Shelley Hack

Shelley Marie Hack (born July 6, 1947) is an American model, actress, producer, and political and media adviser. She is best known as the face of Revlon's Charlie perfume from the mid-1970s until the early 1980s, and for her role as Tiffany Welles in the fourth season of Charlie's Angels (1979–80).

Shelley Hack
Born
Shelley Marie Hack

(1947-07-06) July 6, 1947
Greenwich, Connecticut, U.S.
EducationSmith College (AB)
New York Institute of Technology (Master of Business Administration)
OccupationActress, producer, model, advisor
Years active1975–present
Spouse(s)
(
m. 1990)
Children1

Early life

Hack was born in Greenwich, Connecticut,[1] the eldest of six children. Her father was a Wall Street financial analyst, and her mother was a former Conover model. After schooling at Greenwich Academy, she progressed to Smith College, spent her junior year studying archeology at the University of Sydney in Australia, graduated from Smith with a bachelor of arts in history, and moved to New York.[2]

Career

Hack began her career as a teen fashion model and became the face of Revlon's Charlie perfume from the mid-1970s until the early 1980s. Life proclaimed her one of the million-dollar faces in the beauty industry who were able to negotiate previously unheard of lucrative and exclusive deals with giant cosmetics companies, were instantly recognizable, and whose names became known to the general public. Shelley ranked among a handful of the 1970s supermodels.[3]

Her feature film debut was a bit part in Woody Allen's Academy Award winning film Annie Hall (1977), as "Street Stranger". In her second film appearance, she was the leading lady in the Joe Brooks romance drama, If Ever I See You Again, but the film was not a success (“a bomb,” she admits). Shortly thereafter she was cast as Kate Jackson's replacement on the television series Charlie's Angels for one season (1979-1980), playing the sophisticated character Tiffany Welles, the role for which she is probably best known. She beat out many competitors for the role, including Michelle Pfeiffer and Barbara Bach.[2] However, after an initial spike in the ratings, they began to erode, so in an attempt to revitalize declining ratings and regain the show's popularity, ABC released Hack from her contract in February 1980. A statement later issued by Spelling-Goldberg read: "When she signed her contract for the series, Miss Hack had a personal agreement that she could review her continuation with the show at the end of her first season since series television represented an enormous change in her career and lifestyle,"[4] implying she was included in the decision to exit Charlie's Angels. In an interview, Hack said "They can say I didn't work out, but it isn't true. What happened was a network war. A business decision was made. Change the timeslot or bring on some new publicity. How to get publicity? A new Angel hunt. Who is the obvious person to replace? I am — the new kid on the block."[5] Despite the conflicting reports, Hack later stated "I never expected to be there more than a year and I wasn't. I did my year and I moved on."[6]

Following Hack's departure from Charlie's Angels, the actress played a variety of supporting roles. Hack received positive reviews in Martin Scorsese's film The King of Comedy (1983), in which she played Cathy Long, a passive-aggressive executive. She starred with Annette O'Toole and Meredith Baxter Birney in the critically acclaimed Vanities (1981), a television production of the stage play about the lives, loves and friendship of three Texas cheerleaders starting from high school to post-college graduation; it aired as a part of Standing Room Only, a series on HBO. She had a well-received leading role in the cult horror film The Stepfather and was a regular on two short-lived TV series of the 1980s: Cutter to Houston (1983) and Jack and Mike (1986–87). She had several more notable guest appearances in film and television up until 1997. Additionally, she narrated the audiobook The Lord of Hawkfell Island, for which AudioFile stated "Shelley Hack's mellifluous voice brings this Viking tale alive."[7]

In 1987, Hack, a former smoker, was named the national chairperson for the National Lung Association's and American Medical Association's campaign to educate young women on the dangers of cigarette smoking.

Hack completed a Master's degree in business administration from New York Institute of Technology[8] and shortly afterwards retired from acting. Upon her decision to stop acting in the late 1990s, she entered politics. Hack became a voting registration and polling station supervisor in the 1997 elections in Bosnia-Herzegovina and produced the first-ever televised presidential debates there as well. She also produced the debates in Sarajevo, Mostar, and the two in Banja Luka. In 1997, Hack founded the Shelley Hack Media Consultancy (SHMC). Hack also worked for two years with the largest media conglomerate in Eastern Europe where she helped develop and build the infrastructure for the largest state of the art film studio complex in the region.[8] Hack worked in the television sector for 10 years, creating ethnically diverse television programs in Eastern Europe. Additionally, she became a member of the Pacific Council on International Policy (PCIP).[9]

In October 2000, appearing as herself, Hack returned to the Charlie's Angels Townsend Agency office as a guest host on Biography, which featured profiles of several Charlie's Angels stars during Hello Angels Week. In January 2008, Hack made an appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show. The episode, "Classic Americana",[10] featured Hack as Revlon's Charlie perfume model in a 1976 television ad with Bobby Short at the piano.[11][12] "It was a time when women were changing" Hack stated to Oprah Winfrey. "Women looked at [the ad] and said 'I want to be like that.'" Referring to the later Revlon commercials and Charlie's Angels, Hack stated "I was lucky. There were two things I was in that were about making women feel a little more empowered".[10]

Hack and her husband Harry Winer are Co-Presidents of the production company Smash Media, which develops and produces content for motion pictures, television and new media.[8]

