An Angels Halloween

Shelley with Jaclyn Smith and Cheryl Ladd

in a promo pic for the Charlie's Angels episode

"Of Ghosts and Angels" in 1980

In January of 1980, Charlie's Angels aired its first ever supernatural/fantasy/horror episode called "Of Ghosts and Angels." The plot went as follows:

Tiffany has been having the same nightmare for a week about an old mansion and a mysterious lady in a wheelchair being pushed down the stairs to her death. At the office, she mentions this in passing to Kelly, Kris and Bosley... but then, she's also excited about her upcoming vacation to see her newly-married heiress friend Erica, who recently married a clothing manufacturer named Clifford Burke. She had invited Kelly and Kris to join her so they could meet Erica and Cliff; and the two will be flying over a day after Tiff leaves. And while the Angels will be enjoying their time off (there will even be a costume party at Erica's), poor Bosley will be staying at the office, going through a mountain of paperwork (just like he did in "Angels on a String," the 15th episode of season 1). When Tiffany arrives at Erica's house, she is surprised that it's exactly like the mansion in her nightmares. But upon seeing Erica, her mood changes, and the two have a happy reunion. Later, Erica confides in Tiffany that she isn't comfortable in her house, which is actually owned by Cliff. She tells Tiff about the strange things she notices in the house... footsteps, voices, things moving around, drafts, and the smell of perfume. She feels like someone or something doesn't want her there. That night, Tiffany wakes up, goes downstairs, and finds the mansion filled with people, filled with party guests. On her way back upstairs, she sees the mysterious lady in a wheelchair from her nightmares; and the woman is about to fall from the top of the stairs. But in a blink of an eye, the woman and everyone else suddenly disappear; and Tiff finds herself alone. The next day, she fetches Kelly and Kris from the airport and tells them about what she saw the night before; and the two are perplexed. Later, they meet Erica; and, over tea, Erica tells them about Tiff's interest in the occult and her psychic abilities. Kelly and Kris tease Tiff about it. When the three Angels are alone, they have a serious conversation about what Tiff really thinks is happening at the house. Later, Kelly and Kris begin to notice the strange things for themselves. Everything culminates at the costume party where the truth about the house and the mysterious lady is finally revealed.

Shelley with Jaclyn Smith and Cheryl Ladd

in a promo pic for the Charlie's Angels episode

"Of Ghosts and Angels" in 1980

A Suspense Thriller for Halloween

Shelley with Michael Nader

in a promo pic for The Finishing Touch, 1992

Shelley appeared in the feature film The Finishing Touch in 1992. The film was about a divorced couple, both detectives, who had been assigned to the same case. They had to team up to find out who had been killing beautiful women in L.A., filming it and selling the footage as snuff films. Two suspects would come up, a known criminal and a well-known artist. As the couple investigated, their former marital problems would slip to the surface and cloud their judgement. Shelley played Detective Hannah Stone, while former Dynasty hunk Michael Nader played her ex-husband Detective Sam Stone. Arnold Vosloo, who would later rise to fame as the Mummy in The Mummy feature film series, played renowned artist Mikael Gant - the man who would come between the divorced couple. The screenplay was written by Anthony L. Greene and Rodger Grossman; and the film was directed by Fred Gallo. It was released on VHS format as The Finishing Touch for the English-speaking audience, as L.A. Ripper for the German-speaking audience and as La Ultima Escena for the Spanish-speaking audience.

the VHS cover of The Finishing Touch

for the Spanish-speaking audience

A Crime Thriller for Halloween

Shelley in promo pic

for Blind Fear, 1989

Shelley played Erika Breen, a blind switchboard operator, in the 1989 big screen thriller Blind Fear. Erika is working at a country lodge that is invaded by a gang of criminals (who've just hijacked an armored car), looking for a place to spend the night. But despite her disability, Erica manages to outsmart them all; and manages to... There's a surprise ending. It was filmed in Québec, Canada and runs for an hour and 27 minutes. Jack Langedijk, Kim Coates, Heidi von Palleske, Jan Rubes, Ron Lea, and Geza Kovacs co-starred. In July 2009, Shelley told her fans at the Hollywood Collectors Show a little bit about her experience while filming Blind Fear. She said that she wore a type of contact lens that blocked the vision and literally made her blind. She couldn't see anything when they were filming her scenes. Blind Fear has been released in VHS and DVD formats in various countries.

