Shelley with Jaclyn Smith and Cheryl Ladd
on the cover of Télé-Junior, January 1981
Shelley became Charlie's newest Angel in 1979, and she jumped from being Revlon Charlie's Supermodel to becoming TV's latest Superstar Angel, joining incumbent Angels Jaclyn Smith and Cheryl Ladd. Cheryl joined the cast of the hit TV series two years earlier, as Farrah Fawcett's fill-in. This time, Shelley was joining the cast as a fill-in for Kate Jackson who left the series early that year. Charlie's Angels was Shelley's very first TV series and her casting made news all over the world. It was a huge deal. "I still have not really recovered from the surprise of landing the part," Shelley said at the time. "It has been quite a whirl," she added. She was instantly propelled to international superstardom; and her face appeared on magazines, tabloids and newspapers all around the world.
Shelley with Jaclyn Smith, Cheryl Ladd,
on the pages of Télé-Junior,
January 1981
Télé-Junior was a youth-oriented magazine that was produced from 1977 to 1983 in France. The French-language mag featured writeups and comic strips adapted from popular superhero characters (like Spider-Man and The Fantastic Four), cartoons (like Scooby-Doo and The Great Grape Ape Show) and Japanese super robot manga (like Mazinger Z and Grendizer). It also featured writeups and comic strips about the popular TV series of the era (like The Six Million Dollar Man, and, yes, Charlie's Angels). In January of 1981, the mag featured Jaclyn Smith, Cheryl Ladd and Shelley Hack on their cover. Inside, it featured a writeup about them and the series Charlie's Angels. It seems some of the info they got wasn't right (Shelley was born in 1947 not 1940. Shelley has a degree in history [she majored in European and military history] but not architecture. Shelley began modelling at 16 not 14.) Don't know how the series was aired outside the US, but it seems to have been divided into more than the standard five seasons in certain countries. Anyway, the writeup translates as:
FEATURED ON TVCHARLIE'S ANGELSAND THAT MAKES THREE!
Since the last Charlie's Angels season three years ago on Antenne 2, during Jacques Martin's show Bon Dimanche, a series of twists and turns have occurred! Farrah Fawcett left, handing the reins to blonde Cheryl Ladd. And now, in the thirteen-episode season you're currently watching, Cheryl and Jaclyn Smith are still on board, but Kate Jackson has passed the torch to the captivating Shelley Hack. But who's complaining...?
Shelley with Jaclyn Smith, Cheryl Ladd,on the pages of Télé-Junior,January 1981
THE MADNESSKate Jackson, Jaclyn Smith, and Farrah Fawcett-Majors triumph in every episode over all the killers and obstacles they encounter. No one in show business history has become as famous and rich as quickly as Farrah has after Charlie's Angels begins airing.T-shirts, bed sheets, and towels bearing the Angels' image flood stores.FIRST DEPARTURETop model, television star, and businesswoman, Farrah gets a big head, breaks her contract with the Angels television producers, and decides to try her luck in film.A replacement had to be found quickly because the second season was already being filmed. Applications poured in, and it was the blonde Cheryl Ladd who won the part.Second twist: Kate Jackson announces that she too wants to leave television to pursue a film career. Her role is offered to Barbara Bach, the beautiful Russian spy who seduced James Bond in The Spy Who Loved Me. But her screen tests in Hollywood are not successful, so while waiting to find someone else, Kate agrees to film the third season.FORCED RETURNMeanwhile, the court makes a ruling, and Farrah Fawcett is forced to appear in a new season. That would be the fifth season. And like the Three Musketeers, there would now be four Charlie's Angels.Since then, Kate Jackson has left the series. She made a feature film and enjoyed a second honeymoon in Paris. Jaclyn Smith, Cheryl Ladd, and Shelley Hack, the newest Angel team, filmed a sixth season, which you can currently watch on Antenne 2, on Sunday afternoons. To prove her worth as an actress, it seems Shelley might have to make people forget her surname."CHARLIE" HACKIndeed, ever since she began endorsing the Charlie by Revlon perfume brand in the US, to all Americans, Shelley has become synonymous to Charlie.Born on July 6, 1940, Shelley was raised in Connecticut, along with her six siblings. At 14, she began to appear in magazines, but continued her studies and took them very seriously. A graduate in history and architecture, Shelley wanted to become a teacher... until the day the editor of a fashion magazine convinced her to become a professional model. Thanks to her modeling career, she was able to travel extensively. Bangkok, Hong Kong, New Delhi — they no longer hold any secrets for her. It was while filming a commercial for the Revlon brand Charlie that the producers of Charlie's Angels noticed her and decided to hire her. When her television schedule gives her some free time, Shelley Hack loves to jog, swim, play tennis, and cook delicious meals for her boyfriend.
