Drei Engel für Charlie Online

Complete series cast summary:
	Jaclyn Smith	-	Kelly Garrett / - 110 episodes, 1976-1981
	David Doyle	-	John Bosley 110 episodes, 1976-1981
	Cheryl Ladd	-	Kris Munroe / - 87 episodes, 1977-1981
	Kate Jackson	-	Sabrina Duncan 69 episodes, 1976-1979

On her first day at the studio, Cheryl Ladd wore a specially designed t-shirt with the phrase, "Farrah Fawcett Minor" as her way of breaking the ice of replacing Farrah Fawcett-Majors.

John Forsythe was never on the set, his voice was recorded, and dubbed in later. He told Aaron Spelling that for him to make an on-screen appearance, he would have to be paid a lot of money. Forsythe also never visited the set during the entire run of the show.

Kelly Garrett (Jaclyn Smith) was the only Angel to last the entire series.

The Angels all drove Ford automobiles. Jill, and later Kris, drove a Cobra, Kelly drove a Mustang, and Sabrina drove a Pinto. For the record, Bosley drove a Thunderbird.

Kelly is the only Angel to have been shot throughout the run of the show.

John Forsythe was called in at the last minute to voice Charlie, when the original actor who had been cast turned out to have a drinking problem. Producer Aaron Spelling called Forsythe past midnight on a Friday, and begged him to come to the studio immediately, as the pilot was to be broadcast after the weekend. Forsythe ended up recording his first voice-over in his pajamas.

When Farrah Fawcett left the series, her absence was explained by having her character Jill become a professional racing driver on the Grand Prix circuit in Europe. Kate Jackson's absence was explained by having Sabrina getting married and starting a family.

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

At the 58th Primetime Emmy awards in August 2006, original Angels Kate Jackson, Farrah Fawcett, and Jaclyn Smith walked out on-stage, hand in hand, to pay tribute in honor of Aaron Spelling, who died two months earlier. Cheryl Ladd admits being hurt about being left out of the tribute to Aaron Spelling. In an interview she said, "Kate Jackson decided how it was going to be, that I was going to be the outsider, and that's how it was."

Kate Jackson was originally cast as Kelly, but preferred the role of Sabrina.

A lot of writers were fired from the show because the stars were always demanding better scripts.

Drew Barrymore owns the screen rights to the series.

Kate Jackson and Cheryl Ladd reportedly did not get along during their two seasons working together. Ladd stated in interviews there were some days Jackson would not even speak to her.

Natalie Wood and Robert Wagner were silent investors in this show. They were investors who were not listed as producers in the credits, as investors usually are. Wagner and Wood's business arrangement with Aaron Spelling became apparent, when they sued Spelling for misappropriation of funds. They claimed that money they had given him for the series was used for other television shows. The press dubbed the ensuing scandal "Angel-gate".

Jaclyn Smith criticized Farrah Fawcett for backing out of her "Angels" commitment. In interviews, she said, "I didn't think it was the right thing to do. I mean, you have a contract."

Aaron Spelling had also been the producer of the first prime time television series with a female private eye in the title role, Honey West (1965) starring Anne Francis. That show may have been ahead of its time, as it only lasted one season. Then in 1976, the public was ready to accept the concept, and this series was a runaway hit.

President Gerald Ford visited the set during filming, as it was one of his favorite television shows.

Jill, Kelly, and Sabrina were all former members of the Los Angeles Police Department. Kris worked for the San Francisco police, and Tiffany was with the Boston police. The only Angel who was never a cop was Julie, who was originally a model.

The original concept of the Angels was to have one brunette, one redhead, and one blonde. Kate Jackson was on-board from the beginning of the project, and was set to play the lead Angel. Farrah Fawcett was the next to join, filling the blonde role, but then the producers dropped the hair color concept, and brought in Jaclyn Smith to complete the trio. This hair color concept finally came into being when Tanya Roberts (a redhead) joined the show in the fifth season.

The house used as the filming location for the Charles Townsend Private Investigations office façade address is: 189 N. Robertson Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90211.

John Forsythe was uncredited throughout the series. Forsythe thought it would add more mystery to the show.

When Farrah Fawcett left the series, this began a series of lawsuits, in which the producers sued her over breach of contract. However, the suits ended, when Fawcett agreed to make a total of six guest appearances the following two seasons, so she would be let go.

The third season of the show was the only season to not feature a major cast change.

This show was in the top ten for its first two seasons: 1976 to 1977 number five, 1977 to 1978 number four, competing in a three way tie with 60 Minutes (1968) and All in the Family (1971). Midway through season three, when Kate Jackson announced her impending departure, the show slipped out of the top ten to number twelve. When Shelley Hack became Jackson's replacement, the ratings dropped even further to number twenty. The ratings slide continued, and Hack was let go. Tanya Roberts was hired to replace Hack, but the ratings didn't improve, plummeting to an abysmal number fifty-nine. The show never recovered, and was cancelled at the end of its fifth season.

Kate Jackson was chosen to play Joanna Kramer in Kramer vs. Kramer (1979), until it became apparent that Robert Benton's schedule would interfere with Aaron Spelling's. Benton asked special permission from Spelling to work around this, and when Spelling said no, Jackson was forced to back out. This ultimately led to Jackson leaving after season three.

It was originally going to be called "Alley Cats", but Kate Jackson suggested "Charlie's Angels" after seeing a picture of angels in Aaron Spelling's office.

Shelley Hack's absence was explained as a result of her character Tiffany Welles' decision to move to the East Coast.

Kate Jackson was the only Angel to receive an Emmy nomination. In fact, she was nominated two consecutive years, but never won.

