I was never a huge fan of Charlie’s Angels, although I enjoyed the occasional episode of Jiggle TV when I was a boy. Shelley Hack was the fifth female to portray one of Charlie’s Angels. Playing the part of Boston native Tiffany Wells, she replaced Kate Jackson upon her departure from the series in 1979. Hack only assumed the role for one season before she was replaced by Tanya Roberts in 1980. Coincidentally enough, I met both Tanya Roberts and Shelly Hack on the very same day, July 18, 2009, at the Burbank Hollywood Collectors Show.
Although best known for her roll in Charlie’s Angels, my main motivation for meeting Shelley Hack was for her role in the Martin Scorsese-directed, Robert DeNiro vehicle The King of Comedy. Although her role was small, she also appeared in Academy Award winning film Annie Hall (which was in fact her feature film debut). And she played the victim to Terry O’Quinn’s sinister psycho in The Stepfather.
Our meeting was short and sweet, with a total cost of $30 spent on the signed photo above and the photo pose below. Bob has given up on following me around at the show, so I had to rely on the kindness of strangers to get the photo of us with part of my head chopped off. Sounds like a case for the Angels.
Celebrity encounters of the Summer 2009 collectors show will continue…
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