Shelley Hack
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Shelley Marie Hack is an American supermodel, actress, producer, and political & media advisor. Hack is best remembered for her role as Tiffany Welles
in the fourth season of the ABC
Television Drama Charlie's Angels
(1979-1980); replacing the departing Kate Jackson
. Hack appeared in a total of twenty-five episodes of the series, before being replaced in season five by model-actress, Tanya Roberts
.
and raised in nearby Greenwich, Connecticut
. She graduated from Greenwich Academy and Smith College
, the latter with a history degree. She began her career as a teen fashion model and became the face of Revlon
's Charlie perfume in the mid 1970s, which gave her national exposure on television. In October 1981, Life
magazine proclaimed her one of the million-dollar faces in the beauty industry.
Her feature film debut was in Woody Allen
's award winning film Annie Hall
(1977), as "Street Stranger." She is perhaps best known for her role as Tiffany Welles
in the television series Charlie's Angels
for one season (1979–80). Unfortunately, the series experienced a significant ratings decline during Hack's time on the show, and the actress was dismissed in early 1980. Afterwards, Hack stated, "A business decision was made. Change the time slot or bring in some publicity. How to get publicity? A new Angel hunt. Who is the obvious person to replace? I am - the new kid on the block."
Following Hack's involuntary departure from Charlie's Angels, the actress played a variety of supporting roles, such as in Martin Scorsese
's film The King of Comedy
(1983). She starred with Annette O'Toole
and Meredith Baxter Birney in Vanities
(1981), a television production of the comedy-drama
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 the premium-television channel HBO. She had a 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 guest appearances in film and television up until 1997, when she unofficially retired from acting.
In 2000, Hack become founder and president of Shelley Hack Media Consultancy (SHMC), a company which internationally specializes in projects that focus on the intersection between media and the development of civil society. Hack worked extensively in the Balkans
and Western Asia
.
In January 2008, Hack made an appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show
. The episode, "Classic Americana", featured Hack as the Charlie perfume model in a 1976 television ad with Bobby Short
at the piano. "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".
Hack and her husband, Harry Winer
are company principals for the production company, Smash Media ("Entertainment That Brings People Together") that develops and produces content for motion pictures, television and new media. Smash Media was established in 2010 and is based in Los Angeles.
Hack and Winer have one daughter, named Rose.
Tiffany Welles
Tiffany Welles is a fictional character in the television series Charlie's Angels. She was played by Shelley Hack and her debut coincided with the fourth season premiere, "Love Boat Angels" , which was a crossover with fellow ABC hit The Love Boat.Unlike the previous Angels, who are all from...
in the fourth season of the ABC
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
Television Drama Charlie's Angels
Charlie's Angels
Charlie's Angels is a television series about three women who work for a private investigation agency, and is one of the first shows to showcase women in roles traditionally reserved for men...
(1979-1980); replacing the departing Kate Jackson
Kate Jackson
Kate Jackson is an American actress, director, and producer, perhaps best known for her role as Sabrina Duncan in the popular 1970s television series Charlie's Angels...
. Hack appeared in a total of twenty-five episodes of the series, before being replaced in season five by model-actress, Tanya Roberts
Tanya Roberts
Tanya Roberts is an American actress best known for her roles in Charlie's Angels, The Beastmaster, A View to a Kill, Sheena and That '70s Show. Roberts was groomed as a Hollywood sex symbol during the early 1980s.- Early life :Blum was born in The Bronx, New York City, of Irish and Jewish descent...
.
Biography
Hack was born in White Plains, New YorkWhite Plains, New York
White Plains is a city and the county seat of Westchester County, New York, United States. It is located in south-central Westchester, about east of the Hudson River and northwest of Long Island Sound...
and raised in nearby Greenwich, Connecticut
Greenwich, Connecticut
Greenwich is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. As of the 2010 census, the town had a total population of 61,171. It is home to many hedge funds and other financial service companies. Greenwich is the southernmost and westernmost municipality in Connecticut and is 38+ minutes ...
. She graduated from Greenwich Academy and Smith College
Smith College
Smith College is a private, independent women's liberal arts college located in Northampton, Massachusetts. It is the largest member of the Seven Sisters...
, the latter with a history degree. She began her career as a teen fashion model and became the face of Revlon
Revlon
Revlon is an American cosmetics, skin care, fragrance, and personal care company founded in 1932.-History:Revlon was founded in the midst of the Great Depression, 1932, by Charles Revson and his brother Joseph, along with a chemist, Charles Lachman, who contributed the "L" in the Revlon name...
's Charlie perfume in the mid 1970s, which gave her national exposure on television. In October 1981, Life
Life (magazine)
Life generally refers to three American magazines:*A humor and general interest magazine published from 1883 to 1936. Time founder Henry Luce bought the magazine in 1936 solely so that he could acquire the rights to its name....
magazine proclaimed her one of the million-dollar faces in the beauty industry.
