Charlie's Angels

Trivia

  • Arthur Fonzarelli
    Arthur Fonzarelli 1 months ago

    Actress Veronica Hamel was the first choice to play Kelly Garrett on Charlie's Angels. Hamel rejected the part and Breck shampoo model Jaclyn Smith was ultimately hired.

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  • Arthur Fonzarelli
    Arthur Fonzarelli 1 months ago

    After Farrah Fawcett left Charlie's Angels prematurely producer Aaron Spelling successfully sued her for breach of contract.

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  • Arthur Fonzarelli
    Arthur Fonzarelli 1 months ago

    After seven years on Charlie's Angels Jaclyn Smith later went on to portray Jacqueline Kennedy in the telemovie Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy in 1981.

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  • Arthur Fonzarelli
    Arthur Fonzarelli 1 months ago

    At the peak of it’s popularity Charlie’s Angels attracted 18 000 fan letters per week.

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  • Arthur Fonzarelli
    Arthur Fonzarelli 1 months ago

    Before creating Charlie’s Angels Aaron Spelling had acted in Dragnet Gunsmoke I Love Lucy and Alfred Hitchcock Presents. Spelling went on to create Fantasy Island The Love Boat Starsky and Hutch Dynasty Beverly Hills 90210 and Melrose Place.

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  • Arthur Fonzarelli
    Arthur Fonzarelli 1 months ago

    Before replacing Farrah Fawcett on Charlie’s Angels Cheryl Ladd sang on the cartoon series Josie and the Pussycats. During Charlie’s Angels she also recorded and released two solo albums.

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  • Arthur Fonzarelli
    Arthur Fonzarelli 1 months ago

    Before she made it big in Hollywood Farrah Fawcett - made famous for her fabulous locks - was the face of Wella Balsam shampoo and hair products.

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  • Arthur Fonzarelli
    Arthur Fonzarelli 1 months ago

    Brad Pitt had a huge crush on Farrah Fawcett (Jill Munroe on Charlie's Angels) as a teenager.

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    Arthur Fonzarelli 1 months ago

    By the end of the first series of Charlie’s Angels the ABC was charging the highest rate ever at the time for a commercial at USD$100 000 per minute.

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  • Arthur Fonzarelli
    Arthur Fonzarelli 1 months ago

    By the summer of 1977 eight million posters of Farrah Fawcett had been sold - four times the previous record holder - Fonzie from Happy Days.

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  • Arthur Fonzarelli
    Arthur Fonzarelli 1 months ago

    Did you know that Priscilla Presley once turned down the opportunity to be one of Charlie's Angels in the TV series?!

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  • Arthur Fonzarelli
    Arthur Fonzarelli 1 months ago

    Farrah Fawcett left Charlie's Angels due to pressure from husband Lee Majors. Lee was unhappy that she was making a mere $5 000 per week compared to his $50 000 per week for The Six Million Dollar Man.

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  • Arthur Fonzarelli
    Arthur Fonzarelli 1 months ago

    Farrah Fawcett Jaclyn Smith and Cheryl Ladd all guest starred in The Partridge Family before Charlie’s Angels.

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  • Arthur Fonzarelli
    Arthur Fonzarelli 1 months ago

    Farrah Fawcett’s Fashion tip – I like to use vaseline on my eyelashes to keep them shiny.

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  • Arthur Fonzarelli
    Arthur Fonzarelli 1 months ago

    Farrah Fawcett’s career has been a rollercoaster ride since leaving Charlie's Angels. With little work in the late ‘70s her career rebounded in the mid '80s (with successes like Extremities and The Burning Bed). In the ‘90s she appeared in the sitcom Good Sports the TV-movie The Substitute Wife and the feature film The Apostle.

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  • Arthur Fonzarelli
    Arthur Fonzarelli 1 months ago

    Henry Mancini (composer of “Charlie’s Angels”) also wrote “Moon River” (from “Breakfast at Tiffany's” ) the theme from The Pink Panther and the love themes from Love Story and Romeo and Juliet.

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  • Arthur Fonzarelli
    Arthur Fonzarelli 1 months ago

    In 1976 Charlie’s Angels debuted in the top 10 shows on American television and remained there for three of the five years it was on television in America. In fact by the end of the first season nearly two thirds of American TV viewers tuned in for their weekly fix of the show.

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  • Arthur Fonzarelli
    Arthur Fonzarelli 1 months ago

    In an effort to portray the image of off-screen harmony on the set of Charlie's Angels Farrah Fawcett once told a reporter “the only time we have any conflict is when we knock eachother down racing for the doughnut wagon.”

