Sunday, September 1, 2024

An Angels Catch Up 3

a pic of Shelley taken during the filming
of the Charlie's Angels episode
"Angels on the Street," 1979

Charlie's Angels captured the imagination of the entire world when it first aired in March of 1976 (the pilot episode) and fans were saddened by the news of its sudden cancellation in June of 1981. All in all, six women had the privilege of being part of the phenomenal hit TV series - Kate Jackson, Farrah Fawcett, Jaclyn Smith, Cheryl Ladd, Shelley Hack and Tanya Roberts. Interest in all the Angels didn't end when the series ended though. In fact, writeups about them would crop up every few years - like a sort of catch up on what each Angel had been up to. In 1983, an Italian mag featured the Angels in a writeup called "'Charlie's Angels' Addio" or "'Charlie's Angels' Goodbye", with updates on what each of the actresses had been busy with as of late. The first season of Charlie's Angels debuted on Italian TV in 1979; and the final season was aired in 1983, with the final episode aired in May of that year. So by that time, it had been two years since the series had been cancelled on American TV.

an Italian writeup about Charlie's Angels, 1983
Thank you so much to charlies3sexysleuths at IG
for posting this super rare writeup

By then, Kate Jackson had starred in the feature films Dirty Tricks and the controversial film Making Love and was back on TV via the hit TV series Scarecrow and Mrs. King. Farrah Fawcett was proving she had acting chops by starring in Murder in Texas and later in the off-Broadway play Extremities. Jaclyn Smith had starred in the hit teleflicks Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy and Rage of Angels. Cheryl Ladd had starred in the big screen flick Now and Forever, the hit teleflick Grace Kelly and was seen in the stage play The Hasty Heart. Shelley Hack received praise for her performances in the stage plays Vanities and Born Yesterday, in the Martin Scorsese feature film The King of Comedy and the TV series Cutter to Houston. Tanya Roberts had starred in the feature films The Beastmaster and Hearts and Armour and had starred in Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer. Even after the series had ended, the Angels still had the attention and adulation of the entire world.

a promo pic of Shelley
for Charlie's Angels, 1979