With Farrah Fawcett’s passing last week, a great deal of attention has been paid to her last public appearance at the 2006 Emmy Awards - just two weeks before she received her cancer diagnosis.At the end of a tribute to Charlie’s Angels creator Aaron Spelling on that Emmy night, Fawcett stunned and delighted the audience when she walked out hand-in-hand with her Angels’ co-stars Kate Jackson and Jaclyn Smith.
So where was Cheryl Ladd? She replaced Farrah on the show after season one and remained on it for four years until it was cancelled in 1981. She admits to feeling “hurt” that she was not asked to participate in the reunion and tribute to Spelling.
“I think Kate made the decision for everybody that this is how it was going to be,” Ladd says in the new issue of TV Guide. “I was the outsider, but Jaclyn and I have remained fast friends.”
While Farrah left the show after the first season, she and Ladd did work together for a total of six episodes during seasons three and four when Farrah made guest appearances as part of a legal settlement with producers. Since their characters were sisters, the two had many of their scenes together.
“It was awkward,” Ladd admits. “I don’t think she wanted to be there. She was a little surprised how well the show did after she left. So we both chose to be 100 percent professional.”
It is ironic that Ladd was excluded from the reunion since the continued success of the show hinged on her being able to fill Fawcett’s shoes and connect with the public. Ratings for seasons two and three soared and did not drop off until season four when Jackson left and was replaced by Shelly Hack.
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