Angel Tiffany Welles in the hit TV series Charlie's Angels, and the rest is heavenly history.
