a pic of Shelley from 1979
Shelley became Charlie's Angel no.5 in 1979. She was already a Supermodel when she joined the cast, one of the highest paid models in the entire world. She was known as THE Charlie Girl and was the image model and spokesperson for the no. 1 Revlon brand. It was Shelley's first time to be cast as a regular in a TV series; and she knew that when she joined Angels she would be doing a lot of press and promotional stuff for the series; and she felt she was ready for it (She had done a lot press as THE Charlie Girl). But what what happened was beyond her expectation. Upon the announcement of her casting, she was hounded by the press. "I was totally unprepared for the press "bonanza" that followed," she said on Jane Pauley's show Time and Again in 2000. "I had press people crawling in my windows," she told E! in 2002.
a writeup about Shelley
from the French-language mag Cine Revue,
August, 1979
Shelley's Angels casting made news all over the world; and everybody wanted to know more about Charlie's newest cherub. By that time she was already a Supermodel; and she felt she was ready to face the spotlight of Hollywood superstardom. Writeups about her casting appeared in many magazines around the world (It was even mentioned in the evening news. "I couldn't believe it. What was I doing in the evening news," Shelley exclaimed at the time.) In August of 1979, a short writeup about her appeared oon the pages of the French mag Cine Revue (Cinema Review). It translates as follows:
The New "Charlie's Angel"!
Here's a new "Charlie's Angel"! After Cheryl Ladd, who replaced Farrah Fawcett-Majors, Shelley Hack makes her entrance into the famous trio of skirt-wearing detectives who, from now on, like the three in The Musketeers... will be four! Indeed, Shelley isn't replacing anyone: she'll be a new character, that of the daughter of a police chief, a friend of the famous boss Charlie. Shelley Hack is making her debut in front of the cameras because, until now, she's only been a model and cover girl. She's shot a few TV commercials for perfumes but had no lines to say.
the pic caption translates as follows:
From now on, Shelley will no longer be just beautiful and silent...
a pic of Shelley from 1979