Shelley Hack was essentially fired from the season before a season passed, because Spelling and his producers did not feel like she clicked with viewers. This is when they added Tanya Roberts' reformed thief and streetwise model character Julie Rogers, and the opening changed from "Once upon a time, there were three little girls who went to the police academy" to "Once upon a time, there were three beautiful women."

Kim Basinger, who appeared in season one, episode four, "Angels in Chains", as an inmate, was later offered the role of Kris Munroe, but turned it down, because she wanted to make movies.

Although in most episodes, Charlie was heard, but never seen, he did appear in a couple of episodes, but his face was never shown.

Kelly was an orphan.

Sabrina was the only Angel that was previously married. She was married to a fellow officer when she was still a cop, but the marriage ended in divorce.

According to Producer Edward J. Lakso, the title "Charlie's Angels" was suggested to Producer Aaron Spelling by Kate Jackson. Jackson also suggested that the show be about three private investigators rather than three policewomen.

Among the actresses considered for the role of Tiffany Welles were Michelle Pfeiffer and Kathie Lee Gifford. Shelley Hack was eventually cast.

Producer Aaron Spelling had previously used Kate Jackson and Cheryl Ladd in the movie Satan's School for Girls (1973).

Shari Belafonte auditioned for the role of Julie Rogers.

Farrah Fawcett, Cheryl Ladd, and Jaclyn Smith appeared on The Partridge Family (1970).

Priscilla Presley was considered for one of the Angels.

The telephone through which Charlie communicates at the beginning of each episode is a red Bell System 4A Speakerphone.

Sabrina's maiden name was Blaylock.

Tiffany Welles (Shelley Hack) promised to be a very interesting character, with a background in metaphysics, having studied at the Erhard Seminars Training, and a keen interest in the occult, which allowed her to communicate with the dead. Sadly, Tiffany's short-lived stay at the Charles Townsend Agency (Shelley Hack was sadly replaced after her first season) didn't allow enough time for the writers to develop her unusual past and explore her uncanny potential. She is remembered as the most elegant Angel of them all.

In the opening sequence of the first season, the city where the Angels attended the police academy was never mentioned. It wasn't until the next season that we found out where the various Angels got their police training.

Although the end credits always indicated different Make-up Artists for all three ladies, the beautiful Angels' faces awkwardly revealed that the same stick of lipstick and the same one color blush had been passed around between all three: in pretty much every episode, the angels are sharing the same exact shade of red blush and lipstick.

Though many believe the detective series Vega$ (1978) was a spin-off of this show, Dan Tanna (Robert Urich) was not introduced here, but rather in a pilot that was aired as ABC television movie of the week on Tuesday, April 25, 1978. The crossover (season three opener "Angels in Vegas"), was simply used to reintroduce the Dan Tanna character, and to remind and promote the debut of "Vega$" as an on-going series, it debuted one week later on Wednesday, September 20, 1978. The two dates, Tuesday, April 25, 1978, and Wednesday, September 20 1978, differ one hundred forty-eight days, equalling twenty-one weeks and one day.

Era magazines in Spain consistently reported that Cheryl Ladd was jealous of Shelley Hack from the get-go, because Shelley's height made her uncomfortable and she felt dwarfed by it. Ladd also wanted to be "the only blonde on the show". They further claimed that Cheryl bullied Shelley, often to tears, and constantly walked into the producers' office and demanded Shelley's lines, so as to diminish the role of Tiffany Welles. (Ladd was often the star of the episode, since her arrival.) Indeed, Tiffany incidentally had less and less to say as the show progressed. Eventually, Ladd threatened to walk unless Shelley was fired, the Spain magazines reported that she got her way and Shelley was let go. However, it would appear that none of this ever made the U.S. press. It is unclear if there ever was any truth to these published facts, or from where they were obtained, but Spain fans still hold Ladd directly responsible for Shelley Hack's firing. Strangely enough, as if to expunge her mea culpa, in later interviews, Cheryl Ladd often claimed that she took one look at Tanya Roberts when she came on-board, referred to her as the "b" word and said something to the effect of: "I don't want to work with her, she is too sexy!" This was supposed to be a self-humbling declaration on Ladd's part.

Whereas in season four, newcomer Tiffany Welles was more often than not relinquished to the background and barely had one storyline revolving around her during her entire run, with Shelley Hack's own lines greatly reduced, the latest newcomer in season five, Julie Rogers, quickly overtook Kris Munroe as center stage of most of the shows, seemingly with the most dialogue, while Ladd and Jaclyn Smith now were the ones in the background less active than ever before. According to show insiders, it was later found out that Shelley Hack was ostracized by the production, and her lines were given to Edward J. Lakso's own favorite, Cheryl Ladd.

The series had two alternate titles: "The Alley Cats" and "Harry's Angels".

In an "Emmy TV Legends" interview, John Forsythe called the show a "potboiler" (a bad show), of deliberately poor quality, made quickly on the cheap, solely to make a lot of money, which it did.

The Angels' office phone number was 555-0267.

John Forsythe appeared on this show and Династия (1981) concurrently. On both shows, he was the lead; on this series, he played the eponymous Charlie; on that series, he played Blake Carrington, the patriarch of the Carringtons. It is one of the only times an actor has had the lead in two shows at the same time.

The Munroe beach house also appeared in The Waltons: The Seashore (1977).

Edward J. Lakso not only produced the series, he was also an accomplished musician and songwriter, who wrote many of the songs used in the series.

Kate Jackson and Farrah Fawcett auditioned for the role of Julie Kotter.

Sabrina Duncan's nickname was "Bree".

Kris (Cheryl Ladd) was studying to become a teacher before she decided on a career in law enforcement.