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  • Arthur Fonzarelli
    Arthur Fonzarelli 1 months ago

    In the '80s Jaclyn Smith (Kelly Garrett on Charlie's Angels) was unofficially dubbed “The Queen of Mini-series” because of her large collection of work in the medium.

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  • Arthur Fonzarelli
    Arthur Fonzarelli 1 months ago

    In the late ‘90s Farrah Fawcett (age 50) posed nude for Playboy.

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  • Arthur Fonzarelli
    Arthur Fonzarelli 1 months ago

    Kate Jackson for whom Charlie's Angels was originally tailored was fired because she wouldn’t stop complaining about how terrible she felt the scripts were. According to Jackson the scripts were so light if you let go of them they’d float to the ceiling!

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  • Arthur Fonzarelli
    Arthur Fonzarelli 1 months ago

    Kate Jackson’s Fashion tip – use olive oil as a conditioner and run an ice cube lightly across the face once a week.

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  • Arthur Fonzarelli
    Arthur Fonzarelli 1 months ago

    On Charlie's Angels the part of Kelly Garret was originally written for Kate Jackson. Kate protested as she wanted the more sophisticated part of Sabrina Duncan.

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  • Arthur Fonzarelli
    Arthur Fonzarelli 1 months ago

    On the set of Charlie's Angels Kate Jackson tired quickly of dressing in furs preferring instead to wear her trademark turtleneck and would often stand behind the desk in the Townsend office so she wouldn’t have to change her trousers.

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  • Arthur Fonzarelli
    Arthur Fonzarelli 1 months ago

    Prior to Charlie’s Angels Farrah Fawcett starred in I Dream Of Jeannie The Flying Nun The Partridge Family and The Six Million Dollar Man.

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  • Arthur Fonzarelli
    Arthur Fonzarelli 1 months ago

    The creator of Charlie’s Angels Aaron Spelling first called the show 'The Alley Cats'. It was Kate Jackson who suggested the name change to Charlie’s Angels.

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  • Arthur Fonzarelli
    Arthur Fonzarelli 1 months ago

    The original stars of the hit '70s TV show Farrah Fawcett Jaclyn Smith and Kate Jackson all turned down an offer of $100 000 each to cameo in the recent Charlie's Angels movie.

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  • Arthur Fonzarelli
    Arthur Fonzarelli 1 months ago

    The writers of the Charlie's Angels pilot refused to work on the series as they felt that the show's direction had changed to what they saw as a non-classy excuse for gratuitous female nudity.

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  • Arthur Fonzarelli
    Arthur Fonzarelli 1 months ago

    Two actresses who tried out for parts as Charlie's Angels over the years but didn’t make the grade include Michelle Pfeiffer and Kim Basinger.

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  • Arthur Fonzarelli
    Arthur Fonzarelli 1 months ago

    When Kate Jackson left Charlie's Angels she was courted by Dustin Hoffman to star in Kramer vs. Kramer. She declined and Meryl Streep took the role (for which she won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar).

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  • Arthur Fonzarelli
    Arthur Fonzarelli 1 months ago

    When she was a baby Farrah Fawcett survived an operation to remove a tumour from her stomach.

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  • Arthur Fonzarelli
    Arthur Fonzarelli 1 months ago

    When the producers searched for actresses for Charlie's Angels they wanted a blonde a brunette and a redhead but since Kate was the first Angel to be signed and they really wanted Jaclyn it was changed to a blonde and two brunettes.

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  • Arthur Fonzarelli
    Arthur Fonzarelli 1 months ago

    In the past few years Charlie's Angels has also inspired many films and television shows including a Charlie's Angels spoof in Wrongfully Accused Spice World Beavis and Butt-head Do America and a Finnish film called Koeputkiaikuinen ja Simon enkelit. An episode of Baywatch also had a Charlie's Angels theme in which Yasmine Bleeth assumed the role of Kelly Alexandra Paul became Sabrina and Pamela Anderson acted the part of Jill.

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  • Arthur Fonzarelli
    Arthur Fonzarelli 1 months ago

    The detective series "Vega$" (1978) is technically a spinoff of "Charlie's Angels" as the character of Dan Tanna was introduced in the two-part episode "Angels in Vegas."

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  • Arthur Fonzarelli
    Arthur Fonzarelli 1 months ago

    The surname of David Doyle's character, John Bosley, was an in-joke reference to the fact that Doyle was often misidentified as TV actor Tom Bosley.

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