Saturday, September 23, 2023

Evolving Roles

Shelley in a promo pic
for Single Bars, Single Women, 1984

Shelley starred as Frankie, a truck-stop waitress looking to move on from her former flame Gabe (played by Paul Michael Glaser) in the 1984 TV movie Single Bars, Single Women. The film explored the bar scene as seen in the eyes of women. It was a time when gender roles were evolving and the rules of dating were changing... fast. No longer in need of escorts and chaperones, women could now go bar-hopping alone to meet the men they wanted to meet. Women were becoming more confident in going out on their own and looking for love and companionship. Tony Danza, Keith Gordon, Christine Lahti, Mare Winningham and Kathleen Wilhoite completed the cast. It was directed by Shelley's future hubby Harry Winer.

Shelley with Paul Michael Glaser in a promo pic
for Single Bars, Single Women, 1984