Kate Jackson, Cheryl Ladd and Jaclyn Smith reunite to celebrate ‘Charlie’s Angels’ 50th anniversary at PaleyFest

HOLLYWOOD — Good morning, Angels.

“Charlie’s Angels” stars Kate Jackson, Cheryl Ladd and Jaclyn Smith reunited for a major milestone. The three were on hand at PaleyFest 2026 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the show.

“This is a little overwhelming,” Ladd told On The Red Carpet just before the event. “I know there’s a huge group of people who’ve loved ‘Charlie’s Angels’ and that’s gonna feel very good.”

The series, which aired from 1976 to 1981 on , originally starred Jackson, Smith and the late Farrah Fawcett as Sabrina Duncan, Kelly Garrett and Jill Munroe respectively. The trio of private investigators worked at an agency and solved cases they were assigned by their never-seen boss named Charlie. Ladd joined the cast as Jill’s sister Kris Munroe in the beginning of the show’s second season.

The PaleyFest audience was treated to a candid conversation with Jackson, Ladd and Smith, moderated by On The Red Carpet’s George Pennacchio.

In one particularly funny moment, Pennacchio asked the ladies to confirm a rumor.

“Is it true that in the early days of the show, Farrah’s hair was called the fourth Angel?,” Pennacchio asked.

Smith smiled as she replied, “It should have been if it wasn’t because it had a life of its own!”

The show was groundbreaking, as audiences at that time hadn’t seen an action series led by women before. It’s a distinction Jackson is keenly aware of to this day.

“You could sit back, put your feet up and forget your troubles for an hour. And at the same time, you could learn without knowing you were learning that women could do anything. Anything a man could do a woman could do and at at time, in the early and mid to late ’70s in Hollywood when you’re trying to break the glass ceiling, having three women star in a top network television show was really quite an accomplishment,” Jackson said.

Pennacchio will have more from the event this week in his On The Red Carpet report.

The PaleyFest conversation will be on PaleyFest’s YouTube channel next week.