The show, which ran from 1976 – 1981, featured three beautiful women who were private investigators working for an unseen mystery man….Charlie, of course. What’s not to love about that premise?
Jaclyn Smith was my favorite angel as a kid, but in watching the show now it’s hard to deny how magnetic Farrah is on film. You can’t take your eyes off of her. She’s beautiful, sure, but she also had some sort of magic sparkle about her. She’ll certainly be missed.
Some favorite episodes from season 1:
- The Pilot – We first meet the angels in a cool whodunit murder mystery.
- The Séance – The angels go undercover to catch a jewel thief who’s a fake medium. Kelly blows her cover while under hypnosis and even tries to kill Jill!
- Angels on a String – The angels rescue an international political leader at a fancy resort. There’s a whole ‘identical imposter’ thing going on. Fun.
Some cool guest stars over the run of the show: Kim Basinger (before she was famous), Tom Selleck, Jamie Lee Curtis (before she was famous), Jim Backus (of Mr. Howell fame), Dean Martin, Robert Englund (aka Freddy Krueger!) and Barbara Stanwyck.
'Charlie's Angels' has one of the best fan websites I've seen. It's at http://www.charliesangels.com/.
Here are some great pics . . .
The original cast: Jaclyn Smith as Kelly, Kate Jackson as Sabrina and Farrah Fawcett-Majors as Jill.
In the second season, Cheryl Ladd replaced Farrah. She played Kris.
A more recent pic of the original angels, at the 2006 Emmy Award ceremony. They still looked awesome!
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