VHS covers of Blind Fear

in different languages

A Crypt Episode for Halloween

Shelley with her co-stars

in the Tales from the Crypt episode,

"The Assassin," 1994

In 1994, Shelley starred in an episode of the TV series Tales from the Crypt. The series was based on the horror comic anthology series of the same name which was published in the 1950s. The crypt keeper introduced and ended every episode during its entire run. Shelley appeared in season 6 in the episode called "The Assassin." She played Janet McKay, the wife of a suspected government assassin gone AWOL, who was finally tracked down by three CIA operatives and was going to be eliminated. Shelley gave a fine performance in this must-see episode... which also tuned out fine performances from Corey Feldman, Jonathan Banks, Chelsea Field and Marshall R. Teague. The episode has been released on DVD in the 3-disc box set Tales from the Crypt: Season 6 as well as the 20-disc box set Tales from The Crypt: The Complete Series.

Shelley was included in Karli Ray's Blog's

"Women in Horror Month" post for her performance

in Tales from The Crypt "The Assassin"

(Thank you so much to Karli Ray's Blog

for posting about Shelley and her performance)

In March of 2024, Karli Ray's Blog included Shelley in the post entitled "My Favorite Performances In 'Tales from The Crypt': Women In Horror Month Edition – Part 1." The post put together Karli Ray's favorite performances by women who appeared in episodes of the Tales from the Crypt TV series. The list included Mary Ellen Trainor ("And All Through The House" season 1, episode 2), Amanda Plummer ("Lover Come Hack To Me" season 1, episode 5), Shelley Hack ("The Assassin" season 6, episode 8), Audra Lindley ("Collection Completed" season 1, episode 6) and Nina Siemaszko ("Creep Course" season 5, episode 9). Karli Ray loved Shelley performance in the episode "The Assassin." Karli Ray loved Shelley's "perky and upbeat attitude" in the episode and loved how Shelley's character handled her captors via manipulation while upholding "a little house order." Thank you so much Karli Ray's Blog for including Shelley in the post.

Yardley Mixis

Shelley and Steve Markham in pics

used in ads for Yardley, 1970

Yardley or Yardley of London is one of the oldest international companies that specializes in cosmetics, toiletries and fragrances. The British brand was founded in 1770 and produced mainly soaps and perfumes. It branched out to cosmetics in the second half of the 20th century, but the line was discontinued by around the 1980s. In the 1970s, Yardley released a line of beauty products that were targeted at teenage girls and young women. The Yardley Mixis Fingermix Eyeshadows kit was one of them. It was an eyeshadow kit for young women who wanted to create their very own, their personal eyeshadow colors. The kit contained five tubes of color for finger-mixing into anyone's preferred colors. It contained three tubes of the primary colors blue, red and yellow. It also contained two tubes of white for modifying/mixing into the created colors - pearl white and matte white. It also contained a spatula and a mixing dish for convenience. All of them were housed in a colorful and youthful cosmetics box. And Shelley showed how Yardley could make anyone look fabulous.

Shelley in a two-page ad

for Yardley, 1970

Empowering Movie

Shelley in a newspaper ad

for Frequent Flyer, 1996

In 1996, Shelley starred in the telefilm Frequent Flyer along with Jack Wagner, Joan Severance and Nicole Eggert. It was about polygamous commercial airline pilot Nick Rawlings (Jack Wagner) who was married to two different women in two different states, namely JoBeth Rawlings (Shelley) and Alison Rawlings (Joan). And during the course of the film, he marries another woman, Miriam (Nicole), in another state. But when JoBeth finds out her husband is married to two other women, instead of falling apart, she takes matters into her own hands and turns the cards around in her favor. The movie is well-paced and a really good watch - as well as very empowering for women. It was first aired in March 10, 1996 and beat out the 1996 People's Choice Awards in the ratings. It is currently out on DVD. If you can get it, watch it.

Shelley in a newspaper ad

for Frequent Flyer, 1996

Camel Coat A

a closeup of Shelley

from a pic used on a spread

on Woman's Day magazine,

November 1973

Shelley appeared on many issues of what was known as the Seven Sisters group of magazines. The Seven Sisters magazines were Woman's Day, Redbook, McCall's, Ladies' Home Journal, Good Housekeeping, Family Circle and Better Homes and Gardens. They all catered to married women with children rather than single working women. The magazines featured homemaking and crafts, food and nutrition, health and fitness, beauty and fashion advice and articles. Shelley appeared in the November 1973 issue of Woman's Day magazine, in a spread called "Short Coats Make It Big." She showed readers how to style a pair of frisky fashionable gadabout coats in two different ways. She first wore the Shawl-Collared Camel Coat by Carol Cohen for Braefair (which was in wool plush, had raglan sleeves and buttoned at the waist) over a red blouse and wool plaid pants by Braetan combo. She finished her look with a matching wool knit hat and scarf by Hansen Knits and a pair of matching boots. She accessorized her look with a leather-strapped watch and a gold lapel pin. And Shelley looked fabulous and ready for autumn. (For more, check out: Shirt Coats Make It Big A)

a pic of Shelley from a spread

on Woman's Day magazine,

November 1973