Personal life

Hack has been married to Harry Winer since 1990. The couple have one child, daughter Devon Rose Winer (b. 1990).[13][14]

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
1977 Annie Hall Street Stranger
1978 If Ever I See You Again Jennifer Corly
1979 Time After Time Docent Voice-over
1983 The King of Comedy Cathy Long
1986 Troll Anne Potter
1987 The Stepfather Susan Maine
1991 Blind Fear Erika
1992 The Finishing Touch Hannah
1992 Me, Myself & I Jennifer
1996 House Arrest Dr. Erica Gilliland, Ph.D. Uncredited

Television
Year Title Role Notes
1979 Married: The First Year Linda Episode: "Full House"
1979 Death Car on the Freeway Janette Clausen Television film
1979–1980 Charlie's Angels Tiffany Welles 26 episodes
1980 The Love Boat Carol Ketay Segment: "Dumb Luck"
1981 HBO Standing Room Only Mary Episode: "Vanities"
1982 The American Sportsman Herself Episode dated July 4, 1982
1983 Cutter to Houston Dr. Beth Gilbert 9 episodes
1983 Found Money (aka My Secret Angel) Leslie Television film
1983 Trackdown: Finding the Goodbar Killer Logan Gay Television film
1983 Close Ties Anna Television film
1984 Single Bars, Single Women Frankie Television film
1985 Kicks (aka Destination Alcatraz) Maggie Pierson Television film
1986–1987 Jack and Mike Jackie Shea 16 episodes
1989 Bridesmaids Kimberly Television film
1990 Frederick Forsyth Presents Monica Browne Episode: "A Casualty of War"
1992 Taking Back My Life: The Nancy Ziegenmeyer Story Nan Horvat Television film
1982 seaQuest DSV Capt. Marilyn Stark Pilot/Episode: "To Be or Not to Be"
1993 Not in My Family Becky Worth Television film
1993 A Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the Wicked Wives Abby Walters-Morrison Television film
1994 L.A. Law Lynn Barnett Episode: "Whose San Andreas Fault is it, Anyway?"
1994 Tales from the Crypt Janet McKay Episode: "The Assassin"
1995 Falling from the Sky: Flight 174 Lynn Brown Television film
1997 Diagnosis Murder Dr. Elaine Denell Episode: "Looks Can Kill"
1997 TheraCel (Skin Care) Herself Infomercial
2000 Biography Herself/Guest Hostess 5 Episodes: "Hello Angels Week"
2000 Time and Again (TV series): Charlie's Angels Herself Retrospective
2002 TV Tales: Charlie's Angels Herself Television documentary
2008 The Oprah Winfrey Show Herself Episode: "Classic Americana"
2008 Whatever Happened To? Herself Episode: "Alpha Females"

Stage
Year Title Role
1981 Vanities Mary
1992 Born Yesterday Billie Dawn
1983 Close Ties Anna
1989 Tamara Luisa Baccara

Discography/Audio Book
Year Title Role
1981 The First Family Rides Again A voice on the phone
1993 The Big Book for Our Planet Narrator
1993 Lord of Hawkfell Island (Viking Era, Book 2) Narrator

Home video
Year Title Role
1990 The Celebrity Guide to Wine Herself
1993 The Celebrity Guide to Entertaining Herself

Production
Year Title Role Notes
2011 Lucky Christmas Producer Television film
2015 Perfect Match Producer Television film
2016 Summer of Dreams Producer Television film
2017 Christmas in Evergreen Producer Television film
2017 A Bramble House Christmas Producer Television film
2018 Falling for You Producer Television film
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References
  1. Cheryl Lavin. (September 14, 1986). VITAL STATISTICS SHELLEY HACK :[FINAL EDITION, C]. Chicago Tribune (pre-1997 Fulltext), p. 7. Retrieved February 13, 2010, from Chicago Tribune. (Document ID: 24939531).
  2. Smilgis, Martha (September 24, 1979). "Charlie's Latest Angel". People. 12. Retrieved November 18, 2015.
  3. Best–Selling Beauties, Life October 1981, page 120
  4. Gidlow, Steve (January 30, 2018). ""Charlie's Angels" Star Shelley Hack Finds Heaven at Hallmark". MediaVillage. Retrieved March 13, 2020.
  5. Jackovich, Karen G.; Smilgis, Martha (March 10, 1980). "Caught in the Nielsen Wars, Charlie's Latest Pearly Angel, Shelley Hack, Gets the Gate". People. Retrieved March 13, 2020.
  6. "Charlie's Angels". TV Tales. Primary Fusion Productions. E!. Retrieved August 31, 2018.
  7. "The Lord of Hawkfell Island". AudioFile. Retrieved March 13, 2020.
  8. "About Us". Smash Media. Retrieved March 13, 2020.
  9. "Happy Birthday To Greenwich's Shelley Marie Hack". The Daily Voice. July 6, 2014. Retrieved March 21, 2018.
  10. Oprah show - Charlie Girl Shelley Hack
  11. Video of Charlie TV commercial on YouTube
  12. RealVideo format of Charlie TV commercial
  13. http://harrywinerdirector.com/about.html
  14. "Harry Winer - Associate Arts Professor". NYU Tisch School of the Arts. Retrieved March 13, 2020.
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