Her feature film debut was in Woody Allen
Woody Allen
Woody Allen is an American screenwriter, director, actor, comedian, jazz musician, author, and playwright. Allen's films draw heavily on literature, sexuality, philosophy, psychology, Jewish identity, and the history of cinema...
's award winning film Annie Hall
Annie Hall
Annie Hall is a 1977 American romantic comedy directed by Woody Allen from a screenplay co-written with Marshall Brickman and co-starring Diane Keaton. One of Allen's most popular and most honored films, it won four Academy Awards including Best Picture...
(1977), as "Street Stranger." She is perhaps best known for her role as Tiffany Welles
Tiffany Welles
Tiffany Welles is a fictional character in the television series Charlie's Angels. She was played by Shelley Hack and her debut coincided with the fourth season premiere, "Love Boat Angels" , which was a crossover with fellow ABC hit The Love Boat.Unlike the previous Angels, who are all from...
in the television series Charlie's Angels
Charlie's Angels
Charlie's Angels is a television series about three women who work for a private investigation agency, and is one of the first shows to showcase women in roles traditionally reserved for men...
for one season (1979–80). Unfortunately, the series experienced a significant ratings decline during Hack's time on the show, and the actress was dismissed in early 1980. Afterwards, Hack stated, "A business decision was made. Change the time slot or bring in some publicity. How to get publicity? A new Angel hunt. Who is the obvious person to replace? I am - the new kid on the block."
Following Hack's involuntary departure from Charlie's Angels, the actress played a variety of supporting roles, such as in Martin Scorsese
Martin Scorsese
Martin Charles Scorsese is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, actor, and film historian. In 1990 he founded The Film Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to film preservation, and in 2007 he founded the World Cinema Foundation...
's film The King of Comedy
The King of Comedy (1983 film)
The King of Comedy is a 1983 American dark comedy film starring Robert De Niro and Jerry Lewis, and directed by Martin Scorsese. The subject of the movie is celebrity stalking...
(1983). She starred with Annette O'Toole
Annette O'Toole
Annette O'Toole is an American actress, dancer, and singer-songwriter. She is most recently known for portraying Martha Kent, the mother of Clark Kent on the television series Smallville.-Early life and career:...
and Meredith Baxter Birney in Vanities
Vanities (TV program)
Vanities is a Home Box Office television presentation of the comedy-drama stage production written by Jack Heifner, Vanities.-Background:...
(1981), a television production of the comedy-drama
Comedy-drama
Comedy-drama is a genre of theatre, film and television programs which combines humorous and serious content.-Theatre:Traditional western theatre, beginning with the ancient Greeks, was divided into comedy and tragedy...
stage play
Play (theatre)
A play is a form of literature written by a playwright, usually consisting of scripted dialogue between characters, intended for theatrical performance rather than just reading. There are rare dramatists, notably George Bernard Shaw, who have had little preference whether their plays were performed...
about the lives, loves and friendship of three Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
cheerleaders
Cheerleading
Cheerleading is a physical activity, sometimes a competitive sport, based on organized routines, usually ranging from one to three minutes, which contain the components of tumbling, dance, jumps, cheers, and stunting to direct spectators of events to cheer on sports teams at games or to participate...
starting from high school to post-college graduation; it aired as a part of Standing Room Only
Standing Room Only (TV series)
Standing Room Only was an entertainment series on Home Box Office that premiered in 1976. Shows featured concerts, burlesque shows, ventriloquism programs, magic shows and more....
, a series on the premium-television channel HBO. She had a leading role in the cult horror film The Stepfather
The Stepfather (1987 film)
The Stepfather is a 1987 American thriller film starring Terry O'Quinn in the title role. It is loosely based on the life of mass murderer John List, although the plot is more commonly associated with slasher films of the era than a true story. It was directed by Joseph Ruben and written by Donald E...
and was a regular on two short-lived TV series of the 1980s: Cutter to Houston
Cutter to Houston
Cutter to Houston is an American medical drama that aired on CBS from October 1 to December 31, 1983. The series was created by Sandor Stern.-Synopsis:...
(1983) and Jack and Mike (1986–87). She had several guest appearances in film and television up until 1997, when she unofficially retired from acting.
In 2000, Hack become founder and president of Shelley Hack Media Consultancy (SHMC), a company which internationally specializes in projects that focus on the intersection between media and the development of civil society. Hack worked extensively in the Balkans
Balkans
The Balkans is a geopolitical and cultural region of southeastern Europe...
and Western Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
.
In January 2008, Hack made an appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show
The Oprah Winfrey Show
The Oprah Winfrey Show is an American syndicated talk show hosted and produced by its namesake Oprah Winfrey. It ran nationally for 25 seasons beginning in 1986, before concluding in 2011. It is the highest-rated talk show in American television history....
. The episode, "Classic Americana", featured Hack as the Charlie perfume model in a 1976 television ad with Bobby Short
Bobby Short
Robert Waltrip "Bobby" Short was an American cabaret singer and pianist, best known for his interpretations of songs by popular composers of the first half of the 20th century such as Rodgers and Hart, Cole Porter, Jerome Kern, Harold Arlen, Vernon Duke, Noel Coward and George and Ira Gershwin.He...
at the piano. "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".
