Shelley Hack

Shelley Marie Hack (born July 6, 1947 ) is an American actress, model, producer, and political activist. 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).

Early life Hack was born in Greenwich, Connecticut on July 6, 1947,

Career Hack began her career as a teen fashion model whose first job put her on the cover of Glamour magazine. Later she became the face of Revlon's "Charlie" perfume from the mid-1970s until the early 1980s, during which it became the world's top selling fragrance. Life proclaimed her one of the "million-dollar faces" in the beauty industry; select models 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. Hack ranked among a handful of 1970s "supermodels".

Hack's feature-film debut was a bit part in Woody Allen's Academy Award-winning film Annie Hall (1977) as "Street Stranger." She had a leading role in the Joe Brooks romance drama, If Ever I See You Again ("A bomb", she admitted).

Shortly thereafter she was cast as Kate Jackson's replacement on the television series Charlie's Angels, playing the sophisticated character Tiffany Welles for one season (1979–1980). She beat out many competitors for the role, including Michelle Pfeiffer and Barbara Bach. This implied that Hack was included in the decision to exit Charlie's Angels. In an interview with People magazine, 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. I was supposed to play the 'Intelligent College Girl from the East' [but] maybe that type didn't fit into Charlie's Angels." Hack later said she "never expected to be there more than a year and I wasn't. I did my year and I moved on."

Hack played a variety of starring and supporting roles. 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 received positive reviews for her portrayal of Cathy Long in Martin Scorsese's film The King of Comedy (1983). She had leading roles in two cult films: the comedy-horror film, Troll (1986) and the horror film The Stepfather (1987). She was also a regular on two short-lived TV series of the 1980s, Cutter to Houston (1983) and Jack and Mike (1986–87). In addition to several more notable appearances in film and television and on stage, she narrated the audiobook The Lord of Hawkfell Island, for which AudioFile stated "Shelley Hack's mellifluous voice brings this Viking tale alive."

In 1984, Hack was hired to replace Paula Kelly and portray new public defender Christine Sullivan - who was going to be romantically involved with Judge Harry Stone (Harry Anderson) - on the sitcom Night Court, But when the series started rehearsals, Hack and producer Reinhold Weege realized there was a problem. "What happened was the role was changed, Instead of being a funny lady, as she was in the reading, they had changed her into a straight woman. It wasn't working, The concept just didn't work and that's what I told them...what's the point if it's not working?" Hack and the producer mutually and amicably agreed she would not continue with the series. Ellen Foley was brought in for season two as a new character, public defender Billie Young. In season three Markie Post was hired to portray Christine Sullivan.

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 and shortly afterward (unofficially) retired from acting.

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 appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show in the episode, "Classic Americana", that highlighted Hack as Revlon's Charlie perfume model in a 1976 television ad with Bobby Short at the piano. "It was a time when women were changing," Hack said. "Women looked at [the ad] and said, 'I want to be like that'."

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.

Personal life Hack has been married to film director and university professor Harry Winer since 1990. The couple have one child, daughter Devon Rose Winer (born 1990).

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 Narrator 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 Me Myself & I Jennifer 1996 House Arrest Dr. Erica Gilliland, Ph.D. Uncredited

Television

Stage Year Title Role 1981 Vanities Mary 1982 Born Yesterday Billie Dawn 1983 Close Ties Anna 1989 Tamara Luisa Baccara

Discography/Audio book

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