Jaclyn Smith, one of the original three “Charlie’s Angels” and the personality behind America’s most enduring Hollywood celebrity brand, doesn’t miss a step.
She’s celebrating the 50th anniversary of the “Charlie’s Angels” television series, which ran from 1976 to 1981. She recently launched fashion jewelry, extending the Jaclyn Smith collection beyond ready-to-wear, fragrance, fabric and wig categories into a lifestyle brand. And in the fall, her memoir, “I Once Knew A Guy Named Charlie,” published by Simon & Schuster, will be released. With all that, a schedule of public appearances on talk shows and at book stores is revving up.
In April, three of television’s Charlie’s Angels — Smith, Kate Jackson and Cheryl Ladd, who replaced the now-late Farrah Fawcett — were reunited and honored at PaleyFest, the festival commemorating hit TV shows and their casts. The Angels were on a panel, taking questions, recounting episodes from the show and addressing they are all breast cancer survivors and supporting cancer research. The celebration continued at The Paley Honors gala last May at New York’s The Plaza hotel.
When “Charlie’s Angels” debuted on TV, “we were just three girls looking for an audience. Who would have dreamed that we would have the following we had?” Smith said in an exclusive interview with WWD. “‘Charlie’s Angels’ was a training ground. It opened up many doors and a beautiful business enterprise for me. So here we are 50 years later and I feel great.”