Hack and her husband, Harry Winer
Harry Winer
Harry Winer is an American television director, television producer, and television writer. He is married to former actress Shelley Hack, with whom he has a daughter.- Select Filmography :* Invasion...
are company principals for the production company, Smash Media ("Entertainment That Brings People Together") that develops and produces content for motion pictures, television and new media. Smash Media was established in 2010 and is based in Los Angeles.
Hack and Winer have one daughter, named Rose.
Film
- Annie HallAnnie HallAnnie Hall is a 1977 American romantic comedy directed by Woody Allen from a screenplay co-written with Marshall Brickman and co-starring Diane Keaton. One of Allen's most popular and most honored films, it won four Academy Awards including Best Picture...
- Street Stranger (1977) - If Ever I See You AgainIf Ever I See You Again"If Ever I See You Again" is the theme song from the title 1978 film starring Shelley Hack and Joe Brooks. The song was written by Brooks and recorded by Roberta Flack. Released as a single, it peaked at #24 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #37 on the R&B chart, and spent three weeks at #1 on the Easy...
- Jennifer Corly (1978) - Time After TimeTime After Time (1979 film)Time After Time is a 1979 American fantasy film written and directed by Nicholas Meyer. His screenplay is based largely on a novel by Karl Alexander and a story by Steve Hayes. It concerns British author H. G...
- Docent (1979) - The King of ComedyThe King of Comedy (1983 film)The King of Comedy is a 1983 American dark comedy film starring Robert De Niro and Jerry Lewis, and directed by Martin Scorsese. The subject of the movie is celebrity stalking...
- Cathy Long (1983) - Troll - Anne Potter (1986)
- The StepfatherThe Stepfather (1987 film)The Stepfather is a 1987 American thriller film starring Terry O'Quinn in the title role. It is loosely based on the life of mass murderer John List, although the plot is more commonly associated with slasher films of the era than a true story. It was directed by Joseph Ruben and written by Donald E...
- Susan Maine (1987) - Blind Fear - Erika (1989)
- A Casualty of War by Berterick Forsyth - ITV film series (1989)
- The Finishing TouchThe Finishing TouchThe Finishing Touch is a 1928 short comedy silent film produced by Hal Roach, directed by Clyde Bruckman and starring Laurel and Hardy. It was shot in November and December 1927 and released February 25, 1928 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer....
- Hannah (1991) - Me, Myself & IMe, Myself and I (film)Me, Myself & I is a 1992 dark romantic comedy starring JoBeth Williams and George Segal. The movie is the directorial debut of editor and producer Pablo Ferro. Bill Macy, Shelley Hack and Ruth Gilbert also appear in this independent film shot in Ontario, Canada.-Cast:*JoBeth Williams ... Crazy...
- Jennifer (1992)
Television
- Charlie's AngelsCharlie's AngelsCharlie's Angels is a television series about three women who work for a private investigation agency, and is one of the first shows to showcase women in roles traditionally reserved for men...
- Tiffany Welles (1979–1980) - Death Car on the FreewayDeath Car on the FreewayDeath Car on the Freeway is a 1979 made for television movie starring Shelley Hack. In a plot similar to Steven Spielberg's Duel, this tells the story of an unseen psycho driver who is dubbed the Freeway Fiddler....
(TV movie) - Janette Clausen (1979) - VanitiesVanities (TV program)Vanities is a Home Box Office television presentation of the comedy-drama stage production written by Jack Heifner, Vanities.-Background:...
- Mary (1981) - Cutter to HoustonCutter to HoustonCutter to Houston is an American medical drama that aired on CBS from October 1 to December 31, 1983. The series was created by Sandor Stern.-Synopsis:...
(TV series) - Dr. Beth Gilbert (October 1, 1983 – December 31, 1983) - Close Ties (TV series) - Anna (1983)
- Trackdown: Finding the Goodbar Killer (TV Movie) - Logan Gay (1983)
- Single Bars, Single Women (TV Movie) - Frankie (1984)
- Kiks (TV Movie) - Maggie Pierson (1985)
- Jack and Mike (TV series) - Jackie Shea (September 16, 1986 – March 24, 1987)
- Bridesmaids (TV movie) - Kimberly (1989)
- A Casualty of War (TV movie) (1990)
- Taking Back My Life: The Nancy Ziegenmeyer Story]] (TV movie) - Nan Horvat (1992)
- SeaQuest, police des mers (TV movie) - Capt. Marilyn Stark (1993)
- Not in My Family (TV movie) - Becky Worth (1993)
- Perry Mason : (TV movie) - Abby Walters Morrison (1993)
- Falling from the Sky: Flight 174 (TV movie) - Lynn Brown (1995)
- Frequent Flyer (TV movie) - JoBeth Rawlings (1996)