Question: Did all six actresses get along with each other during the show's run, or was there some bad blood between some of them?
Rob245
9th Jun 2024
Charlie's Angels (1976)
9th Jun 2024
Charlie's Angels (1976)
Question: What's the caliber of those small snub-nosed guns the Angels used throughout the show?
Answer: There seems to have been two different revolvers used, but both shot .38 specials.
21st Jun 2022
Charlie's Angels (1976)
Continuity mistake: When you see Julie's backside as she's choking their client her hair's different. Clearly this is actress Tanya Robert's stunt double.
21st Jun 2022
Charlie's Angels (1976)
Revealing mistake: When Julie's attacking their client and choking him with her arms locked, they're nowhere near his throat.
15th Mar 2022
Charlie's Angels (1976)
Angels in the Backfield - S2-E19
Question: When they're on the football team does the trio of actresses actually play, or stunt women in their places for the football games?
8th Jan 2020
Charlie's Angels (1976)
Question: So aside from trying, very badly, at playing football did they ever play other sports on the show? I'd think the best ones would be figure skating, roller derby, and track. Shelley Hack could've played basketball while there.
Answer: In Season 2, Episode 16, Game, Set, Death, Kris Munroe (Cheryl Ladd) plays tennis.
28th Nov 2019
Charlie's Angels (1976)
Question: Did they ever give a reason why Shelley Hack left?
Answer: Hack, who was best known as the "Charlie" perfume model, was brought in after Kate Jackson was let go following numerous disputes she'd had with producers over script quality. At the same time, ratings for the show had been falling. Hack, Tiffany Welles, was supposed to add more glamour and a mystique intrigue to the show. While there was an initial spike in the ratings, they soon declined again. Hack was let go after one season and replaced by Tanya Roberts, who also failed to improve ratings, leading to the show's cancellation.
Thanks. Still let's face, the novelty had worn off and it was just a T and A show. I mean, anyone hear of anything worth watching starring any of them outside of this say a few things like Sheena?
Farrah Fawcett probably had the more notable post-Charlie career. She left a silly hit show to pursue more serious work. She received good reviews for such movies as The Burning Bed, Extremities, etc.
20th Nov 2019
Charlie's Angels (1976)
Question: Do they ever say why the last season took place in Hawaii?
24th Sep 2019
Charlie's Angels (1976)
Trivia: It's been said Cheryl Ladd hated Shelley Hack due to her size intimidating her. She also had Edward J. Lasko reduce Hack's number of lines. Some have reported Shelley would go home in tears which would lead to her resignation at the end of Season 4. Jaclyn Smith and Cheryl wouldn't talk to her at lunch and sat together away from her.
23rd Sep 2019
Charlie's Angels (1976)
Question: Why in the world would they be comfortable working for a guy they never see? What made them not think he could be a crime boss who only had them take down former associates of his or use them to punish disobedient flunkies? Why does he even start this detective agency anyway?
Answer: Charlie had testified against some very powerful men, and they were sent to jail based on the evidence he collected and his testimony. These men were released from prison on a technicality, so Charlie went into hiding. Charlie believed anyone who knew his whereabouts or had seen his face were also in jeopardy. So that's why he only calls on the telephone and they never get to see his face. The reason why these 3 women would work for a man they never met is because after they graduated from the police academy due to sexism they were only assigned duties like a crossing guard, filing, and answering the phone as police women.
Answer: It's never explained why Charlie is never seen, but there have been hints to his past as a cop. In one episode the Angels meet up with a bitter cop, who says, "When Charlie and I started out together, we were two rookie cops walking a beat. Twenty years later, he gets a Rolls-Royce and I get a bleeding ulcer."
Well do they ever say where he got his money? Stock market, inheritance, being a televangelist? Just kidding on the last one.
23rd Sep 2019
Charlie's Angels (1976)
Question: Why Is Tanya Robert a former model and not a cop? I've never read any explanation as to why.
Answer: After going through a number of cast changes that failed to improve the show's slumping ratings, Tanya Roberts' character was added as "street-wise" former model. This was probably an effort to give a different and edgier character dimension to the show.
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Answer: The original three (Jackson, Fawcett, Smith) apparently got along. It's well documented that Kate Jackson and Cheryl Ladd (Fawcett's replacement) often clashed. Jackson had a reputation of being the most difficult of all the Angel actresses, and Jacklyn Smith the nicest. Smith and Ladd are close friends to this day. There's nothing reporting that Shelly Hack or Tanya Roberts had any issues, though both were only on the show for one season each.
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